淡路島自駕遊

 

乘香港快運到四國高松, 轉機場巴士到市中心,  已是晚飯時間.

在味の樹食八道菜料理, 包括刺身, 壽喜燒牛肉, 炸物, 煮物, 五目飯,都是￥5000, 港幣250,香港食一客刺身都要咁價錢. 原來這間老舖已有三十五年, 飯後還送了一個大福作為周年紀念品, 這個整個士多啤梨的大福非常好食.

第二天早上主要是購物

晚上在高松名店一鶴食骨付鳥, 這店並無網上預定, 六時開店, 五時已有人排隊, 決定六時才去排, 原來不用企在門口排, 前台給你一個用餐時間, 值得讚.

￥1000一隻燒雞肶, 加碗白飯, 港幣六十幾元, 真係平過食大家樂, 唔怪得好多日本遊客幫襯, 推薦.

第三天 租車去德島, 先去Aeon Mall, 然後回市區月六食鐵板燒, 活鮑魚套餐都是￥6000, 抵食.

第四天在鳴門Komeda食完早餐, 然後進入淡路島, 首站是兵庫縣立公園, 因為初夏, 這公園只有少量花, 但都算可以.

下一站繼續遊花園, 去明石海峽公園, 幾年前來過這公園, 當時是初春, 乜花都冇, 今次重遊, 好好多.

這晚住Fairfield by Marriott, 是Marriott的渡假式Brand, 冇任何餐飲, 只有一個Pantry, 供應免費咖啡, 住客可帶食物, 可用微波爐.

晚上去了食迴轉寿司, 去酒店附近的金太郎, 荒山野嶺的地方, 竟然要排隊, 一定是好, 果然不出所料, 又平又靚, ￥520, 即二十幾文食大卜口壽司, 邊度搵, 讚.

第五天早上去了間好有特色的餐廳 Bloom, 家庭式小本經營, 老板曾留學, 英文不錯, 早餐亦非常好, 最後還買了它們自家製的士多啤梨果Jam. 

食完早餐, 去這天第一個景點, Onokoro, 日本的世界之窗, 但開始下雨, 冇辦法, 到此一遊.

下一站是去買BBQ的食材, 包括買淡路牛, 粟米, 清酒.

然後去幸鬆餅旗艦店, 單是停車場, 已有六個, 餐桌二百多張, 又有幾個打卡點.

食完Pancake, 影完相, 開車去Glamping Time, 這個新落成的露營酒店, 只有八個單位, 有私人溫泉缸, 有BBQ爐.

晚上BBQ 300gm 淡路牛, 淡路豬腩肉, 粟米, 還學識怎樣唔用電飯煲煮飯.

第六天是兵庫県立淡路島公園, 這公園很大, 有幾個主題樂園, 忍里和蠟筆小新都是遊樂場型式, 我們都不適合, 只有哥斯拉可以參觀.

中午在いづも庵食洋蔥烏冬, 洋蔥是淡路島的名物, 這個烏冬是一整個燒洋蔥, 好甜, 完全唔覺得是洋蔥.

 跟着去Takamura Coffee Factory, 産直淡路島赤い屋根 和 伊弉諾神宮.

 

 這晚住南淡路休暇村, 一泊夕食, 自助餐有整條鯛魚和油甘魚已經很少見, 值得推薦.

第七天是淡路島最後一天, 先去洲本城跡.

 

下一站是大鳴門橋紀念館.

最後一站是渦之道, 以前都曾來過, 現在行一轉,需要一個小時; 跟着回德島

最後一天, 開車回高松, 去四國村, 是四國的民族博物館, 再次踏足蔓橋, 十一年前去過祖谷蔓橋, 當時已天黑, 摸黑行過, 今次可以再體驗這種橋.

然後去高松Aeon Mall 作最後衝刺, 時間緊張, 便要回機場, 入油, 還車, 結束這淡路島之旅.

結語: 1000日元兌50港元, 食嘢買嘢都覺得很平, 在淡路島這個鄉村地方, 沒有像大城市, 如東京, 大阪, 外國人, 尤其是中國人, 有時都比日本人岐視,  淡路島比較少外國遊客, 日本人覺得你是上賓, 有機會, 值得一去.

2024年6月

Golf, Sightseeing, Whisky and Food in UK, Ireland

Took direct flight to Manchester. Then took train to Piccadilly Station. 

Day 1. Manchester City (China Town, Manchester Cathedral, Football Museum) 

Day 2.  Rented a car from SixT and drove to Manchester United old Trafford Stadium. Had lunch in their Red Café and then drove to Lytham and St Annes for golf. 

Day 3. Golf again, Then drove to Liverpool. Liverpool Cathedral 

Day 4. Liverpool City (Mersey River Cruise, Museum of Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock, the Beatles Story) 

Day 5. Golf in Royal Liverpool (Venue for 151st Open) 

After a quick lunch in the Royal Liverpool clubhouse, drove to Chester. Just good enough to catch the last 4pm Chester Boat for Cruise in River Dee. 

Dinner @ Little Chef Table (Michelin Recommended). 

Day 6. Birmingham City (Birmingham Town Hall, Birmingham City Council) 

Lunch @ Hongkong Dining

Dinner @ Haidilao. 

Day 7. Birmingham (Cadbury World),

After lunch, drove to Wales Reglan Castle, 

Then drove to Cardiff. Dinner @ Purple Poppadom (Michelin Recommended) 

Day 8. Morning Cardiff (Cardiff Castle)  

Afternoon Visit Penderyn Whisky， Mermaid Quay

Dinner @ Pasture, a local steakhouse 

Day 9. Morning Bristol (Clifton Suspension Bridge) 

Afternoon Stonehenge 

Day 10. Golf in Royal Wimbledon

Day 11. Car return and Took flight to Dublin. Due to the failure of Heathrow baggage system, all check in bags didn’t arrive at Dublin Airport. Filled in the bag missing form and took Dublin Express Bus to City and checked in hotel. 

First task was to buy essential items, including toothbrush, pajama, T shirt, socks… 

Dinner at Pichet (Michelin Bib Gourmand) 

Day 12. Morning Dublin City (Trinity College) 

Afternoon Golf at Royal Dublin. 

Day 13. Dublin (River Liffey, Christ Church Cathedral & Dublinia)

Afternoon visit Teeling Distillery 

Day 14. Dublin (Guinness Storehouse)

Lunch at 1837,  Then Dublin Castle 

Dublin Evening, All bags delayed were finally delivered to the hotel. And the delay claim was completed and sent to British Airway for processing.

Day 15. Cliff of Moher.  Joined a local tour. Returned to Dublin at 8pm,

Dinner at the Dublin most popular Irish bar Brazen Head. 

Day 16. Dublin City (Samuel Beckett Bridge, St. Andrew's Parish Church, National Gallery) 

Lunch at Patrick Guilbaud (Michelin 2 Star) 

After lunch, took train to Belfast. This concluded our trip to Republic of Ireland. 

Day 17. Belfast City (City Hall, St Anne’s Cathedral, Albert Memorial Clock, the Fish) 

Afternoon rented a car and had my sixth round of golf in Royal Belfast. 

Dinner at Belfast Stix and Stones, Steakhouse with hot stones, unexpectedly good. 

Day 18. Drove to Giant Causeway. First stop Carrickfergus Castle 

Second stop Portaneevy 

Third stop Carrick-a-Rede 

Finally, Giant Causeway 

Stayed in Londonderry. Dinner at Browns in Town (Michelin Recommended) 

Day 19. Morning Derry City (Guildhall, Wall City, St Eugene's Cathedral) , Afternoon Dark Hedges .

Evening Belfast (Titanic Experience and Nomadic) 

Dinner at Spanish Restaurant EDO (Michelin Recommended) 

Day 20. Belfast (Crumlin Road Gaol) and Flew to London 

Day 21. Morning London (Sky Garden, Millenium Bridge) 

Breakfast at Darcie & May Green 

and Metro to The Monument Station. Sky Garden (Free, need to book online) 

Millenium Bridge 

Lunch @ Savoy Grill (Michelin Recommended) Wellington, Beef Tartar, Snail

British Museum (Free) 

Dinner at Burger & Lobster. And then visited The Shard 

Day 22. London City (Prada Café, Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square) 

Dinner at Kitty Fisher's wood grill (Michelin Recommended) 

Day 23. London (Borough Market) 

Lunch at Smokestak BBQ (Michelin Bib Gourmand), highly recommended. 

Hired Airport Shuttle to Heathrow. Return to Hong Kong. End of the trip.

Trip summary. 

1. 23 days of beautiful weather, 

2. 12 cities, 2 Countries, 

3. 9 Michelin restaurants, 

4. 6 Rounds of golf, 

5. 3 world class natural / heritage sites, 

6. 3 museums, 

7. 2 boat cruises, 

8. 2 Whisky Distillery, 1 Beer factory 

Lessons learnt. 

1. Be prepared to bring essential items with you on board, esp. when you have to take transit in London 2. In case of bags delay, don’t panic. Stay calm. Heathrow airport got pretty good experiences in handling that. 

3. Never try to drive a rental car into the London area. There are many surveillance cameras around and you don’t consider any luck to avoid traffic tickets. They are expensive. 

4. No need to buy London Oyster card for metro because it will cost £7 and cannot be refunded. Use direct debit card. 

5. Don’t expect London mobile network can cover all corners. No signal inside metro tunnel and department stores. 

 2023