I'll show you pictures taken from the city tour bus. The first two pictures show the Avon River. The building at your left hand in the first picture was a part of the bridge over the Avon River. Its structure was like Ponte Vecchio in Florence and there were some shops and a cafe on the bridge. There was a curious level difference between the road on which my bus was running and the surface of the river. I decided to look at the bridge from underneath later. The 3rd picture is Bath Abbey, on which the national flag of England was waving. It was not the flag of the U.K. I realized again that the U.K. was a collective entity. I had a plan to visit Wales later and I felt excited. My bus climbed up and up, then arrived at the Royal Crescent, which was located a few minutes' walk from my daughter's apartment. It looks very crowded and noisy, but it's quiet and comfortable after dark.
(Vocabulary)
from underneath 下から
entity 一個のもの［存在］
市内観光のバスからの写真を並べる。最初の２枚はエイボン川を捉えたもので、１枚目の左の建物は実は、エイボン川に架かる橋の一部。イタリアのPonte Vecchioベッキオ橋のような構造になっていた。今走っている道の下はどうなっているのだろうと気になった。２枚目はエイボン川。翌日、この川縁に降りてビックリ。写真に期待して下さい。３枚目はこの後で訪問するバース寺院 尖塔の上にたなびくのはイギリス国旗ではなくイングランド国旗！複数の国の集合体であるイギリスなのだと感じた。翌々日にはもう一つの国ウェールズへも足を伸ばすので楽しみ。どんどんと坂を登って最後の写真は前に紹介したThe Royal Crescent。娘の住むアパートから徒歩１分、随分と賑やかに見えるが夜は静かで良い場所だ。
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