今回のお友達のパーティーがあった場所の近くで素敵なホテルを探してみましたが見つからず、最終的に、有名なガーデンの Sissinghurst Castle のすぐお隣にあるSissinghurst Castle Farmhouse という B&B に泊まりました。B&B なのでお部屋もバスルームも小さいですし基本的には朝食のみがついています。オーナーの女性はとてもフレンドリーで良い方でした。
We tried to find a nice hotel near where our friend’s surprise party was. Won held, but there aren’t any, so we stayed at “Sissinghurst Castle Farmhouse”, which is next to the famous garden, “Sissnghurst Castle Garden”. It’s a B&B so the room is very small, the bathroom is tiny and you only get a breakfast as a base. The owner lady was very friendly and lovely, though.
宿泊した当日の早朝の嵐でWi-Fiが村全体で使えなくなってしまったとのことで、土曜日の夕方には復旧すると聞いていましたが、結局最後まで使えませんでした。B&B のせいではないので仕方のないことなのですが、電話のシグナルも酷くてインターネットはたまに数秒使える程度という状況で、普段使い慣れているインターネットが使えないと本当に困ります。今回は２泊だけだったので本も持って行かなかったので、手持ち無沙汰過ぎました（涙）。ヨーロッパはどこに行ってもシグナルがあってインターネットを問題なく使えたのに、イギリスは街中でさえ使えないところが多くて、本当になんとかしていただきたいです。
On the day we arrived, they had a storm, which knocked out the wifi of the whole village, we were told that it’ll be back in the evening on Saturday but it still wasn’t back when we left this morning, Sunday. This wasn’t under the B&B’s control but it was awful not to be able to use any internet, As this was only a short trip, I didn’t even take a book with me, so I was bored to tears! the phone signal was nearly zero, I had it for a few seconds now and again only. When we were in Europe on our cruise earlier this year, we had very strong signal everywhere we went and were able to use internet everywhere, but in England, you have trouble with phone signals even in some cities, I really wish they did something about it.
良くあることですが、椅子が１つしかないのもとても不便、仕方ないのでわたしはベッドに座っていました。
This happens often, but there was only one chair in the room so I had to sit on the bed all the time.
Sissinghurst Castle のすぐ隣なので、窓からもお城が見えます。
You can see Sissinghurst Castle from the window as it’s right next to this B&B.
夜に撮ったので外が真っ暗でわかりにくいのですが、お部屋に（ベッドのすぐ横）このような四角い窓があって、当然朝になると光がここから入ってくるので夫がクッションをはめ込みました（笑）、グッドアイデア。ただ、カーテンが遮光カーテンではないので、結構、カーテンからも光が入って来て朝になるとお部屋全体が明るくはなりました。
There was this small square window right next to the bed which had no curtain or blind, so we would have had the light straight on the bed from outside as soon as the sun rises, so my husband put a cushion in the window which just fit – what a great idea! Unfortunately, the curtains on the main windows were not lined so the light came in through and around the curtains and made the whole room quite bright very early anyway, though.
到着した日は遅くなって、お部屋で荷解きをし終えてラウンジに降りた時にはもうお茶タイムは終わっていましたが、昨日はパーティーから４時ごろに戻ったのでまだラウンジでサービスのお茶の用意がありました。ケーキやマフィンまで。
On the day we arrived, we didn’t get there until after 5:00pm and it was too late for tea by the time we unpacked and went down to the lounge, but we had tea and cake yesterday as we got back around 4:00pm after the party. There was cake and muffins as well as tea and coffee that you can serve yourself.
