足跡 Traces

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day77 第77天) 30 July

2008-09-18T06:53:00.000-07:00

Slept only 2 hours... got a plane to catch...

I went to the airport, and found that it's too early, the counter of cathay pacific is not open yet. So I went to the tax refund counter. They were really slow... There were 3 counters, but only one was open. A lady in front of me got a massive pile of tax refund forms... There were 2 other staff there, but they rather chit-chat with the one who's busying dealing with the huge pile of tax refund than open another counter. 1 hour later I got my tax refund. 1 € and some cents...

I used the refund money to buy a dessert. this is "chausson de pommes", literally "apple slippers"

These blokes were singing in front of the tahiti airline. Very delightful.

I was really happy to get rid of Paris, but knowing that I'll have to come back again still makes me uncomfortable...

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day76 第76天) 29 July

2008-09-18T06:52:00.000-07:00

Paris is really not a place for me, so I decided to stay in the hostel today, not going anywhere except buying food.

This is quite popular here.

Met my 2 roommates who came in 3 am. They are from Ohio and Spain. At night we decided to go out and take a walk to the Eiffel.

This is a building with a lot of glasses written the word "peace" in different languages.

Eiffel tower

In front of the Eiffel is a big meadow, a lot of people, tourists I think, sitting there. And there are some people walking around selling beer, wine, champagne... We bought the wine, very cheap... As to the quality...

Before Eiffel is turned off, yellow stars started to flash all over the tower.

We walked for a long time, and just in time to catch the last night bus back. It was 4 AM when we were back to the hostel. My flight is very early, and i got no alarm clock. My roommate kindly let me borrow his mobile as an alarm clock.

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day75 第75天) 28 July

2008-09-18T06:51:00.002-07:00

I've check out from the campsite this morning. It might be the only place I can stay in Paris, but still I had to leave. It's too painful to stay here.

I went to a MacDonald nearby with free WIFI nearby, hoped I can find a place to stay. Well, their free WIFI doesn't work. I was here 2 days ago, it works, so it must be their problem. I told them the WIFI doesn't work, they just kept telling me "ne sais pas monsieur"( i don't know, sir). They made no attempt to fix this problem, no one went to check anything, or phone the internet provider. What a nice job they have!! You can completely ignore your customers. I have to find another place to use the internet.

I went to Paris downtown, try to find a place to use internet. First I found another McDonald with free WIFI on Champ-elysse. But this 2-story massive McDoanld got no power point, not even one. Paris is indeed a very "developed" city.

There are several restaurant near Champ-elysse with WIFI, but they are so expensive. Then I found a small cafe with a sign of free WIFI outside. Good, I went in, and the bloke serving me told me the WIFI's broken...

Well, eventually I went to a freaking expensive restaurant, cuase I'm tired of looking for WIFI, and it's 2pm and I havn't eaten anything yet. This meal costed me 14 €. With Louise's help, I found a cheap hostel to stay, just dunno if they got bed for me, and they don't have online booking system... Paris is really a very convenient city...

Then I went to Louise's friend, Mr. Boom's office. They kindly let me put my bike in the office. I'm really tired of cycling in Paris, I think it's hard to find a place in the world that's more dangerous to ride a bicyle. They also helped me ask the hostel if they still got a bed. Fortunately they do. Seems I don't have to sleep in the airport. Mr. Boom also gave me a Swiss army knife and a suitcase on wheels. That's SOOOO nice!!! After my bike is settled down, Mr. Boom treated me to dinner in a very nice Italian restaurant nearby. I had beef lasagna and tiramisu. Both very good!! We've talked a lot. Mr. Boom has been running a travel agent company in Paris for over 30 years. He was also an adventurous backpacker when he was young.

After dinner I went to the hostel, just 2 metro stations away, so I decided to walk. On the way it started to rain, very hard...

Anyway I got to the hostel, though drenched. What a day....

In this hostel, they got only one key for each room, even an 8-bed room. So, you're supposed to put the key at the counter whenever you left your room. If you can't find the key at the counter, that means someone suppose to be in the room to open the door for you.

I was sitting in the lobby for WIFI when my French roommate saw me. He told me that he's gonna get the key and go back to the room. I bidded him goodnight, but he just kept repeating that. Finally I understood. He's asking me to go up to the room with him, so I can bring the key back down, thus when I go back to the room he wouldn't have to wake up to open the door...

I went to bed around 12, and didn't wake him up. Around 3 am, someone knocked on the door. I didn't realise it's my door until they started to bang on the door... I went to open the door. That's our other 2 roommates...

BTW, the French guy's bed is just beside the door, mine is at the other end of the room.

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day74 第74天) 27 July

2008-09-18T06:51:00.001-07:00

This is TGV. To mont saint michel, I have to take TGV to Rennes first, and then take a coach to Mont Saint Michel.
這是TGV，法國的高速鐵路。要去Mont Saint-Michel得先搭TGV到Rennes ，再轉搭他們的接駁車到目的地。

This is Mont Saint Michel! When I saw it, I temporarily forgot the pain of losing the watch, just looked at this awesome church/fortress, breathless.
這就是聖米歇爾！當我看到這個雄偉的大教堂時，我暫時忘了弄掉手錶的傷痛。

Packed with tourists......
滿滿的都是遊客

Fortunately I found a small alley that no one wanted to go...
還好找到一條沒人要走的小路~

Whole lot of cars...
一堆車啊

The village

Inside the church.
教堂內部
This is the original abbey, the oldest part
這是原來的修道院，最老的部分

其他部分其實還蠻新的…連教堂頂上的聖米歇爾像都是新的
The other parts are actually quite new...even the statue of saint michel on the top is a new one.

Another standard abbey courtyard
標準的修道院中庭

Saint Michel
聖米歇爾像

This is the story origin of Mont Saint Michel. According to the legend, the Archangel Michael appeared in a bishop's dream, and asked him to build a church on this island. The bishop kept ignoring Michael and eventually pissed off the Archangel. He burnt a hole on the bishop's skull(hot-tempered isn't he?). Finally the bishop obeyed and built this church.

這個是在說聖米歇爾的起源。依據傳說，大天使米歇爾託夢給一個主教，要他在這個島上蓋個教堂。主教一直不理他。有天大天使不爽了，在主教的頭上燒了一個洞（這傢伙脾氣不怎麼好啊...)。當然主教就蓋了這個教堂。

This huge wheel is used to lift or close the gate.
這是用來開啟大門的大轉輪。

This is the old Saint Michel replaced by the modern golden tawdry one.
這是以前放在教堂頂上的聖米歇爾像，被新的金光閃閃的那個取代掉了

This is really awesome!
美呆了！

From the outside
從外面拍的

This is the famous old street in the village.
這是村裡有名的老街

This is place is really great, but not big. One day trip is enough. So I wet home around 6 o'clock.
這個地方真的很棒，只是不大。一日遊就夠了。所以，我約6點就起身回巴黎了~

There was a bloke playing accordion in the tube, but I couldn't take a clear shot. Crowded.
有位人兄在地鐵上彈手風琴，但照不清楚，車上超擠的~

When I was back in the campsite, this bloke is playing guitar with computer's company. Quite good.
回到營區時，看到這位在彈吉他，還有電腦伴奏，挺不錯的！

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day73 第73天) 26 July

2008-09-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

I woke up in the morning and found my mobile drown in a pond in my tent. I've heard a lot of people talked about their collapsed tent... I think it'd be hard to find a worse campsite..
一早起來，就發現我的手機泡在水裡面…另外也聽到很多人在討論自己帳蓬倒塌的慘狀。我想很難找到比這裡更糟的營區了~

My neighbor, a couple of Dutch backpackers, saw me trying to save my mobile, offered me their hairdryer to dry my mobile. Well, actually I know it's hopeless, It's turned on when it's soaked in the water. But still I can try. Well, of course, it's futile.
有一對荷蘭背包客看到我在搶救我的手機時，還很熱心地把他們的吹風機借給我。雖然我知道沒希望了，因為泡水時，手機是開機的~但我還是試了一下，果真於事無補~

And just when I was busying saving my mobile, I found my watch is gone. I've got no idea when, where, how, or who. I've searched all my luggages and everywhere I've been to. I think it's stolen, but I got no idea when, where, how, and who.
就在我忙著搶救手機的同時，我發現我的手錶不見了！怎麼發生的，我豪無頭緒！我到處找，就是找不到，可能被偷了吧，我也不知道~

I fell apart. That watch is really important to me. I can't think. So I went out, wandered on the street, rode bicycle as fast and hard as I can, tried to forget this. After a while, I calmed down a bit, and decided that I should do as I planned to, go to Mont Saint-Michel tomorrow.
我整個崩潰了…這支錶對我來說，意義非凡。我無法思考。跨上腳踏車，我試著忘記這件事，越騎越快~過了一陣子，我冷靜下來了~我決定照著我原先的計劃繼續走下去~明天就去 Mont Saint-Michel ~

The first thing I need is a watch. My watch is lost, my mobile is broken, I completely lost track of time. I went to several supermarket tried to get a cheap temporary watch. Well, but there's no cheap stuff in Paris, as we all know... Then I found that I can use the speedometer on my bike as a clock... Problem solved. Then, I went to the train station Gare de Montparnasse, tried to get a ticket to Mont Saint-Michel.
當務之急，就是要一支手錶。手錶掉了，手機壞了，我對於時間完全沒概念。我去了超市，試著買一隻便宜的替代品，但在巴黎，你也知道，沒有便宜這兩個字…然後，我發現，我可以用我車上的計速器當我的時鐘…問題決解了~再來就是要去Gare de Montparnasse車站，買一張前往Mont Saint-Michel的票。

Saw this on my way to the station. Wonder how silly the street is....
在路上看到的~這條路，是有多笨啊？

Gare de Montpanasse is very big, complicated and complex. Gare de Montpanasse actually includes several buildings. And some of the buildings are closed when off-peak.
Gare de Montpanasse 車站非常大而且非常複雜~它本身就是由好幾棟建築物組合而成的，有幾棟在離峰時間還是關著的~

This is the garden in Gare de Montpanasse
這是車站裡的公園

Someone camped in the station
還有人在車站裡面紥營~

That night I went back to the campsite, kept looking for my watch...Of course, in vain. It's still painful even when I'm writing this right now.
晚上回到營區後，我仍持續尋找我的手錶~依然徒勞無功~就連現在記錄這件事情，心裡還是很痛~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day72 第72天) 25 July

2008-09-18T06:50:00.001-07:00

This morning I met my Egyptian roommate. He's also a cyclist and quite interested in my journey.
今早遇到一位埃及室友，也是位自行車好手~他對我的旅程很有興趣~

Gonna move to the campsite today. Kinda far...
今天要去露營區~有點遠說~

This is L' Arc de Triomphe, the biggest obstruction in Paris, or maybe in Europe. L'arc de triomphe is a HUGE roundabout, and I have to cross it to the other side to get to Bois de Boulogne. A French came up, and ask me if I need help to take a picture of me and l'arc. Well, I do need help, I need help to get across the enormous roundabout... I asked him how to get through. He told me I got 2 choices. First, you can go outside of l' arc, get around l'arc through the streets around le arc. Second, and his personal choice, go directly into Le Arc... Hmm...Since I'm in Paris, I should experience the local life....
這是凱旋門，巴黎境內(或歐洲境內)最大的路障~凱旋門是個很巨大的圓環，而我必須穿越它才能到Bois de Boulogne。有個法國人經過，停下來問我要不要幫我與凱旋門合照一張~我確實需要幫忙，但不是拍照，而是如何穿越這個大圓環~他說，我有兩個選擇~第一，繞著大圓環的最外圍走，並依序穿越圓環外的每一個路口。第二，也是他個人的選擇，就是直接殺進圓環中~好衝啊！但既然在巴黎了，就應當體驗一下當地人的生活…

I went into the biggest roundabout ever. The cars coming into the roundabout kept pushing me inward, so I ended up in the center of the round about, in Le Arc... Well, now the problem is how to get out of the roundabout. Just when I was pondering, a couple, tourists I reckon, stand at the edge of Le Arc, trying to get to the other side. That's a really good opportunity, I just followed them and ended this nightmare. I can tell you this roundabout is even more scary than the highway in Russia...
這是我走過最大的圓環~圓環內的車子不斷把我向內推擠，讓我最後落在圓環的中央，也就是凱旋門中央…問題來了…我要怎麼出去呢@@~就在我還躊躇不前時，有兩位遊客(應該是吧)正站在圓環邊，準備要穿過車陣，到圓環外~就是現在了！於是我尾隨他們，並成功結束這場惡夢~我敢保証這個圓環絕對比俄羅斯的公路還要可怕！

So I settled down in the campsite. It still costed me 16€ per night!! A campsite without free internet and self-catering kitchen costs you 16€ per night, I think you can only find this in Paris.
The ground of the campsite is so damn hard, I can't drive the tent pegs into the ground even a bit. I've tried several places but still failed. Well, my neighbor told me that he has tried all over the campsite, it's all hard. And then he lent a brick and told me to punch the pegs into the ground. Well, it works, but still my pegs can go only half way into. Well, that's it, nothing else I can do...
來到營區便紥營了~都紥營了，還要收我一晚16歐！沒有wifi也沒有自助式廚房，一個晚上16歐的營區，應該只有巴黎有哦！營地的地板超級硬！營釘根本插不進去！我隔壁鄰居說，他試過整個營區，沒有一個地方可以紥營，他於是借了一個磚塊，要我把營釘敲下去~是敲下去了，但營釘仍有一大半外露在表面上~我盡力啦！

After the arduous tent pitching process, I decided to go to La Defense. There's a very big supermarket, which they call hypermarket. I'm gonna buy some food and spend the rest of the days here...
經過一翻折騰後，我決定去La Defense 逛逛~那邊有個大超市，他們叫"Hypermarché"~我要去買些食物，並在那邊閒晃~

La Defense

Eclair, this is my favorite dessert. left hand side is coffee, right one is chocolate
閃電泡芙(eclair)，是我最喜歡的甜點~左邊是咖啡口味，右邊是巧克力口味，讚！

Star War!, this is fun. I wonder what kinda event is this.
星際大戰！酷！只是不知道是什麼場合~

La Grande arche.
新凱旋門

there are a lot of funny looking buildings in this area
這一區的建築物外觀都很特別~

Le champs elysees and l' Arc de Triomphe
香榭大道與凱旋門~

I bought a lot of cheese and croissant.
買了很多起士和牛角麵包

This is a piece of brie
一小塊Brie起士

flan
蛋塔

blue cheese
發霉的起士

a whole box of croissant
一大盒牛角麵包

croissant au fromage bleu
角牛加起士

this is goat cheese
羊起士

That night, it rained very hard. The ground is softened and my tent collapsed. I woke up and rebuilt my tent in the dark and heavy rain, and tried to get rid of the water in my tent. Fortunately I got pretty good sleeping bag. It's still warm even got wet.
這一晚的滂沱大雨讓鬆軟的土地再也支撐不起我搖搖欲墜的帳蓬。我於是起身重搭帳蓬，並試圖把積在蓬內的水清乾淨~還好我的睡袋非常盡責，就算溼了，也還是很保暖~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day71 第71天) 24 July

2008-09-18T06:50:00.000-07:00

I wanted to find another place with wifi to stay, but without internet that's really hard for me. And, accidentally, I just saw a hostel, which is called peace and love, around the corner, and there's a sign of free wifi... I went in and ask the staff. They do have a bed for me tonight, but it costs 32€!! Well, I think I've got no other choice...
今天想找個有wifi的地方住，因為沒網路真的很不方便 @@
走著走著，很意外地在街角發現一家叫"peace and love"的hostel，而且還提供免費無線網路！進去問了一下，今晚有位置！但一晚要價32€！好貴呀…但也別無選擇了~

There's a bar in the hostel. I just sat there and try to find another cheaper place to stay. It's really hard to find a place to stay in Paris in high season.
hostel內有個吧台~我就坐在那邊，試著找一個更便宜的地方住。旺季在巴黎找住宿真的不容易！

This is a quite different beer.
口味獨特的啤酒~

Can't really find any hostel to stay... Well, I think I have to compromise, give up the idea of using wifi... Finally, I found a campsite in Bois de Boulogne, which is kinda near Paris...
好難找到hostel唷！可能要妥協了~放棄wifi吧~最後，在巴黎的近郊找到一個營區，就在Bois de Boulogne 裡面~

Well, this is not my first time in Paris, I've been to all those attractions already, so I just wandered around in the city.
這不是我第一次來巴黎了，那些有名的觀光景點都去過了，所以這次就到處閒晃。

Gare du Nord. Fantastic building.
後來就去巴黎市區閒逛~
巴黎北站~很棒的建築~

This is an HSBC cash machine. "En service" means "in service". But that's bullshit. This one is not working at all.
匯豐的提款機，上面寫著"en service"，也就是"服務中"~但是騙人的~這台根本就不能用~

Paris is full of this kinda beautiful historical stuff. Well, they look good, but they are also huge obstructions of traffic... It's really not pleasant to cycle in Paris.
巴黎處處都有這種美麗的歷史建築~真的很好看，但卻是交通上的大障礙@@
在巴黎市區騎自行車，真不是件好玩的事~

This is Notre Dame de Paris. I really love the musical Notre Dame de Paris.
這是巴黎聖母院~真的超喜歡Notre Dame de Paris這個音樂劇~

This bloke wore a mask of gargoyle and sneaked behind tourists to scare them. Their reactions are really hilarious.
這傢伙帶著石像鬼的面具，偷偷躲在遊客的身後嚇著他們！這些被嚇壞的遊客的表情真的很好笑！

This is pont-au-change, which is mentioned in the song Les portes de Paris in the musical abovementioned.
這座橋是pont-au-change，出現在上述歌舞劇中Les portes de Paris的歌裡~

Tour Eiffel
巴黎鐵塔

This is tour eiffel from below.
巴黎鐵塔(從底部往上拍)

Well, that's all for today. I went back to the hostel and did nothing but futile effort to find a cheaper place with wifi. So far, my impression of Paris is a beautiful, absurdly expensive, and chaotic city. In this whole journey, this is the first place I've been to that I hope I can leave asap.
好了~今天就這樣~ 我回到hostel繼續尋找下一個有wifi且更平價的地方住，但徒勞無功~
到目前為止，我對巴黎的印象就是很美、物價過高而且很亂~在我的旅途當中，這是第一個希望可以盡快離開的地方~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day70 第70天) 23 July

2008-09-18T06:49:00.001-07:00

Heading Paris. Just less then 50 km.
往巴黎推進~剩不到50公里囉！

This is a very interesting graffiti... watch carefully.
這個壁畫很有趣~仔細瞧瞧！

Passed by a very pleasant park.
經過一座清新的公園

Finally I'm in Paris!!! The river doesn't really look like a canal until now...
終於到巴黎了！這條小河一直到現在才顯現出運河的原形

Dunno what's this.
這是啥？

People in Paris seemed quite interested in me. A girl just pointed her camera at me and shot when I passed by.
巴黎人好像對我很有興趣，有個女孩拿著相機對著我猛拍~

Though I know I'm in Paris, but I have no idea where I am. Fortunately I found a bike shop with a huge map of Paris. So I went there and ask for direction. They are very helpful, but it took a long time for them to find the street I'm going...
即使身處巴黎，但實在不知道現在在巴黎的哪個角落~還好我找到一家自行車店，裡面有一張很大張的巴黎地圖~於是到裡面問路~他們很幫忙~但還是花了滿久的時間才找到我要去的地方~

La Seine
塞納河~

Louise got a friend in Paris, Mr. Boom, who runs a travel agency. He's so generous that he let me put my bike and my luggages in his place when I'm back to Taiwan for my UK visa. I went to his office, gave him the chocolate I've bought in Germany as a gift. Well, that's not really a good idea actually, but that's the only way I can think of. After thousands of kilometers, I wonder if the chocolates inside are still intact...
Louise在法國有個開旅行社的朋友~文先生~他非常地康慨~在我回台灣辦英國簽証時，他讓我把我的家當都放他公司~到他旅行社後，我把德國帶來的巧克力送他~其實這實在不是個好主意，不過我也沒別的辦法了…經過幾千公里的路程，不知道巧克力是否還是完整的@@

They helped find a hostel in Paris. It's quite far, took me about 1hour to go there... Riding bicycle in Paris is definitely not a pleasant thing. Even if I got a map, still I can't find the correct road. And there are a lot of chaotic roundabouts... Moreover, even inside Paris, sometimes it can be very hilly...
他們還協助我找到一家hostel~有點遠，花了一個小時才到~
在巴黎市區騎鐵馬絕不是一件輕鬆的事~即使帶著地圖，也很難找到路~
然後…還有很多很難搞的圓環~
在市區裡面甚至還有許多上坡下坡~@@~

I passed by this interesting underpass
這個地下道很酷吧~

This youth hostel costed me 23 per night. Well, it's not expensive in Paris...
今晚hostel 23歐~在巴黎算很便宜了~

Here I met this Japanese girl Natsuki. Chatted with her in Japanese for a long while and exchanged email addresses.
在這邊巧遇一位日本女孩，Natsuki。用日文跟她聊了許久，然後交換了email ~

By Mr. Boom's help, I booked the ticket back to Taiwan, which is 7 days later. And this is not my first time in Paris, I've already been to those tourist's attractions. So, the next few days I'll just relax, do some blog...

透過文先生的幫助，我訂了七天後回台灣的機票。這不是我第一次到巴黎，那些觀光景點我大都去過了。所以，這幾天我就放鬆一下，更新一下部落格吧...

Well, then I'll have to find a place with free wifi
不過那我就得找個有無線網路的地方...

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day69 第69天) 22 July

2008-09-18T06:49:00.000-07:00

This is a huge monument. I stopped here for lunch.
在這樽巨大的紀念碑旁停下來吃午餐~

The sun's really burning... And I kept bumping into small, unknown insects... They just stayed and crawling on my face and didn't wanna leave. I wonder if it's because I havn't showered for 3 days so they are stuck on my face and can't leave...I have to wear the hood like a mask do avoid them. But it's really hot...
艷陽高照，路上又一堆不知名小蟲子飛撞在我臉上…然後在上面爬來爬去，就是不願離去。不知道是不是因為我三天沒洗澡所以他們黏在我臉上飛不走。於是只好把頭巾當面罩帶，但真的好熱哦@@

I found this great park to rest for a while for lunch.
找到這片綠地小歇片刻~

I found a pretty cheap supermarket and bought a lot stuff.
發現一家超便宜的超市~買了很多東西~
Super cheap corn flakes
這是超便宜玉米片~

Super cheap tea
超便宜的茶

Super cheap ice
超便宜冰淇淋~

I've arrived Meaux, a small town near Paris. I went to the tourist info and ask them for the route to Paris. They told me I can ride along a canal all the way to Paris. But they also told me that it's kinda dangerous cause the road is not well paved and you might fall into the river... However, she told me this is the only way I can go to Paris by bicycle. The other routes are motorways.
騎到巴黎附近的一個小鎮，Meaux。去了一趟遊客中心，問了往巴黎的路，他們說，可沿著運河河畔騎，但路況不是很好，有可能騎一騎掉到運河裡…不過他們也說我沒有別選擇了~其他的路，都是高速公路，這是唯一自行車可以騎往巴黎的路了~

Well, it's not that bad...
不過，還好嘛！沒那麼糟啦！

The route is full of shattered rocks... But still ok
路上很多小碎石，但還好啦！

Sometimes there'd be a chain blocking the way... annoying.
只是有時候，騎一騎，會遇到像這樣的鐵鍊…真討厭~

Beautiful route.
很美的自行車道吧~

I have to meet a friend in Paris during working hour, but it's already 5 pm now. So I camped beside the canal.
我必須在上班時間到巴黎找一位朋友，但現在己經5 pm了…所以…就索性搭起帳蓬在這裡先睡一晚吧~

This is my dinner.
晚餐~

This is paste made of liver, fat, pork(I reckon) and other stuff. I like it.
這個東西很特別：有肝、油、豬肉(猜的)還有其他一些東西混在一起~ 我喜歡！

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day68 第68天) 21 July

2008-09-18T06:48:00.001-07:00

I forgot the name of this small town. They've got a street full of "pied'or", which literally means "golden foot". I think it's pig knuckles. It's a shame I just had breakfast...
忘了這個小鎮的名稱~街道上"pied'or"隨處可見~字面上是指"黃金腳"的意思，但我想應該是在賣豬腳吧~但無緣一嚐~因為我才剛吃飽~

Another cathedral.
再來一座大教堂~

This is good. semolina with chocolate.
這個好吃！巧克力小米~

Well, doesn't look so good though.
雖然賣像不佳…

This is in Champagne. There's a street full of this kinda of fountain. I took a bottle. Pretty good.
這是在香賓區.有條街上到處都有這種噴泉，裝了一瓶來喝，還不錯呢~

The street looked ancient....
古色古香的老街~

Another hill top. It's still hilly, but a lot better than the past few days.
另一座山頂風光~雖然山丘還是很多，但比前幾天好太多啦！

Well, it's good that it became flatter. In the past few days I actually kept swearing while I ride...
However,becoming flatter also means there'd be less woods for me to hide and camp.
呼~變得比較平了~還不錯，前幾天真的是邊騎邊罵…但變平也就是說…可以躲起來的樹林就變少啦，晚上要睡哪呢@@
Finally I found this. But it's hard to get my bike inside cause there's a slope... Anyway, I managed to get in.
騎一騎，找到這個~但有個斜坡讓我的鐵馬很難牽上去…還好我利害，最後還是把它塞進去了~

Just beside the road, but you can see nothing inside.
雖然我的營地就在馬路旁，可是什麼都看不到吧！哈！

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day67 第67天) 20 July

2008-09-18T06:48:00.000-07:00

They woke me up.....
它們…叫我起床~

This is an interesting sign...

這招牌很有趣

There is an awesome cathedral.

有座壯觀的大教堂~

The 6 euro map is completely useless. The number of the road marked on the map is different from the real number. And I can't find most of the cities I've passed by... Anyway, I just follow the instruction of google map I've downloaded.
6歐元的地圖一點用處都沒有…地圖上標示的公路號碼跟實際上根本就不一樣。而且，我經過的城市在地圖上都找不到…最後反正就是跟著google map上抄下來的標示前進就是了~

French Croissant! Fantastic
正宗法國牛角!讚!

Still extremely hilly... But nice view on the top.
高低起伏依然很多，但頂上的風光明媚，你說是不是啊~

Another top.
另一個山頂風光~

Yet another
再來一個~

Cute car
可愛的復古車~

A sunflower river
向日葵海~

Guess what's this
猜這是啥~

Another hill top, endless hills...
再來一個山頂~無窮無盡的山頂…@@

Funny name of pub...
夜店名字很好玩~

Not only hilly, also windy
山丘很多，風也頗大~

nice lake
湖~美吧~

Camped here tonight, cool.
今晚在這過夜，酷吧~

I think this is blackberry, not ripe yet. Such a shame...
這個應該是黑莓，但還沒熟，可惜了~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day66 第66天) 19 July

2008-09-13T06:47:00.000-07:00

City tour in the morning.
早上例行的市區參觀囉~

This is a huge market. I bought a wooden letter opener here.
這個市集超大~我在這邊買了一個木製的拆信刀~

I tried to find a map for bicycle from here to France but failed. They only got maps for cars... Anyway, I bought one for 6 euro, and it turned out to be completely useless...
我試著找看看有沒有腳踏車用的法國地圖，可是沒有。只有給車子用的。我花了6歐元買了一本，結果發現完全沒有用...

They got a lot of public bicycle like these
他們還有很多公用的腳踏車~

This is a huge casemate in Luxembourg. This one is A LOT bigger than that one in Kronor in Sweden. Very complicated.
這是盧森堡境內很大的地窖，遠比瑞典的Kronor城裡那一座大多了~而且設計更複雜了~

the border between Luxembourg and France is well hidden...like this.
隱身在樹葉中的盧法國界~

I'd just miss it if I didn't stop and check this sign...
要不是為了看家樂福在哪，不然可能還沒發現己經到法國了~

I mixed the octopus with the vegetable. Suppose to be good, cause the vegetable is for mussels, also seafood. Well...It turned out to be... weird...I think I should have cooked the vegetable...
我把青菜跟小章魚混在一起吃，理論上…應該很好吃的呀，因為那個菜是給mussel用的~結果…混搭失敗~味道很怪，應該把菜煮一煮的~

I think it's a wedding or something like that...
這個…應該是個婚禮之類的~

Dunno what are these, seems tasty. but I don't have the guts to try...
這個…好像很好吃，但沒膽去試吃~

In Metz. This is a nice small town.
到Metz，很棒的小鎮

This campsite I stayed tonight is just beside Mosel. Staff speaks very good English, free tourists' info(maps and stuff), cheap(5 euro), and free wifi! One of the best campsite I've been to!!
今晚住的營區就在Mosel河畔，工作人員英文很好，且提供免費旅遊資訊(地圖之類的)及無線網路，一晚只要5歐元！是我住過最好的一個營區之一~！

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day65 第65天) 18 July

2008-09-12T15:44:00.000-07:00

City tour in the morning.
早上參觀市區~

The amphitheater. This one is quite small, but very well equipped. Under the field is a huge underground, in which the performers can standby. There are lifts so the performers can rise from the underground to the surface!
這個競技場雖小，五藏具全呢！地底下有個還有個地下道，好讓表演者可以預備，裡面還備有昇降平台讓演員可以從地底下上到地面上呢！

Not very clear, but you can see the hole on the ground where the performers can emerge.
這張照片不是很清楚，但還是看得到昇降梯的位置，演員就是從那邊冒出來的啦！

The underground, I thinks it's like a backstage.
地下道，應該是後台~

Bring it on!!!
放馬過來吧~

This one is Porta Negra, means black gate. Very magnificent.
這個是 Porta Negra，就是黑色大門的意思，非常壯觀~

Inside Porta nigra
Porta Negra內部

view from porta nigra
從 Porta Negra往外看~

other stuff...
其他~

After city tour I headed Luxembourg.
參觀完後，就往盧森堡推進囉~

I saw this van bakery. It reminded me my childhood. We use to have this kinda van selling bread in Taiwan, now don't see it anymore.
箱型麵包車，讓我回憶在台灣童年時代的麵包車，現在都看不到了~

I bought this apple bread.
買了這個蘋果麵包~

This is a branch of Mosel, I'm gonna follow this one
這是Mosel的一條支流，就跟著它走吧~

Th other side of this bridge is Luxembourg. the border is like nothing...
橋的另一邊就是盧森堡了。國界…有跟沒有一樣~

The only change I've noticed is the signs are now only in French.
但唯一發現的不同就是…從現在起，標示都是法文了~

It's very painful to ride in Luxembourg, a lot of climbing...
在盧森堡並不好騎…好多爬坡@@

According to the bikeroute map, There should be a bike route leads to Luxembourg city, and the route pass by a small town around here. So I ask people for the direction to the town.
根據鐵馬道的地圖顯示，應該有一條是通往盧森堡市區的，而且會經過附近的小鎮，所以向當地居民問了路~

Arrived the small town, but actually no knows any about bikeroute and I saw no one riding bicycle since I'd entered Luxembourg...Finally I saw 2 cyclers approaching. I yelled for help... They stopped, produced the map, and discussed for a long long time. Finally they told me, there's no such thing as bike route, that one on the bikeroute map is just a road that you are allowed to ride bicycle.
到了地圖上的小鎮後，發現沒人知道鐵馬道在哪，而且自從進到盧森堡到現在，還沒看到半個人騎腳踏車@@~ 終於，看到兩位騎鐵馬的人靠近~我對著他們大叫問路，他們停下來後研究討論了一番，然後告訴實際上並沒有所謂的鐵馬道，地圖上的，僅是一道可以騎鐵馬，且通往盧森堡的馬路而己。

Well, from the flat, dedicate bikeroute to this hilly place. I really feel very sad...
從原本平坦的路，到專用鐵馬道到現在這個上上下下的丘陵地，真叫人傷心~

Actually, there'd be some bikeroute appears from time to time, buy not so many. And sometimes they are so steep that i have to get down and push.
偶而會有鐵馬道出現，但不多，還有些超陡峭，有時還得下來推車~
Well, but you can get nice view once you get to the top.
但一旦登頂了，美麗的風光就是你的啦！

This one showed exactly the same speed as the speedometer on my bike.
這個測速器與我車上的測出來的速度一樣呢！

a bus for night life?
夜生活巴士？

It's extremely hilly miles after miles, and it's very hard to find the road sign. I came to a junction with absolutely no sign... So I stopped. I saw a van came toward me, so I asked him for the direction to Luxembourg city. He tried to show me the way on his GPS, but it's not really useful... He gave up, and drove me to the entrance of a bike route leading to Luxembourg city, and then drove me back to my bike. Really nice guy.
在這個區域，好多山丘，除了得上上下下之外，又沒什麼路標！騎騎騎，騎到了大路口，一個標示都沒有！決定停下來~遠方有一台箱型車往我這個方向開過來，我向他問往盧森堡的路。這位大哥試著用車上GPS指示的方向向我說明，但好像不大正確…於是他放棄了，決定直接載我到通往盧森堡的鐵馬道入口，然後再載我回來牽車~人真好！

He also told me that Luxembourg is on a mountain, so I'm actually climbing from a valley to the top of a mountain. That's why it's so tough. He also told me I'm on the top of the mountain, so no more climbing. I was sooooo glad to hear that.
他還說盧森堡是在一座山上，所以我是從峽谷，騎往另一座山頂~難怪這麼難騎！他還說…我現在就在山頂上，所以，不用再爬坡了！！真是太開心了！

Here is the bike route, finally a real bike route.
鐵馬道~真正的鐵馬道！呼~

The bikeroute is really nice. No more climbing, mild downhill.
這裡的鐵馬道真的很棒，而且很平緩，沒什麼上坡了~

Someone came to me and asked me if I need help when I was reading the map in the downtown. He asked in French, and then Ask me if I speak French. I answered "Oui, un peu"(yes, a little). And he said "ok, let's try English"... Seems my French reeealy suck...
好位好心人看到我在看地圖時，過來問我需不需要幫忙。他是用法語問的，也問我會不會講法語~我回他：oui, un peu(會一點)~他接著說"好那還是用英文好了…"看來我的法語還是不行 @@

Anyway, I found the youth hostel, but no vacancy. I asked the staff if there's a place I can camp. He told me I can camp just across the street, hide behind the bridge. So I did. Camped under this magnificent bridge. You didn't see me in this picture, right? I was hided pretty well...
後來還是讓我找到hostel了，但也沒位置了~問了館員是否有地方可以紥營，他指向對面的橋後方，也就是我今晚的棲息地~如圖所示，我今晚就是睡在這裡，找不到我吧！？躲得可好呢！

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day64 第64天) 17 July

2008-09-12T15:43:00.000-07:00

Everything's wet in the morning...Anyway, I'll arrive Trier and find a hostel today, so I can dry my stuff. Not a big problem.
到了早上，什麼都溼了@@~不過還好今天會到Trier,再找個hostel住，順便把東西都晾乾~

This is my breakfast, suppose to be good, but kinda hard because I bought it yesterday...
這是早餐~原本應該不錯吃的，但，好硬~因為是昨天買的~

Very nice bike route. Down there along the river is the road for cars.
很舒適的鐵馬道，下方沿著河邊是給車子開的馬路~

I found some huge blackberries around here, even better than those along Rhine. More juicy, maybe because of the rain last night.
我找到一些很肥美的小黑莓，比萊因河畔的更大顆，更多汁！可能因為昨天下雨的關係吧~

A fountain, seems clean but I didn't dare drink it.
一池清徹的泉水，但…不敢喝~呵

another high bridge. I think it's for autobahn.
又來一座高架橋，應該是高速公路~

After a while, the landscape changed. the mountains are getting further and further away from Mosel, left some space between the river and the mountains. Seems Trier is near.
不一會兒，整個景色都變了~離山區漸行漸遠，山與河間的空地也越來越大~Trier似乎快到了！

Arrived Trier, the end of my Mosel journey. The first thing I did is find a bike shop and bought a new hook for my bike panier. Very expensive...
終於到Trier了！也為我的Mosel之旅畫下完美的句點~但我一刻也沒閒著，馬上找一間腳踏車店，買了新的勾子給我的馬鞍袋~貴啊@@~

Then I went to the information center for the information of hostels here. The info is just beside the very awesome porta nigra.
接著，去遊客中心要一些hostel的資料，剛好遊客中心就在著名的Porta Nigra旁。

There's a youth hostel near the river, but it's fully booked when I go there. So I went back to the info. They told me there's another hostel, but the landlord won't be back until 4pm, so I'll have to wait for 3 hours.
河畔附近就有間hostel，訂位己滿，但另外一家hostel的老板要到四點才會回來，還得等上三個小時 @@

Porta Nigra(黑色大門之意)

I ask them for a place I can use wifi. I went to the restaurant they told me, and ordered a glass of white wine.
詢問之後，到了他們推薦的餐廳，點了一杯白酒，便開始用他們家的無線網路~

I went to the hostel at 4. The dorm room are full. So he gave me a double room but only charge me for one bed. Really nice.
四點準時到hostel，但也是滿的~老板很好，給我一間雙人房，但只收我一張床的錢~

A very fat cat...but still quite agile. there's a sign says don't let the cat into the room. I tried but still it sneaked in, messed up things...
很胖的一隻貓，但還是很敏捷~有個標示寫說"別讓貓咪進房間"，但沒辦法，他還是偷偷潛入了，然後把房間都弄亂了!! @@

I've met a teacher from Belgium in this hostel. He started cycling from Belgium, going to Romania. He told me he did this to raise money for children. what a noble mind.
在這裡，我遇到一位比利時來的老師，他打算從比利時騎車到羅馬尼亞。他的目的是要為小朋友募款，真是高尚的情操！

We've talked something about Belgium. He told me those politicians are trying make conflicts between Dutch speakers and French speakers. It amazed me that a European country would have conflicts between languages...
跟他聊了一些比利時的事，他提到政治人物每天都在挑撥講德語跟講法語的人~而讓我驚訝的是，歐洲人居然會為了不同語言而起衝突~
That night when I was having supper, I saw him came into the kitchen and going to the lounge beside. He told me his roommates snore too loud so he's gonna sleep in the lounge. Since there's an extra bed in my room, I let him sleep on the extra one.
在吃晚餐時，我看到這位比利時老師走進廚房，然後再到客廳去~他表示他的室友打鼾超大聲的，所以他要睡在外面~既然…房裡還多一張床，我就讓他進來睡囉~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day63 第63天) 16 July

2008-09-12T15:42:00.000-07:00

this family is trying to find some food in my luggage when I woke up...
早上起來時，發現他們一家五口在我包包旁覓食…

around the campsite.
營區附近

There were a lot of signs of eagles, but not until now I saw one. There's an eagle( not sure, maybe not eagle, but definetely a raptor) just stand at the bike route. I think it's kinda nervous when it saw me. I stopped right away, hope I didn't scare it, but it's too late. He tried to fly away. But, well, you know raptors, they are not good at taking off. It jumped several times and finally jumped into the woods. Hope it's fine.
沿路上很多老鷹的標示，但一直到現在才親眼看到一隻~就站在鐵馬道旁(可能…不是老鷹，但反正就是一種猛禽類的)。它看到我的時候，似乎有點不安，於是我馬上停下來，希望沒嚇到它~不過來不及了，他試著飛走…但猛禽不大擅長起飛，就這樣跌跌撞撞地跳進樹林中，希望它還安好~

Another interesting thing I saw today is a biker. He got a red bike, with 4 red panniers, wearing RED T-shirt, RED shorts, and RED shoes. And he also got a guitar on his back in a RED bag. Combined with his white beard and hair. I expected to see some reindeers but it didn't happen. Is he tired of his sleds?
今天另一件有趣的事，就是看到一位鐵馬客，騎著紅色鐵馬、帶著四個紅色馬鞍袋，穿著紅色上衣，紅色短褲以及紅色的襪子，背上背著一只吉他, 裝在紅色吉他袋裡。跟他白頭毛及白鬍鬚搭配起來，應該會看到幾頭馴鹿…但並沒有…難道…他受夠了他的雪橇了嗎？

more castles...castles here along Mosel are not as easy to find as those along Rhine. Sometimes you have to look back to find them.
更多城堡…沿著Mosel的城堡大多躲在山谷中，仔細尋覓才看得到~

There's a small town around the hill where this castle is situated. I forgot the name...
This is considered a large town along Mosel, but actually it's quite small. Unlike the Rhine, there are cliffs along both sides of Mosel. So actually there's not much space for big town.
這座城堡旁有個小鎮(忘了什麼名字)，沿Mosel的城鎮中，算是大的了 ~跟萊因河不同的是，河的兩畔都是高聳的懸崖，也沒什麼讓大城市展發的空間~

I found a bike shop, wanna repair my bike panier. The hook of one of the paniers are broken. But there's no bike shop big enough to buy those kinda stuff. So I tied the panier with a rope, a temporary remedy.
找了一家腳踏車店，要修我的馬鞍帶~馬鞍帶上的勾子壞了，但腳踏車店都好小，規模不夠大，買不到這些材料~於是，暫時用一條繩子，先綁一下~

This is my lunch. very nice croissant.
這是我的午餐，超好吃的牛角麵包~

There's a wind band playing in the cityhall square.
管樂團在市政廳前表演~

This is a ruin on the side of the road, dunno what it is. Tried to get in, but the grass is too long for my bike to pass.
路邊有個不明斷垣殘壁，想一探就竟，但草太長了，鐵馬實在無法進去…

some ruin...
其他一些古跡~

This is a ruin of an very old monastery.
一座古老修道院的遺跡~

I took out the jam that I bought in Denmark and almost forgot. Suddenly I found that I the word written on the cap means blackberry, the german guy I met in Koblenz taught me that. Finally I know what the jam is made of.
這是在丹麥買的果醬，差點就遺忘它了~突然發現蓋子上的字樣寫著"黑莓"…就是我在Koblenz 遇到的德國人教我的~哈終於知道這是什麼果醬了~

This I bought in a supermarket. Quite good.
這個超市買的，不錯吃~

Very cool seats along Mosel.
Mosel畔很酷的座椅~

This place is called "wolf". Fortunately I'm not gonna camp here...
這個地方叫"狼"，還好，沒有要在這裡紥營~

There are a lot of place with the sign "Zimmer frei", which means "room for rent". but according some guide book, they are for long term rental, even if the landlord let you stay for only one night, it wouldn't be cheap.
"Zimmer frei"這個標示處處可見，是空房出租的意思。旅遊書上是說，這些房間是供長期租用的，即使房東同意讓你住一個晚上，也不見得會低價出租~

A huge tent here, seems like a festival. but I think it's ended.
有個大帳蓬，似乎有什麼活動，但應該己經結束了。

Another small town.
另一個小鎮~

It's hard to find a place to camp around here. Too many people. It's already passed 11 when I found a place to camp. It's along the river and very well hidden. The problem is the ground is too hard. I decided not to pitch the tent, just wrap up the sleeping bag with the tent to keep the mosquitoes away. This turned out to be a wrong decision...
附近太多人，很難找到適合紥營的地方。等我找到的時候，己經超過11點了~我的營地在河邊，非常隱密。但問題是，地板太硬了~決定不要紥營，只包著睡袋裹在帳蓬裡面躲躲蚊子就好~後來才知道，這不是個明智的決定~

That night it rained...Well, fortunately the sleeping bag is good enough, I still can sleep.
這天晚上下著雨…還好我的睡袋還不錯，讓我尚可入睡。

For those who still read this blog

2008-09-04T10:43:00.001-07:00

Sorry I havn't updated for so long. It's just because internet is not so convenient, and I was too busy drinking, talking, singing, and riding. The text is basically done, I just don't have time to deal with the pictures. I promise I will update as soon as possible when I arrive Aberdeen.

These days are really fun... I promise you the rest of the blog would be great.

HSBC SUCKS.

2008-08-23T09:13:00.000-07:00

This time HSBC really pissed me off.

I got no money on me, so I found a cafe with WIFI to transfer money to my HSBC euro account through internet. System is down. I ask Louise in Taiwan to call HSBC, they just told me that there's nothing they can do. FUCK THEM. This is not the first time I can't use their service when I need it. It also happens in Denmark. Well, actually also in Germany.

1. In Denmark, my card is rejected because I don't have a pincode. I contacted them to set a pincode. They told me cards in Taiwan got no pincode. They told me that some clients complained for this before. They told me nothing when I apply for this card. I told them very clearly I'm going to europe, even told them the countries I'll pass by. There are clients complained before and they just hide the truth.

2. They told me I can make collect call to them from all over the world. That's a lie. I've tried in Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, and France. It didn't work.

3. They told me I can ask HSBC in Germany to relay the phone call to HSBC in Taiwan. So I called HSBC in Germany. HSBC in Germany just told me it's impossible.

4. In France, I need to transfer money through internet but the system is not working. I contacted them and they told me they are maintaining. They don't have a back up system, and they didn't inform me, not even an email. Actually, if I didn't contact them, there's no way I can know they are during maintainance. And even more stupid, they maintain the phone banking system and the internet banking system at the same time!!

I'll send the record of the phone calls to consumer's foundation. And also I'll tell the stories to magazines and newspapers in Taiwan.

Finally. DON'T TRUST YOUR MONEY WITH HSBC, THEY LIE!!!

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day62 第62天) 15 July

2008-08-15T02:30:00.000-07:00

I woke up and see the castle shining like this.
一起床，就看到這座城堡在我眼前發光~

Heading Bingen again...still castles and vineyards
返回Bigen，路上都是城堡與葡萄園~

This one is my favorite
這個是我的最愛~

came to the end, Rudesheim. I found a pier here. So I took ferry from here to Bingen.
最後一站，Rudesheim。從這邊的碼頭搭船到Bingen。

lots of bicycles on the boat
船上也有不少腳踏車~

It's a quite short trip from Rudesheim to Bingen. But it's pleasant.
Rudesheim 到 Bingen 旅程並不長，但卻怡人~

The first thing I saw in Bingen is this. Fun.
到Bingen首先看到這個，真有趣~

I decided to take the ferry from Bingen back to Koblenz.
後來決到搭船從Bingen 回到 Koblenz

It's like a review of all the castles.
好像在做城堡回顧~

On the ferry they broadcast the audioguide in German, English, French, Spanish, Japanese, and Chinese... However, only the first 3 languages are useful, after that the spot would be far behind you.
在船上的語音導覽依序以德語、英語、法語、西語、日語及國語沿途做介紹~但其實最前面三國語音才派得上用場，播到第四個起，船隻己經離景點很遠了~

This is the place I slept last night.
昨天…在這邊睡覺~

This is a ruin of a cathedral, just opposite to the place I slept last night. It was beautifully lighted up at night, but it's too far I couldn't take a picture.
這是教堂的遺跡，就在昨晚過夜的對岸。晚上還有特別打燈，很可惜離它太遠了，照不起來~

a cool map on the cruise
船上很酷的地圖

Loreley, I was up there yesterday...really freaking high...
Loreley~我昨天才在這個上頭~

The beautiful bike route I rode yesterday
昨天才騎過的鐵馬道~

This is a restaurant...
這是餐廳

Near Koblenz, people sunbathing
快到Koblenz了，大家在作日光浴~

The hostel I stayed.
前天待的hostel

took a look around in Koblenz.
在Koblenz附近繞了一下~

Cityhall square
市政廳廣場

This is funny. this statue is a mischievous kid, he would spit randomly.
這很有趣~這是一樽調皮小子的雕像，他會不定時吐口水~

See the water? The words on the ground are set in a very nice position that if you read it, you'll stand in the best position to be spitted.
看到水了嗎？要看清楚地面上文字的最佳位置正是被調皮小子吐口水的最佳位置唷！

These bells were playing...
鈴鐺響叮噹~

Start the journey along Mosel. Well, Lunch first. At Mosel, of course.
即將起程~沿Mosel前進~但先在Mosel享受一下午餐吧~

this is the bridge of Autobahn, it's very magnificent, but I can't get a clear shot to show it. It's freaking high, connecting the 2 cliffs flanking Mosel.
這是Autobahn的路橋，非常壯觀，但很難拍到整個全貌~這個橋高得嚇人，並連接兩邊的懸崖

There are also castles and ancient looking villages. But most of the castles I have to go into the mountains to see...
Mosel也有很多城堡及古城區，但大多城堡要欣賞必需要到山裡去`~

Camped in a nice campsite tonight. There's a nice bar with kinda landlady.
今晚的營區很不錯，有個小酒吧台~

The bar is decorated in a very funny style
吧台裝飾得很俏皮

Beautiful Mosel...
Mosel 好美~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day61 第61天) 14 July

2008-08-08T20:42:00.001-07:00

Took a look around the castle this morning.
今早到城堡附近溜搭~

Nice view of Rhine
萊因河景

This is interesting, but I dunno what it is. There's a sign on it but I can't read it.
這個很妙，但完全不知道是什麼東西~是有標示啦~但看不懂~

In the souvenir shop of the castle they sell real armours!! I tried the gauntlet. That's really fun!! and heavy...
紀念品店裡還有賣真的盔甲，我試了臂鎧~真有趣！！而且…很重~~@@

This is the entrance.
城堡入口

I spent too much time in the castle... When I really start the Rhine valley journey, it's already over 12:00. The bike route from Koblenz to Bingen is awesome! It's just like the beautiful and well designed bike route from Koln to Koblenz with the fancy decoration of castles.
在城堡裡晃太久了，等到真正展開萊因河谷行時，己經過12:00了。Koblenz 到 Bingen的鐵馬道就像Koln 到 Koblenz的鐵馬道一樣令人嘆為觀止！沿著萊因河河谷的車道兩旁都由各式古城堡點綴著。

This guy is drawing on the wall
這位人兄正在作"壁畫"

This part of Rhine is famous for it's numerous castles.
萊因河這一段因兩畔眾多城堡而聞名~

And the ancient looking cities
老城區

I stopped here for lunch. It's really pleasant to picnic between a castle and the Rhine.
在這邊停下來吃午餐，在萊因河及城堡之間野餐真是一大享受！

I bought these for 2 Euro. Since there are so many vineyard here, I thought these grapes are local. But they are actually from Spain. Pretty good. Sweet, seedless.
這個，2歐元。想說這邊這麼多葡萄園，應該是當地的葡萄吧~結果大錯特錯！是西班牙來的無籽葡萄呢！又甜又好吃！

This one stings...Is this stinging nettle(咬人貓)? I thought stinging nettles only grow in high altitude area. We got a lot of this in the mountains in Taiwan.
這株很刺，算咬人貓嗎？我以為這在高海拔地區才會生長。在台灣山區就有很多。

He was also having lunch.
它也在享用午餐。

Marksburg, there are only 2 castles haven't been destroyed during the war, this is one of them.
Marksburg，在大戰中，少數沒被摧毀的兩座城堡之一。

Vineyards all over the mountain
山區到處都是葡萄園~

What's this, banana?
這是啥？香蕉！？

These 2 castles are located on 2 mountain tops nearby. They are called "the hostile brothers"
這兩座城堡分別位於兩座山頂上對望著，並被稱作 "the hostile brothers"。

Like this.
像這樣~

Taichi? they even got a website!
太極！？他們還有個網站呢~

Another old city, St. Goarhausen
另一座老城，St. Goarhausen

I came to the famous Loreley in St. Goarhausen. The legend says that a siren called Loreley sat on the mountain, singing to seduce the sailors passing by. Well, the truth is just there are a lot of hidden rocks in this area. Now this part of the mountain is named Loreley.
到了St. Goarhausen著名的Loreley 。傳說中，這裡的美人魚Loreley 會坐在山上，靠著美妙的歌聲誘惑行經的船隻，導致船難。事實上，船難的發生是由於這附近暗礁很多。這附近的山頭於是命名為Loreley 。

There's a sign pointing to Loreley. But it's pointing up to the mountain... The road looks extremely steep. And it's not on the direction of Bingen. I just wanna see it from a distance, don't really wanna go all the way up.
路邊有個路標指向Loreley ，但卻是指向山上…那條路看起來超…陡峭，而且…有點不順路。我只想從遠方眺望就好，並不想騎到上面…

I asked someone nearby, they told me if I wanna see Loreley, I have to go up to the mountain, which is about 4 km steep pitch, or I'll have to go to the other side of the river.
問了問路人，若要看Loreley，還是得上到山上去，爬上4公里的陡坡…不然就得到對岸去看~

I thought for a while, decided to go.
想了想，決定衝了！

It was really painful. Most of the way I pushed the bike instead of ride it, and pushing is just as painful as riding. Loreley is definitely the most difficult woman I've ever met...
這段路真的很難騎，大部份的時間還是用推的，然而或騎或推都一樣痛苦@@~Loreley 絕對是我遇過最難搞的女人~ orz

Finally I'm up on the top of Loreley.
歷經一翻，終於到頂了！

From here you can have a great view of the Loreley valley. Worth the climbing.
從這邊可以俯瞰整個Loreley 河谷~ 一切辛勞都值得了~

at the end of this thing( peninsula? I dunno how to call this, please tell me if anyone knows) there's a statue of Loreley.
在這條"東西"(算半島嗎？有人知道這叫什麼來著，請告訴我呀~)的底端有一樽Loreley的雕像。

there's a campsite on Loreley, I talked with a German camping there. She taught me thing about the ferry. I decided to take the ferry back to koblenz when I arrive Bingen. She also gave me a pen when I told her I lost mine...
Loreley有個營區，在那邊跟一位德國人小聊一下。她教我一些渡輪的知識，我便決定到Bingen後，再搭船回koblenz。另外，她得知我的筆掉了之後，還很好心地送我一隻~

There should be a hostel, but only the sign, I can't find the hostel...
附近應該有個 hostel ，但只見牌子，就是找不到 hostel...

I prefer to camp at Rhine, so I didn't stay here. I went back to St. Goarhausen, following the same path I came. The way back to St. Goarhausen is really dangerous, but quite exciting. This is the Loreley statue on that thing.
我還是比較喜歡在河邊紮營，所以沒在這邊過夜。沿原路回到St. Goarhausen，路上還滿危險的但也滿刺激的~這個石堆上就是Loreley 的雕像~

This Loreley from down there.
Loreley 另一面貌~

Started to head Bingen again. Still a lot of castles on the cliff.
繼續往Bingen 推進~崖邊依然城堡林立~

this castle is in the middle of Rhine. This is another castle that hasn't been destroyed.
河中間的城堡，就是幸免於戰爭的另一座。

Started to get dark. But hard to find a place to sleep.
天色漸暗…但還找不到地方紮營。

Almost completely dark, fortunately I found a place in time. It's a platform between Rhine and the road.
就快看不到路了，但很即時地在河邊找到過夜的地方。這是在馬路跟河中間的平台~

There is a bike between the road and the woods on the river bank....I wonder how it got there.
The wall on the right of the photo is the road, about 2.5 metres high. To the left is the Rhine...
馬路跟河邊樹林中間有一台腳踏車…真不知道是怎麼騎過去的。照片中右邊的就是馬路，大約2.5米高，左邊則是萊因河~

From Koblenz to Bingen is just 68 km, but I can't finish it....
從Koblenz 到 Bingen只有68公里，但就是騎不完…

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day60 第60天) 13 July

2008-08-05T02:52:00.000-07:00

Today I started the journey from Köln to Koblenz. I wrote down the instructions I got from google map, but actually I didn't follow the instructions, I just follow the Rhine.
今天向Koblenz推進。我從google map上的一些指示抄下來，但後來並沒有照著走…而是沿著萊因河騎~

I saw a bridge that crosses the Rhine. There are bike wheel guide rails along the stairs, so I tried to push my bike up the stairs. But my luggages are too heavy so I can't make it. An old cycler lady came help me push my bike. Eventually I got to the other side of the Rhine...
騎著騎著，看到一座跨越萊因河的橋，試著把帶腳踏車過橋，但行李實在太重了，推不上去~幸好有位騎車的太太過來幫忙~順利到了萊因河對岸~

Pass by the chocolate museum again.
再次經過巧克力博物館~

The bike route is really good, like this.
鐵馬道真的很讚~像這樣~

And beautiful river beside.
旁邊就是漂亮的萊因河~

Well, didn't see any raptor...
沒看到任何猛禽類啊...

Actually people just pitch tents beside the bike route.
其實，有人就直接在鐵馬道旁紮營~

I stayed as close to the Rhine as I can. But suddenly a bar blocked my way. Had to detour.
我試著貼緊萊因河前進，但卻被前方的柵欄擋下來，看來得繞路了@@

Can't find any supermarket, so I went to a bakery and bought milk and bread for lunch.
找不到超市，到麵包店買牛奶及麵包當午餐。

I'm not along the Rhine anymore, but still I found a beautiful place for lunch.
雖然不在萊因河河畔了，但還是找到環境優美的地方用餐。

This is a very small branch of Rhine.
這是萊因河的一支小支流~

Supernice bikeroute, the right one is for pedestrians.
超讚的鐵馬道~右邊那個是人行道~

There are berries. I saw someone plucking, so I had some, too. Really good!
某種莓~看到有人在採，我也採了一些~不錯吃呢！

Fleamarket in a small town along Rhine. They even got gameboy.
萊因河畔小鎮中的跳蚤市場~連gameboy都有！

Seems Germans just like to build things on the cliff.
看來德國人就是喜歡在懸崖上蓋東蓋西~

The bank of the Rhine. Took a rest here, put my feet in the water...
萊因河畔~在這邊小歇一下~把腳丫泡在水裡~

Near Koblenz, all the small towns along the Rhine look ancient, and beautiful.
在 Koblenz附近的小鎮都很古老，又漂亮~

From time to time there are some fancy stuff like this, but I can't read German, have no idea what's that.
常會看到一些很炫的東西，不過不懂德文，不知到底是什麼..

And there are a lot of wineyard near Koblenz. I've never seen so many grapes before
Koblenz近郊有許多葡萄園，這一輩子還沒看過這麼多葡萄！

Dead end again... have to turn back....
哦！又是死路一條~ 得走回頭路了！

Saw these guys fighting in a park. The armours and the weapons are real, made of metal!!
有人在公園裡開戰~盔甲跟武器是真的金屬製品~鏗鏘作響

This one is teaching the kid some knowledge about swords and armours. Also how to fight.
這位老兄正在教小朋友戰鬥技巧與知識~

Take a break...
小歇一會~

Battle on!!!
開打囉！

Another cool bike route between high walls
另一個很酷的鐵馬道！夾在兩道高牆中間~

Arrived Koblenz
到Koblenz 囉！

The way to the hostel is PAINFUL. very long and steep pitch.
往hostel的路上真的很痛苦，又長又陡坡道~

This is really an awesome hoste. It's a castle, Ehrenbreitstein Fortress(hope i spelled it correctly). And part of the castle is a actually a museum. 17 Euro, WIFI in common room. A lot of bikers here. The hostel even sells bike tube patches.
這個hostel超棒，是一座城堡 Ehrenbreitstein Fortress(希望有拼對)，城堡的另一部份是博物館。這邊一個晚上只要17歐，大廳還有免費wifi~來住的人，很多鐵馬族，還有賣補胎片呢~

What makes a good hostel great? Location, location, location!! The hostel is on a cliff facing the Rhine!!! You can see the whole city of Koblenz.
一個好hostel的要件是什麼？一、位置，二、位置，三、位置！！這個hostel正位於萊因河畔的懸崖上，還可以鳥瞰整座Koblenz 城！

Went to the bistro in the hostel for dinner, cause it's already too late, all supermarkets are closed.
And the thought of climbing the slope again gave me a chill...
時間不早了，超市都關了，而且想到漫長的陡峭坡道…回程要再爬一次…還是算了~晚上在hostel用餐

From the bistro.
從餐廳往外拍

on the wall in the bistro.
餐廳的牆上

currywurst, german sausage with sauce.
currywurst，德國香腸+特製醬料

Koblenz at night.
Koblenz夜景

Talked with a German guy tonight. About journey, about foreign cities, about legend in Germany, like Siegfred the dragon slayer from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, Loreley...etc
晚上跟一個德國人聊天，聊旅程，聊外國城市，聊德國的傳說…像是尼貝龍根的指環, Loreley之類的

I showed him the picture of the berry, he told me it's called "brombeer" but he doesn't know it's name in English. He also suggested me to pluck the berries at least 60 cm above the ground. He said there are red foxes here, and there might be parasites in their feces.
另外，我還給他看了野莓的照片，他說這是"brombeer"，但不知道英文名稱~還說最好要採離地60公分以上的野莓，因為附近有紅狐出沒，他們的排泄物中，可能藏有寄生蟲~

And I found that the bikeroute signs are confusing even for a German. HA, this is really hilarious.
哈！我發現原來鐵馬道的標示對德國人來說也很難懂~哈！這個真的超好笑~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day59 第59天) 12 July

2008-08-05T02:51:00.000-07:00

Mike left today. Came a new Japanese girl Mizuho(瑞穗). She has been in Canada for one year for working holiday. She worked as a snowboarding coach. Cool.
Mike 今天離開，來了一個日本女生，瑞穗(みずほ)。她曾在加拿大打工遊學一年，且是當滑雪板教練呢~酷！

There are other new roommates, one from Peru, the other one from India. The Indian guy is really horny...
還有其他新室友，一個秘魯來的，一個印度來的。印度那傢伙超色的…

Today I went to the Dom again, just to review everything. And wandered around in the city. The weather is really not good, didn't take much pics.
今天又去了一次大教堂，把每個細節又重新看了一遍，然後在市區閒逛~ 天氣不太好，所以，也沒拍很多照~

I was thinking about going to the tower, but too many people queueing... Gave up.
本來想去塔上的，但太多人排隊，放棄~

Today I did nothing... just blog, laundry... Actually I'm waiting for the night.
今天沒什麼進度，就一直寫網誌，然後洗洗衣服~ 其實，在等待天黑~

Went out at night with Mizuho. Fetched some food first
晚上跟瑞穂出去，先去吃點東西

This pizza looks good, but not really...
pizza看起來不錯，不過其實不怎麼樣...

She's gonna meet her German friend lives in Köln, and I was gonna take some night shot of the Dom, and Rhine in Flame.
她要去找她住在科隆的德國朋友，我呢，則去夜拍大教堂以及火焰萊因河。

What's Rhine in Flame? This is Rhine in Flame. A firework show on the Rhine
火焰萊因河是什麼？就是這個~萊因河上的煙火秀

They ended the show with the theme from "dance with the wolves"
在最後，他們用了與狼共舞的主題曲做結束

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day58 第58天) 11 July

2008-08-05T02:48:00.000-07:00

Tried the curry powder bought yesterday, with pollock fillet and pasta. doesn't seem spicy at all, but actualy pretty hot. Cool!
試用昨天買的咖哩粉。用來煮魚和意大利麵。看起來不辣，不過其實還挺辣的，讚

After lunch, went to the Dom.
午餐後，到訪大教堂

There are a lot of street performer in front of the Dom.
大教堂前，有許多賣力演出的街頭藝人~

Like this.
像是這個

this
這個

And this. This one saw me taking picture, pointed at me, asking me to pay.
還有這個。這個發現我在拍照，指著我要我給錢

The Dom is too big, I can't take a picture of the whole...
教堂太大了，無法一次拍進全部~

Inside the Dom. You have to remove anything on your head when you enter. Hood, hat...etc
教堂內部。進教堂前，要把頭上的東西都卸下來，頭巾、帽子等~

The pipe organ
管風琴

Tried to take a picture of the whole Dom.
試著照大教堂的全貌~

A camerashop nearby. I ask the shopkeeper if they got Contax SLR lenses. Well, bad luck, sold out. He said this kinda stuff is hard to find now, even in Germany.
賣相機的店。向店員詢問有無Contax的單眼鏡頭，但很不幸，賣完了。還說現在這種東西即使在德國也很難買到了~

The other side of the Dom.
教堂另一面

Then I rode along the Rhine, to the chocolate museum.
之後，便沿著萊因河畔騎向巧克力工廠。

coconut fruit
可可果

These are baked cocoa fruits
這是烘焙過的可可果

Tools used to pluck.
採果子工具

Lots of funny looking chocolate
很多外形奇特的巧克力

Tools used to select beans.
選豆器

Analyzing equips
分析工具

They have a factory really producing chocolate inside the museum.
博物館內還有一個工廠真的有在生產巧克力。

Not sure, but I think this is the machine crushing the beans.
這…應該是碾豆機…不確定…

Then make the beans into this.
然後，把豆子做成這個

Conching.
這個字不會翻，攪拌巧克力讓顆粒變得更細緻的過程

conche
攪拌機

Moulding. They display a lot of different moulds.
成型。多種不同模型。

This is the one they use.
這個是他們在用的。

inject the chocolate into the mould.
把巧克力漿注入模型裡。

Shake the mould to make it even.
搖一搖，讓裡面均勻。

Reverse the mould and shake it hard to make the chocolate come out from the mould.
把模型翻過來，並用力搖，讓巧克力從模中脫落。

Then, a robot arm pick up the chocolates.
接著，機械手臂會把巧克力拿起來。

The chocolates are transported by a belt to be packed up.
並藉由輸送帶把巧克力出輸到包裝區包裝。

There seem to be something wrong, suddenly the robot arm stopped picking up the chocolates. All the chocolates go another way, to be cruched and melt.
突然之間，機器手臂停下來了，好像有狀況。所有的巧克力都轉向另一個輸送帶，由機器壓碎並溶化。

One dropped on the floor. The lady beside me screamed...."ahh!!chocolate!!!"
有一塊巧克力意外落地，我旁邊的小姐大叫一聲"啊…巧克力!!!"

Here they would give you some sample to taste. I finished it before I realised that I haven't take a picture...
到這邊，會有巧克力試吃~很開心的吃完之後才發現忘了拍照~

packing machine.
包裝機

This is the machine for truffle.
這台機器是做松露巧克力的~

this is the machine making those huge hollow chocolate. Injecting chocolate into transparent plastic moulds, and keep rolling the moulds.
這個機器負責做中空的大巧克力~先把巧克力注入透明的塑膠模型，然後一直旋轉模型。

This part introduce the culture of south America.
這一區介紹南美文化~

this is a guy who has been called Mr. Cocoa
這是個人稱可可先生的人~

These are equips used to drink chocolate.
用來喝巧克力器材~

a pharmacy that sells cocoa.
賣可可粉的藥房。

more chocolates...
更多巧克力~

History of Kinder's package
健達包裝的歷史淵源

A patented conche.
有專利的攪拌機

Vending machines.
販賣機

A green house inside the museum. There are tropical trees like cocoa, cofee...etc. Really humid and hot inside.
博物館裡又濕又熱的溫室，有可可、咖啡等熱帶植物

Bought something in their shop. Pretty good.
在店裡買了一些不錯的東西。

Recovering, well, at least trying to

2008-07-29T00:20:00.000-07:00

I had a long talk with someone who had been living in Paris for 30 years. And I found that he doesn't really like it here. This, somehow, made me feel better...

Things just have to move on... I suppose.

I'll try to continue the blog. At least I'll finish the Rhine and Mosel part. It's really a shame if I don't share it.

And I hope by reviewing the data and doing the blog I can tell if the journey really worth it.

悼...

2008-07-28T15:32:00.000-07:00

Haven't update the blog for a while, 2 reasons. First, hard to get wifi lately. Second, I was in very bad mood.
很久沒更新網誌了，有兩個原因。第一，最近很難弄到wifi。第二，心情非常不好。

A series of unfortunate. But the one really made me fall apart is -- I've lost my watch.
一連串的不幸。不過真的讓我崩潰的是，我的手錶掉了

To me, it's not just a watch. It's my partner. It's a part of my memory, part of my body, part of my life.
對我來說，他不只是一只錶。他是我的伙伴、我的回憶的一部分、我身體的一部分，我生命的一部分。

I don't like watch. They are like handcuffs. But somehow this one is special, and became my first watch.
我不喜歡手錶，總覺得像手銬一樣。不過這只讓我覺得不一樣，而成為我的第一只錶。

This one is really heavy, over 300 grams. I like to feel it's weight on my wrist.
這只錶很重，超過300克。我喜歡他在我手腕上的沉重感。

I really don't know how I can lose something so heavy, so big, and so important. I don't even remember if I've taken it off.
我真的不知道我怎麼會弄掉這麼重，這麼大，又這麼重要的東西。我甚至不記得我有沒有把他拿下來。

I'll try to buy a same model, though it might be really hard. I think it's out-of-production.
我會試著買一只同款的，雖然可能有點難。好像已經停產了。

However, even if I can find one of the same model, it's not the same one. It won't be a part of my memory, part of my body, part of my life.
不過，即使我能找到一只同款的，他也不會是原來那一只。他不會是我的回憶的一部分、我身體的一部分，我生命的一部分。

I've never felt sad about losing something before. But this one means a lot to me.
我從來沒有因為掉了什麼東西而難過過. 不過這只錶對我的意義重大。

I don't know if I can continue this blog. Actually, I don't even know if I can continue this journey.
我不知道我有沒有辦法繼續寫這個網誌。其實，我甚至不知道我有沒有辦法繼續這個旅程。

If anyone see an Oakley GMT stealth black on Ebay or somewhere like that, please let me know. especially when you see one with scratch on the buckle.
如果有人在Ebay或是什麼地方看到一只Oakley GMT stealth black, 請告訴我。尤其如果那只錶的錶扣上有刮痕。

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day57 第57天) 10 July

2008-07-12T12:29:00.000-07:00

Left in the morning to the railway station. It took me too much time to pack up, so I don't have time to visit the old town again... I'll come back again some time.
早上花了很多時間打包，所以沒時間去老城，就直接去火車站了~以後有機會還要再來一次~

Well, taking the train is not as easy as I thought. I unloaded my luggages so it'd be easier to get on the train later on. Then I waited for the train.
搭火車並不如我所想像的容易，我先把車上的行李卸下，等一下上火車比較方便。

When the train arrived, I took my bike to the wagon for bicycle, but the train driver told me it's full. I handed him my ticket. He took a look, and ask me go on board. I told him I'm gonna take my luggages, which are still on the platform. But he doesn't speak English, can't understand me t all. I pointed at my luggages and got out of the train. He got my bike out and gave it to me when I tried to get my luggages. Then the train left.
火車到了之後，我試著把腳踏車帶上腳踏車車廂，但司機說己經滿了。我拿車票給他看，他看看我的車票後，就示意要我上車，我跟他說我還得下去拿月台上的行李，但他不懂英文，我指向我的行李，然後就下車去拿行李了。就在我要去搬行李的同時，他把我的鐵馬拉了下來，然後就把火車開走了…

I went to the crew on the platform. A kind old lady saw all this and came to help me. The crew told me to wait for the next train, and they'll help me.
我去找月台上的員工。有個好心的老太太目矚整個過程，就過來幫我。工作人員要我等下一班火車，然後表示一定會協助我。

This time I didn't unload my luggages.
這一次，我就沒有把行李卸下來了…

Wagon for bicycle, full of bicycles...
腳踏車專用車箱，滿滿的都是腳踏車

After several hours, I arrived Köln. When I walked out of the station, I was completely overwhelmed by the cathedral...It's so magnificent!! Almost forgot that I need to find a hostel first. I'll stay here for a while, can take pics later.
幾個小時後，我到了科隆。就在我踏出車站時，我一整個被科隆大教堂給吸引~太壯觀了！差點忘了要先找HOSTEL。反正要在這待一陣子，晚點再來拍照。

I went to the info and ask for information about the hostels here. They gave me a list of hostels. I tried the nearest one. They got a bed, and they got WIFI. I can even use WIFI in my room! And it's just 17 euro per day.
我去了遊客中心問hostel的資料，拿到一整串hostel名單後，我找了一家最近的。有位子！還有無線網路~連在房間內都收得到無線網路！酷！而且一個晚上才17歐~！

There are tons of different supermarket nearby. I went to a mideast style supermarket first. They sell a lot of different curry powders. I asked the shopkeeper for a spicy one. Well, doesn't seem spicy at all, but on the package is written "HOT".
附近有很多超市，各有不同風格。先去一家中東風的超市，他們賣很多不同口味的咖哩粉。請店員給我一包辣咖哩，雖然外包裝寫著"辣"，但實在看不出來~

I went to another Asian supermarket. They really got a lot of food remind me of Taiwan. But they are also quite expensive...
我又去了另一家亞洲超市。他們有一堆讓我很懷念台灣的食物。豬耳朵、大腸、肉粽之類的。不過都很貴...

Roommates are quite interesting. A German guy, Johnny. He can speak English, German, and French. He also study bible in these 3 languages. But he kept talking about girls, and he's always surrounded by beer bottles...
今晚的室友很有趣，有一位德國人，Johnny，他會說英語，德語及法語。而且，他還研讀這三種語言的聖經。不過他總是把女人掛在嘴邊，且和身邊一直都放滿了啤酒瓶~

Canadian guy Mike. he recommended me the chocolate museum here in Köln.
加拿大人，Mike ，他推薦我去科隆的巧克力博物館~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day56 第56天) 9 July

2008-07-11T05:45:00.003-07:00

Saw this cute thing on my bag when I woke up
醒來的時後，在包包上看到這個可愛的小東西~

There's a small harbour near the camping site. You can rent a canoe here.
營區旁有個小港口，可以租獨木舟~

A very old windmill, hundreds of years. Seems not working now.
一個很老舊的風車，幾百年了。但好像沒在用了吧~

A yard full of sculptures.
滿是雕像的小花園~

In front of the cityhall
市政廳前的景觀~

The city hall
市政廳

This is a museum...
博物館

A cafe.
咖啡廳

This is another museum. With paintings and sculptures.
另一個博物館，收藏許多畫作及雕像~

Can't take pictures inside, so took some pics outside. This one is one of the sculptures exhibited inside the museum. Looks rather Japanese style to me...
裡面不能照相，照了一些戶外的景觀~這樽雕像在館內有展示~我覺得有點日式風格~

This is also one of the sculptures in the museum.
這樽館內也有~

Another museum, mainly paintings. In this picture are several artists who gathered in this town, inspiring each other.
另一家博物館，裡面以畫作為主。照片裡的術藝家在這個小鎮相遇，並相互激發靈感~

This is again Heinrich Vogeler's wive's house.
Heinrich Vogeler的老婆的房子~

I happened to join the tour guide. The guide is an heir of Heinrich Vogeler. She mainly talk in German, but she can speak English.
誤打誤撞參加了導覽，導覽員是Heinrich Vogeler的後代。她主要講德語，但也會講英語。

Vogeler came to Worpswede and met and married a local girl, Martha. He was so fascinated by this girl, so his work is full of Martha.
Vogeler 來到Worpswede 後，遇到當地女孩Martha，並與她結婚了~他對Martha如此著迷，作品中滿滿都是Martha~

He's not only a painter, he also designed these.
他不旦是個畫家，也設計了這些：

I dunno if he designed this one, but I like it.
不確定這是不是他設計的，但我喜歡~

This is one of their children
這是他們其中一個小孩~

This is co-created by Vogeler and his friends. The guide said this one is not a serious work, just for fun. But it's also a symbol of their friendship.
這幅畫由Vogeler 及他的朋友共同創作。這幅畫是大家好玩一起畫的，不是什麼正經的作品，但也顯示出他們之間的友誼~

The house is built with wooden frame. So you can disassemble the frame, move it to somewhere else, and assemble it again.
這個房子的主架構是木頭作的，所以可以把木頭骨架拆掉，搬到另一個地方，再組裝起來~

A factory. 工廠

They reproduce Vogeler's work into needlework. This is made by the guide.
他們把Vogeler的作品弄成織品。這個是導覽員作的。

Worpswede is situated in a bog, so people need these to walk in the bog.
Worpswede 位於沼澤當中，所以人們需要穿這個才能穿梭在其中~

These are for horses.
這是給馬兒的~

These are furnitures designed by Vogeler.
這些家俱是Vogeler設計的

More splendid kitchenware.
華麗的廚具~

I like this one, but dunno if it's his design.
這個很不賴，但不知道是不是他設計的。

This room exhibits the products of his furniture factory. Wasn't a economically successful one.
這一間展示他家俱工廠的作品，其實是間不太賺錢的工廠

He even designed the railway station...
他還設計過火車站！

Art center
藝文中心

I saw camels on my way back to Bremen...
回Bremen的路上，還看到駱駝~

A white one, cute.
白色的！可愛吧~

A windmill in Bremen.
Bremen的風車~

Went to the railway station to buy the ticket to Köln. The old town is nearby.
到火車站買往科隆的車票~老城就在旁邊~

This is the old town of Bremen. Just as good as the one in Tallinn
這個老城就跟塔林一樣迷人~

Bremen Town Musicians
布來梅的音樂家~

Roland, the protector of the town, though he's a French...
Roland，城市的保衛者，雖是個法國人~

the parliament~ 國會

St. Peter's Cathedral~St. Peter's大教堂~

Town hall
市政廳

I've seen many street performer with various instruments, but recorder is the first time.
看過許多街頭藝人表演各式樂器，但直笛倒是第一次~

Böttcherstraße

Rested for a while at the riverside. 在河邊小歇一下~

this is only 1.2x Euro. cheap
俗！1.2x歐而己！

When I'm back in Hensley's place, I saw Arkadiy packing up and ready to leave. Mary Ann tried to take some pictures, but not really successful...
回到Hensley家時，看到Arkadiy 己經打包好，準備離開~Mary Ann試著拍一些照片，但不是很成功~

Finally got a pretty good one.
哈，終於有一張好的~

Tonight Mary Ann and Ariel treated me to dinner. It's a restaurant in Böttcherstraße. And guided me through the old town. I found that I missed a lot of interesting thing, decided to come back here tomorrow morning
今晚Mary Ann 跟 Ariel請我去Böttcherstraße吃晚餐，然後帶我到老城區逛逛。發現我錯過滿多精彩的東西，所以決定明天再來一次~

Very thin pizza
很薄的pizza

This is knip. 這個叫knip~

Went salsa dancing with Ariel after dinner. It's an activity of her German class. I was in a big dancing hall. There are different rooms for different dance, Tango, Salsa...etc.
晚餐後，跟Ariel去跳salsa~這是他們德文課的活動。我們去了一個很大的舞廳，裡面分很多小廳，分別有不同的舞蹈~像是探哥，salsa 等…

I tried to learn how to dance salsa but not really successful. But it's still fun.
試著學salsa ，但失敗~不過一切仍然很有趣~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day55 第55天) 8 July

2008-07-11T05:45:00.001-07:00

Heading Worpswede today, Mary Ann higly recommended.
今天要去Mary Ann大力推薦的Worpswede ~

I dunno what's this, I think it's a building of a university.
不清楚這是啥，但應該是某個大學裡的一棟建築~

The bike route is nice.
看，這個鐵馬道多棒啊~

beware of owl?? 小心貓頭鷹？？

We arrived Worpswede.
Some sculpture. This place is full of interesting art pieces, art museums and cafe.
到了！Worpswede裡充滿各式各樣的藝術品，博物館及咖啡廳~

I lost Arkadiy... So I went to the info, bought a map, and then went according to the map's guide.
跟Arkadiy走散了…所以我去遊客中心買了一份地圖，並依照手冊裡的路線繼續參觀~

This one got a really long German name I can't remember. It's a monument in memory of those who died in WWI.
這是用來紀念第一次世界大戰中壯烈犧牲的烈士，紀念碑名字很長…記不起來~@@

This is the house of the wife of a famous artist, Heinrich Vogeler. It's a museum, but closed when I arrived. Well, I can come back tomorrow.
這是著名藝術家Heinrich Vogeler老婆的房子，現在改為博物館，但我到的時候，己經關門了~明天再來吧~

I was thinking about camp in the wood behind the monument. Well, people can't see me, but still it's weird that you can hear a lot of people walking around and talking....So I found a camping site to stay.
本來想說要在之前去過的紀念碑後面的樹林裡紥營，因為還滿隱密的，但還是聽得到很多人在走路講話的聲音，亂奇怪的~所以，今天找了一個露營區紥營~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day54 第54天) 7 July

2008-07-11T05:44:00.003-07:00

Continued heading Bremen. Bike route still pleasant, still complicated...
繼續往Bremen前進。腳踏車道舒適度100，但複雜度200…

This one is cute
這個很可愛

Just around 20 km, so arrived Bremen around noon. I asked a policeman for direction. He didn't know the way, but he called his coworker to look it up. Then he wrote me a very detailed instruction, even gave me his card.
再20公里就到了，所以中午時分到Bremen。問了警察怎麼走。他不知道路，還打電話給他同事幫我查，並給我很詳盡的指示~連名片都給我了~

It started to rain...Hard
開始下大雨了~

Not so hard to find the place. Arkadiy greeted me at the door. The rain stopped right after I went into the house...
Hensley家不難找，Arkadiy 來門口迎接我。雨在我進屋後馬上就停了…

We went to the supermarket and bought something to make some traditional Taiwanese food. This is our way to thank the Hensleys for their hospitality. Fried egg with green onion. Well, a bit too salty for us, hope it's alright for them. Then we found they got some rice, so we made some fried rice.
我們去超市買了一些東西要來做台灣菜，用來答謝Hensley 一家人。做了蔥花蛋，對我們來說太鹹了，希望合他們口味…然後，在他們家找到一些米，所以也做了炒飯~

Ariel said that she missed Taiwanese bun. Well, it's far beyond our ability...
Ariel表示很懷念台灣的包子，但…這個我們就無能為力了@@

I found that Ariel went to my high school when she was in Taiwan. The world is really small!!!
我發現Ariel在台灣時也是唸華江高中，和我同一間！！世界真是小啊...

Forgot to take picture for those Taiwanese food...
忘了幫我們的作品拍照 @@~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day53 第53天) 6 July

2008-07-11T05:44:00.001-07:00

I was gonna stay here some more days, but Louise texted me that Arkadiy needed my backup tire. So I have to go to Bremen today. Really looking forward to meeting the Hensleys.
本來想在這裡多待幾天的，但Louise傳訊來說Arkadiy 需要我的備胎，所以今天就得往Bremen去~真期待跟Hensley一家人見面！

I asked people in the hostel, people in the info, but no one knows the way to Bremen...They all told me to take the train...
我問了hostel及旅遊中心的人，但沒人知道Bremen怎麼去~他們都叫我搭火車…

Well, finally I got someone in the info told me that I should take the tube to the southwest area of Hamburg, and then start to ride. Well, the problem is, they got no elevator here, how can I get my bike to the platform...
後來，終於問到了，要先搭地鐵到漢堡的西南方，再開始騎，但問題是，地鐵站都沒有電梯…啊是要怎麼把腳踏車弄到月台上啦＠＠～

So, I went to another station which has an elevator, and went to the central station to transfer. Everything seemed fine until I arrived the central station...I had to carry my bike up and down stairs....SHIT!! That's really heavy!!!
找到一個有電梯的地鐵站後，就搭到中央車站去換車。一切都很順利，直到我到了中央車站…沒有電梯！我得扛著我的鐵馬跟行李上上下下…＠＃＄＄＃超重的！

bought this for lunch. Pretty good
好吃的午餐～

So I started my journey to Bremen. The bike route is very pleasant. In the wood, in the field... Always very beautiful. But it's still complicated, and signs are still hard to find.
Bremen我來了！鐵馬道很不錯，經過樹林、田園…到處都風光明媚~但鐵馬道還是很複雜，指標也不好找…

This machine looks fancy, wonder what it is
這個機器很酷，但不知道是什麼東西～

I saw a lot of this, speed limit for TANKS??!!!
有很多這個牌子，坦克車的速限？？！！

I came to a small town called Zeven, there I followed the sign to Bremen. But after a while I checked the compass and found that I was heading a very weird direction. So i stopped to ask. People told me it's definitely the wrong way. Well, the sign is wrong? I tried to get more opinions, but not so many people speak English here.
我到了一個叫Zeven的小鎮，並隨著Bremen的指標前進。不過之後，我看了一下指南針，發現這個方向很奇怪@@問了人，他們也表示這個方向決對不正確~指示牌錯了嗎？試著詢問其他人，但會英文的人卻不多~

An old lady told me I should learn some German... she also told me she has been living in Pakistan for years so she can speak English...hmmm...they speak english in Pakistan?
有個老太婆建議我要學點德文…她還說他在巴基斯坦待過幾個年頭，所以會講英文…嗯~在巴基斯坦講英文嗎！？

Finally I found the way.... But it's already late, and I found a really nice forest. So I stopped.
終於找到路了！但己經很晚了，而且找到一個很棒的樹林，所以停下來紥營~

This is my dinner. It's SPICY. Oh my god!! This is the first time I taste something spicy since I left Taiwan. Really touching......
這是我的晚餐~會辣哦！天啊！這是離開台灣之後，第一樣會辣的食物，太感人了!!

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day52 第52天) 5 July

2008-07-11T05:43:00.000-07:00

Arrived Hamburg today. They got a lot of chinese restaurants here
今天到漢堡了~這裡有很多中國餐廳

Hamburg is really big. I asked several people for the direction to the hostel, they just tell me "take the train"...So I went to the railwaystation. The problem is, I can't find a way to get my bicycle on the platform. So I gave up, ask more and more people for direction...
漢堡很大很大，我向很多人問到hostel的路，他們都跟我說："搭火車~"。我到火車站之後，發現我無法把腳踏車帶到月台上，於是，放棄了，再向其他人問路好了~

There's a race
有個自行車賽~

This is magnificent, St. Nicolai monument
St. Nicolai紀念碑，很壯觀~

All you can eat chinese restaurant for 9.90. Actually I've seen a 6 Euro all you can eat back in Lübeck, but not interested in their all you can eat anymore...
中國餐廳9.90歐吃到飽，我在Lübeck看過6歐吃到飽的，但對他們的吃到飽一點興趣都沒有~

這家竟然叫，"海霸王"!!!真是讓人懷念

They got a huge festival today. people gathered in the park, dressing funny, drinking.
今天有個大活動，大家都奇裝異服聚在公園裡面~

There are trucks full of people. Every truck plays music very loud, and they play different songs... Pretty annoying when you walk between 2 trucks....
還有很多載滿人的卡車，放音樂一台比一台大聲，走在兩台卡車中間的時後，很折磨人~

Set up a lot of tents in the park, selling food and beer.
公園裡有很多小攤販，賣食物跟啤酒。

Even got bungee jumping
還有高空彈跳呢~

And there are even some sunbathing...(didn't take picture...)
甚至還有人在做日光浴~(但沒照到)

around 5 pm, they started to go onto the street.
到下午5點左右，他們開始在街上巡迴

They went all the way down to the fish market
一路走到魚市場~

The fish market
魚市場

The harbour. They got different decoration on each gate
港口。每個大門的樣式都不一樣~

St. Michael church.
St. Michael教堂

I love this one
很喜歡這個~

This is for today's dinner. Very cheap and huge canned fish. 300g. So..
今日晚餐~俗又大腕的罐頭魚~300g~所以…

fish salad.
魚沙拉~

fish pasta
魚麵~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day51 第51天) 4 July

2008-07-10T12:01:00.000-07:00

Woke up and had a nice breakfast, included. They have several kinds of bread, all tasty. Bread and beer are really cheap and good in Germany.
今天附的早餐很豐盛~麵包種類很多，各個都好吃~德國的麵包跟啤酒真是物美價廉~

Fooled around in the city again. I really like this city.
很喜歡這個城市，所以又在市區亂晃。

Went to Cafe lounge again, can't use internet in Copenhagen, so I got a lot of work to catch up.
又去了一次Cafe lounge，因為之前在哥本哈根無法用網路，所以…要在這裡趕進度~

Then, I went to Rauberger for the buffet. This is their outdoor seats
之後，去Rauberger 吃buffet. 這是他們的室外座位

They got 3 different kinds of meat. Don't really know what they are... The one on the right is pork with fat and crispy skin. Reminded me Taiwanese food...
他們有三種肉類，但不太確定是什麼肉@@，右邊是豬肉，皮很脆，還有肥肉，讓我想到台灣的食物

They gave me 2 sauces, mustard and sth I dunno, kinda sweet.
然後他們給我兩種醬料，一個芥茉，另一個不知道是什麼，甜甜的~

I ate in the cellar. See that? built in 1225...
我在地窖用餐…看到了嗎？ 1225建的~

Salad for 3.5 euro, you can choose 3 from the salad bar. But they let me choose 4.
3.5euro的沙拉，可以從吧台選三種，不過他們讓我選四種

The process of brewing beer.
釀酒流程圖~

Heading Hamburg after dinner. It started to rain...
晚餐後，往Hamburg出發~開始下雨了!

Seems German don't really care about the rain. There is a band practicing
看來德國人不太在意下雨的，有樂團在練習

Football game going on
足球賽也還在比

I saw 2 girl riders stopped at the side of the bike route, seem to be changing tire. I stopped and ask them if they need help. They said no, so I left. But, just after I left, I heard one of them shouted "It's you!!"...I think they must have met Arkadiy somewhere, and he told them about me. (Several days later I ask Arkadiy about this when we meet. He hasn't seen those girls...Seems this is gonna remain a mystery forever.)
路上經過兩位女騎士在路邊換腳踏車輪胎，我過去問要不要幫忙~她們說不用，於是我就離開了~才離開沒多久，其中一位女生大叫"就是你！"…我想可能他們在別的地方遇到Arkadiy，Arkadiy 向她們提過我吧~(幾天後，我向Arkadiy 求証，但他沒看過這兩位女孩~無解~真是太神秘了)

Strawberry everywhere on the way...
路上到處都是草莓

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day50 第50天) 3 July

2008-07-04T06:31:00.000-07:00

I really like this city here, so I decided to stay here for one more day. But Arkadiy doesn't like it here cause internet access is very inconvenient, or very expensive.
真的超喜歡這個城市的~決定再多留一晚。Arkadiy 似乎沒這麼喜歡，可能網路不方便又貴吧~

Well, internet is also a big problem for me, but I think I can figure out something anyway. So I stayed. But the staff in YMCA told me that they got no bed for me, fully booked. Ok, then I move to another one, just 2 or 3 blocks away. And I found that this one is only around one hundred meters to the restaurant Brauberger, the one that old gentleman in YMCA recommended.
沒網路用對我來說也很麻煩，但我想這應該是可以解決的~所以我還是留下來了。然而YMCA今天沒位子了，所以我得搬到附近的hostel ~赫然發現，就在Brauberger餐廳旁邊，YMCA老伯伯推薦的那一家。

I asked the staff for internet cafe, he told me a nice one, Cafe Lounge. Just order a cup of coffee and then you can use the wifi unlimited. Well, it's just 2.3 Euro and you can sit there using internet all day long.
詢問之下，得知有一家Cafe Lounge，只要點一杯咖啡，就可以無線上網吃到飽~而且，才 2.3 Euro，就可以上網坐整天。

After staying a while in the Cafe, I went to Brauberger for the buffet. But they told me they closed the buffet half an hour ago cause there's a huge group of people consumed all the food. And they promised me there'd be buffet from 6pm to 11pm tomorrow. Uh..well, I think maybe I can leave after dinner, still got sometime to look for a place to camp. Besides, to Hamburg is just 66 km away.
待了咖啡廳一會兒後，到Brauberger 去~但他們卻說buffet 半小時前就收了，因為有一群人把他們的食物淨空了~但他們保証明天晚上 6pm 到 11pm會有buffet。想了一下，應該可以吃完晚餐再走，還有足夠的時間找地方紥營，反正到漢堡只剩66公里。

Back to the hostel and had something for dinner, then went out and fool around. Passed by the famous restaurant, . I went in for a beer. This restaurant is built in 1537, and continuously running until now, reeeeally old. The decoration is really fancy and nautical.
回hostel簡單吃了晚餐，就到外面閒晃~經過一家很有名的餐廳，進去點了一杯啤酒。這家餐廳從1537年營運到現在，真的是老字號~ 整個裝潢很酷而且很"海"派~

ships everywhere
到處都是船

outdoor seats
室外的座位

跑馬燈
a lamp with ships running around

Went night shot again...
夜拍去~

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day49 第49天) 2 July

2008-07-04T06:26:00.000-07:00

Only around 20 km to Lübeck, but still took us sometime. Bike route in Germany is just as complicated as those Scandinavian countries. Here in Germany, you always see the sign AFTER you make a turn.
到Lübeck只剩20公里，但腳踏車道的複雜程度跟北歐國家有得拼~在德國，都是轉了彎以後才看得到路牌

To Lübeck, we had to pass a tunnel, in which cycling is forbidden. So, we took the free shuttle bus to Lübeck.
到Lübeck必需經過一座腳踏車不得通行的遂道。所以我們搭免費接駁公車過去。

have to tie you bike tight
要綁好

This is the tunnel entrance for cars
汽車走的隧道入口

I saw this on the way to the old town. They also have dragon boat festival, cool!
去老城的路上看到這個。他們也有划龍舟！酷斃了！

Harley day...
還有哈雷日，不過過了

The gate of the old town is really awesome. Inside the old town, also a lot of awesome buildings and churches. This place has so far the highest church density.
老城的城門很有味道。裡面的建築及教堂都古色古香，很對我的胃口~這個地方的教堂密度到目前為止…算最高的。

street performer, very cool instrument. Sounds exactly like violin.
街頭藝人，很炫的樂器。聽起來像小提琴

We went to check all the hostel we can find in this city, no one got internet access, so we chose the YMCA, which is the cheapest.
去了這城裡每一家hostel，沒有一家有網路…最後選了最便宜的YMCA入住。

there are several marionnette theatres and museums
YMCA旁邊有很多偶戲戲院和博物館

Marionnette Othello
偶戲奧賽羅

A boutique shop with a funny name
很有趣的店名

After checked in, we went out and tried to look for the German knuckle that a friend recommended, which said to be in the basement of the city hall. Well, we did find a restaurant in the basement of the city hall, but can't read the menu outside, so we gave up. Arkadiy went to supermarket, and I went back to YMCA.
check in後，我們去一位朋友推薦的德國豬腳店，據說在市政廳的地下一樓。到了市政廳，確實找到一家餐廳，但看不懂menu…放棄！Arkadiy 去超市補給，我則回YMCA…

I came back to YMCA and ask an old gentleman for some instruction. He told me there IS a restaurant famous of it's knuckle in this city, called Ratskeller, literally means cellar in German. But he also told me it's not a good place for food, too expensive. It's those kinda place that a local person would take his foreign friend to dinner.
回到YMCA後，有一位前輩指示我，這裡確實有家餐廳的豬腳很有名，叫Ratskeller(地窖的意思)，專門給當地人用來請外來朋友去的，實在有夠貴。

He also recommended me another restaurant. This one is called Schiffer Gesellschaft, means the society of the captains in German. Lübeck is a city of strong nautical tradition. This restaurant has been running continuously for 5 or 6 hundred years, while Lübeck is still a very nautical city, and the restaurant is so named. However, he told me this is also a tourist-oriented restaurant. He suggested me just go in, order a glass of coke, and have a good look inside.
他推薦另一家叫Schiffer Gesellschaft，德文的意思是船長協會。由於Lübeck 有很重的航海傳統，這家餐廳從Lübeck還是航海中心都市時就不間斷的營運到現在，所以會有這個名字。不過，他說這家也是給遊客去的。其實只要進去點杯啤酒，到處看看就好了

Finally, he recommended a place for beer and food, Raubeger. He told me that they brew their own beer!!
最後，他推薦一家叫Raubeger的餐廳，他們都自己釀啤酒呢~

Well, even though the old gentleman marked the place on the map for me, still it's hard to find Rauberger. I asked several passerby, everyone told me a different direction... Still we found it eventually.
雖然老前輩在地圖上標記Rauhberger的位置，但還是很難找，問了好幾個人，每個人都指向不同方向~靠著意志力，最後還是找到了。

It's a pity they don't have the buffet today...Well, still they got reeeeeeeeally fantastic beer!!! Not bitter at all, with a fresh smell and fine bubbles like champagne.
今天沒有buffet，可惜了。但他們的啤酒超好喝！一點都不苦，細緻的氣泡像香檳一樣

You can see a huge machine in the restaurant. It's a brewery machine. I asked the landlord if it's a real one or just a decoration. He told me it's a real one. And he brew his beer everyday 5pm, so it's actually running. I went to the machine and feel warmth as the landlord suggested. I've seen brewery machine in Japan, but a running one is the first time.
餐廳裡有一台很大的機器。是一台釀酒機。老板証實是真的，不是裝飾品，而且每天下午五點，就是這個時候，就會開始釀酒，所以我跑去感受一下釀酒機的溫度~以前在日本也看過釀啤酒的機器，不過運作中的還是第一次看到。

They also have a cellar, which has been existed since 1225. It's fully booked tomorrow by a 90-people group...
他們也有個地窖~1225年到現在。明天被90個人的團體包下了。

Well, beer is good, but we haven't eat anything since morning. So still we went to the Ratskeller for German knuckle. In fact, if I were not so hungry, I wouldn't be interested in this kinda tourists place. Normally German knuckle is roasted, but this one is boiled. Not bad.

啤酒很好喝，但由於我們從早上就沒吃東西了，所以我們還是去了Ratskeller 吃豬腳。要不是我餓翻了，不然我不會來這種太觀光導向的地方。一般而言，德國豬腳是烤的，但這一家是水煮的~還不錯~

Very nice decoration
裝潢很讚

The city hall outside of the restaurant, beautiful!
餐廳外的市政府廣場，超漂亮！

Tried to get some internet access but failed. Almost every cafe is closed. Internet is actually expensive and inconvenient in Germany.
我們試著找網路用，但找不到。幾乎所有咖啡廳都關門了~在德國用網路其實沒這麼方便，而且，貴死了~

fool around
到處逛逛

他們也喜歡這種車牌

I was too sleepy and went back to YMCA...
好想睡，回YMCA去。

騎車上學去 Bike to school (day48 第48天) 1 July

2008-07-04T06:24:00.000-07:00

Gonna leave Denmark today. In the Scandinavian countries I've been to, Denmark is the most energetic country, but also more dirty and crowded.
就要離開丹麥了。去過的這幾個北歐國家當中，丹麥最有活力，但也比較髒，比較擠。
Woke up by a bunch of people waiting for bus. I think it's the shuttle bus for the hotel nearby... I sat up, wave and smiled, and then went back to sleep.
早上被一群等公車的人吵醒。應該是附近旅館的接駁車。我坐起來，揮揮手，笑了一下，就回去睡了~

Breakfast
早餐

Arrived Germany within half an hour..
半個小時內抵達德國。

Heading Lübeck. The way to Lübeck is again along the beach, very pleasant. But still it's complicated. Asked several people for help.
往Lübeck前進。往Lübeck的路也是沿著海岸線。風光依舊迷人，但路不是很好找，還是得一直問人才找得到正確方向。

A couple of bikers led us around 10 km to a beautiful place( forgot the name...) along the beach, and told us all the places we gonna pass by.
有一對鐵馬騎士帶我們到10公里外，到一個很漂亮的地方(忘了叫什麼)，然後指點我們接下來的路線。

Seems intersting...Even Asterix...
好像很有趣...還有Asterix

Bike route in Germany sometimes looks like this...
德國的腳踏車道有時看起來像這個…

Even this... Just kidding, this is not for bicycle..
甚至這個~~騙你的啦~這不是給鐵馬的。

The beach is really nice. The seats looked really comfortable...
沙灘很讚吧~坐位看起來超舒適的~

Found a small supermarket, quite cheap compare to Denmark....
找到一家小超商，跟丹麥比起來，俗多囉！

I bought some mozzarella cheese for 0.29 Euro.
買了一點mozarella起士，才0.29 Euro。賺到了~

this is also good
這個也不錯

A fancy bus stop.很花俏的公車站

There are several Japanese style stuff.
有很多日式的東西。

We've been told that the police in Germany is pretty strict about the camping thing, so we found a place to hide.
聽說德國警察對露營的管制很嚴格，所以我們找了個地方躲起來。

Looks like a corridor inside.
裡面很像走廊。

But from outside you can almost see nothing.
但從外面什麼都看不到。

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Well, the staff in the petrol station found us in the morning, but didn't say anything. So I continued to sleep...
早上加油站的人發現我們睡在那邊，但沒說什麼，我們就繼續睡…

After I woke up, I went in the petrol station shop and apologized...
起床後，去店裡跟他們說聲抱歉~

Keep heading Rødby today. Bought a lot of food on the way, try to spend our Danish Kronor...
往Rødby 的路上買了很多食物，試著把丹麥客郎全部花光光~

Passed by a reeeeally long and windy bridge. Really freaking windy...
經過一座又長風又大的橋~~風超級大的啦~

Big dinner tonight.
今日晚餐很豪華

fruit salad 水果沙拉

toast with foie gras...actually it's just foie de porc...pig's liver
吐司加鵝肝醬~騙你的，其實只是豬肝醬啦~

biscuit with foie gras
鵝肝醬餅

yoghurt
優格~

Continued our journey to Rødby. There are some kiosk selling fruits, biscuits, jams... No one there, you just pick what you want and put the money in a box.
路上有幾家小攤販，賣一些水果、餅乾、果醬等…沒人顧，自助式的，自己投錢即可~

Another one. I bought pickles and a can of I-have-no-idea-berry jam.
另一個小攤販~我買了酸黃瓜及一盒不知道什麼莓果醬。

See, it's really windy...
看風有多大~

Stopped at a petrol station just beside the harbor. They got ferry to Germany every 30 minutes, 24 hours. We decided to sleep at the petrol station and take the ferry tomorrow morning.
我們在港口旁的加油站停了下來。到德國的船很多，每30分鐘一班，而且24小時，所以我們決定在這裡過夜，明天再搭船

So, 2nd dinner...
也因此…吃了第二個晚餐~

Maribo is a town we just passed by, maybe 10 km away. This is really cheap.
Maribo 是剛經過的小鎮，離這裡10公里處，啤酒很便宜！

Today's dinner is just different combinations of biscuit, toast, liver, pickles, and jam. For example.
今天的晚餐是餅乾、吐司、豬肝、酸黃瓜及果醬的另一種組合，比如說：

I tried almost every combinations. The only thing I don't wanna try is jam+liver...
幾乎所有組合都試過了，只對一種組合一點興趣也沒有：果醬+豬肝醬

Saw this on the way...
這是路上看到的裝飾