Australia’s Impressionists

I went to the National Gallery in London to see exhibition of Australia’s Impressionists with my friend Ale. We love Impressionists. We both love Art. We met in an watercolour class in 2010. Since then we meet up for exhibitions in London. It is always lovely to meet her and talk about art or life.

The exhibition was very small but made me satisfied. I don’t know much about history in Australia in 19th century but I can imagine how the land was vast and full of sunshine! I love the colours on canvas and the feeling of the movement. It was nice to see them as collective paintings. If it were exhibited as “Impressionists”, meaning paintings from whole countries, I wouldn’t see in the same way.

Many artists  immigrated.  “Defining an identity” is something in common to me.

Lisbon

4泊5日のポルトガル旅行を振り返る。

準備

行きはMonarch、帰りはTAP Portugal。
どちらも機内預けの荷物が10キロ程度で、荷造りが思った以上に大変だった。
まずはカバン。こう言う時の為の軽いキャリーバッグが要る。
そして持って行く物一つ一つの重量を減らす…

宿泊はAirbnbでRossioの近くのアパートに決めた。
ホテルと違ってセキュリティの問題、エレベーターがなく4−5階を上り下りしなくてはいけない。
それ以外はリスボン中心街で観光しやすく、割と新しく綺麗で洗濯もできる(荷物軽減)から都合が良い。

リスボン市内のよかったところ

城から見たオレンジの屋根、カラフルな家。タイルミュージアム。Belemのエッグタルト。タイルを使った街並み。南蛮貿易の屏風絵。

view from castle   tileegg tart   japanese folding screen

思った以上に空港のショップは充実していて、お酒類、タイル系のお土産、缶詰などの重たいものを購入。
重量の心配も、カバンに入れる必要もないから安心して見ることが出来た。

反省点

限られた時間を有効的に使うには、しっかり計画して日程を立てなければ…重たいガイドブックは泣く泣く置いていき、GPSの使えるiPadだけ持ってきた。繋がるはずの3Gが繋がらない。オフラインで使える旅行用の便利なアプリがあると最高なのに。

旅行のバランス

観る、撮る、食べる、寝る…
あとは『体験』があれば良かったかな?

旅行中のほどんど雨が降っていた。一日中雨が降った日は、美術館や博物館、ショッピングで時間を過ごしたけど、もっと快適に過ごせる方法は?

Green Peace : Just Tuna

This brochure is a great example of infographics and information design. As a fish lover, this is something you should be aware of.

Vertical side shows cans of tuna from major food retails in the UK. According to the green peace, Waitrose’s can of tuna is the most sustainable. The worst is John West, “Unsustainable and harms marine life”. The colour shows how the degree of risk.

It was an advert for the green peace membership. I wonder if this can be seen somewhere else too…

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Photo sharing website

As a part of website project, I tried 3 photo sharing website: Flickr, Instagram and Pinterest.

Flickr seems great. Almost any size of photo you can upload. Album gallery looks neat.

Screen Shot 2016-01-02 at 15.40.37It is not available to upload photo from PC on Instagram. There are some App which does upload.

Screen Shot 2016-01-02 at 15.45.02Pinterest is okay to upload but file size is limited.

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Canterbury

A beautiful little town.

I live historic and new mixture.

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It’s a beautiful old building. The colours on the side is naturally beautiful.

I’m glad quit many of building survived from war…

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This restaurant seems relatively new.

The menu on the window looks cool. I love the style.

reflection

At a Moroccan restaurant we had friend’s birthday meal.

Reflection of a glass is more interesting than the glass itself.

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It’s been a while to have meal in a big circle table with many people.

I miss this kind of stuff.