Trip to Cornwall 3: St Ives
My next stop was St Ives, a small town known for its beautiful sea and seaside.
I took a bus from the Penzance central bus station to St Ives. St Ives is situated in northern part of Cornwall, the other side to Penzance which faced the south sea.
It took more or less 30 minutes and cost 2.80 pounds for a single ride. On the way to St Ives, I saw daffodil fields, hills, and cows which I expected to see in Jersey, smart face and light brown look.
On arriving at the small, but central bus station in St Ives, I walked down to the street leading to the seaside. The sea was so beautiful. The water was clean, transparent and coloured emerald green. I felt like I were in Greek or some Mediterranean seaside.
There was Tate St Ives museum, one of Tate museums, and they showed Turner's masterpieces with south-west (Cornwall) motifs. Many artists were attracted by its beautiful scenery and left great works there. Turner was one of the first people who was charmed by this county, and hundreds years later I saw his paintings and do understand its beauty.
Though I heard the garden in the museum was nice too, I did not have enough time to look at it and ran to catch the rural train running just by the exquisite sea.
*St Ives Tourist Information : http://www.stives-cornwall.co.uk/
*Tate St Ives : http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/
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