England's victory
Mike, Congratulation!!!
Yes, I watched the game of England vs Sweden after I got up at 3:30 am.
The game played to a draw but I think the game was good!!!
(Unfortunately, my bet was wrong. I guessed that England would win before the game! I think many people thought that England would win.)
Anyway, England kept being a top of group A and they advance to the final 16.
I hope that England will keep winning !
By the way, I had gone to the post office on Monday because of one reason.
What is one reason?
Yes. It is the post from Mike!
Mike, Thank you very much!!!
I am very happy.He sent me the books of
Cotswolds,CDs of his band and the letter. I really appreciate. I really enjoy listening to the songs of CDs and reading the books.
I can't explain my happiness.
Mike,Thank you very much!
P.S
I was very impressed by the beautiful gardens of Cotswolds when I read the books.
When I read and looked at the book, I could understand that Cotswolds is a historic place.In addition I was very surprised because there are many gardens in Cotswolds!
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Beautiful place!!!! It seems there are great castles in it, is it correct?
Hi Reona
thank you for the kind comments,
you are most welcome , and I'm glad you liked the CDs and books.
As for ,England ...well we almost won..ha ha ..it seems that for years we have never beaten Sweden!!
It is good to win the group, but we have a lot of fittness and injury problems.
The English have been obsessed with gardens for ever! The Cotswolds has so much space and is mostly hills so almost every house has a garden of some kind. So the many large stately homes and manor houses had huge beautiful parks and gardens built, for somewhere to relax or to demonstrate the owners power or status.
take care
Mike
Hi Ba
yes , I know I am lucky to live in such a beautiful part of England..... the Cotswolds is really the name for a range of hills which create beautiful scenary.
These hills provided safe places to live in ancient times and many forts were built on top of the hills.
The hills were also a source of wood , stone and water so many settlements grew up in the areas around these hilltop forts and in the river valleys.
After the Romans came and built roads across the Cotswolds, many rich Lords etc. realised the beauty and isolation of the area and so built large homes ,castles and palaces around the Cotswolds.
They are not really the classic castles depicted in the wars and battles of the middle ages but large fortified homes. Here are some examples
http://www.sudeleycastle.co.uk/castlegardens.html
http://www.blenheimpalace.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blenheim_Palace
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-snowshillmanor/
http://www.woodchestermansion.org.uk/
cheers
Mike
ba:
Yes.Cotswolds is very beautiful place.
Mike:
Thank you for the comment and wonderful books and cool CDs!!!
I am listening to the songs of your band while working.
Very cool.
And your CD's are sold in Japan too.
Wow.
I will buy new CD and listen new songs if it will be sold in Japan.
http://info.hmv.co.jp/p/a/000000000116/085.html
When I looked for the web site of Japanese, I found many web site.
Then many Japanese visit Cotswolds too!
Wow.
Blenheim Palace a place where Churchill was born, isn't it?
I think I need a month if I will go to Cotswolds.
Because there are many wonderful place in Cotswolds!
I want to go to the gardens,castles,spas,museums(Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum),Gloucester Cathedral,romantic road .
Of course pub too!!!
Hi Reona
yes Churchill was born and i believe buried at Blenheim Palace .
My brother lives in the same village as the Palace called Woodstock.
often Japanese coach tours pass through the Cotswolds but they only stay for one or two days.
They see some lovely villages but they don't have time to see all of the amazing places.
take care
Mike
Mike:
Thank you for the comment!!!
Ba,we have to save money.
Because we have to go to Cotswolds.
Let's go to Cotswolds together next year!
Mike,my mother love gardening for a long time.
I think I love gardening because of my mother.
She has been enjoying gardening since I was born.
So she often go to the gardening shops.
Tonight, my mother looked at the books you sent me and she said to me she wants to go to Cotswolds at once!!!
(She loves England for a long time.But she hasn't been to England yet.
And she hopes that she will go to Spain.It is her hope since 2 years ago.)
Mike,I and my mother thank you very much!
Oh, I have to sleep at once because I will watch the game at 3:40 am.hahaha.
Take care!
Hey Mike, thank you for the information! Now you said that, it's true: we can see the owners of castles were worried about comfort and wide places and not just battling protection.
(and congratulations too for the classification on the World Cup)
And Reona, you are right, we have to go to there!! I don't promise you that we'll right on next year, but someday, that's for sure!!!
Hi Reona , Ba
I hope you can both visit some time!!
I know it's a long way to travel but I would be happy to show you round and spend some time drinking and chatting.I know I would love to visit both your countries,
the internet makes the world seem so small yet we never seem to have the time and money to travel around as much as we would like.
take care
Mike
Mike:
Thank for the wonderful comment!
I will send you a email when I will go to England next year!
Take care!
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