今日已經係我哋喺意大利嘅第十一日喇。真係唔數都唔知假期原來已經過咗一半！如果時間可以停頓就好了。
點都好，我哋而家喺前往那不勒斯嘅火車上，車程共五個鐘，家陣先過咗區區一小時，所以我先咁得閒喺度寫吓嘢。
諗返轉頭，其實呢個假期都好充實，節奏雖然無平時咁緊湊，始終都係渡蜜月嘛，但係每日都依然可以由早上玩到食晚飯，真係無乜時間寫嘢。哈哈...除非我唔睇報紙囉，但係旅行完脫晒節我又唔想喎。
究竟我哋去咗邊度玩呢？
第一到第四晚，我哋係住喺威尼斯。
第五晚，我哋就住喺羅蜜歐同茱麗葉嘅故鄉維羅納。
之後三晚我哋就去咗意大利旺角-博洛尼亞。又去吓帕爾馬同摩德納買吓嘢咁樣。
然後我哋就去咗時尚之都米蘭朝聖！好潮之餘仲買咗好多嘢tim！
就係咁，十日就過去了。意大利真係正呀！嘢又好食，又多嘢睇，又多嘢買。嗰種歐洲中古嘅感覺同埋現代感喺唔同嘅城市都有不同嘅表達，真係想寫出嚟都唔得。
當然，以上種種，換來嘅當然係甜蜜嘅回憶啦。:)
2010年10月19日星期二
France & Iberia trip - day 1
我終於有些空閒寫這篇西歐旅程day 1的entry了，其實今天已經是day 6，此刻正身處由巴塞羅那往塞維爾的高速火車上，還有三個半小時才到達目的地，正好讓我重整一下這幾天的旅程。
我們在歐洲的第一站是巴黎，一個我從未到過的地方，倒是candy來過一次。
我們住在巴黎一個叫做le Halle的地方，與龐比度藝術中心只是兩條街之隔，雖然酒店簡陋，但論位置卻有一百分。亦因為地利之便，我們便先到龐比度一走，當日是星期二，博物館都沒有開放，我們只是在門口前拍照留念罷了，不過龐比度出格的建築風格依然讓人留下很深的印象。
累了，由大清早到埗一直到傍晚，加上時差影響，也太辛苦了。
我們在歐洲的第一站是巴黎，一個我從未到過的地方，倒是candy來過一次。
我們住在巴黎一個叫做le Halle的地方，與龐比度藝術中心只是兩條街之隔，雖然酒店簡陋，但論位置卻有一百分。亦因為地利之便，我們便先到龐比度一走，當日是星期二，博物館都沒有開放，我們只是在門口前拍照留念罷了，不過龐比度出格的建築風格依然讓人留下很深的印象。
從龐比度往塞納河方向走，先經過華麗的巿政廳，然後過橋便能看見聖母大教堂。wow! 果然有令人眼前一亮嘅感覺，而參觀嘅人亦都唔少，我哋仲見到對喺度影婚紗相嘅疑似香港情侶呢，相信效果一定很不錯。
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一直沿河走着走着，碩大宏偉的羅浮宮出現在眼前。因為那天是星期二，博物館都關閉了，羅浮宮當然也不例外，不過我們也藉此機會，趁着這天人流不多而拍了不少不錯的照片。平時羅浮宮人頭湧湧，那天有此機會亦屬難得。
從羅浮宮出發，我們沿著香榭麗舍大道往凱旋門方向走。很難說那是否一個錯誤決定，路很長就是了，一走便走了應該有超過三十分鐘的。途中經過了騎士凱旋門、杜樂麗宮、協和廣場和購物街等景點，所以，也不能說是錯誤，有點累倒是對的。
碰巧當日有些儀式在凱旋門進行，不能到凱旋門的頂層好好的看看巴黎的規劃。我們只好在拱門下方欣賞一下如斯壯麗的建築了。也沒什麼辦法，明天再來好了，從艾菲爾鐵塔過來也不遠呢。
累了，由大清早到埗一直到傍晚，加上時差影響，也太辛苦了。
第一天應該要好好地休息的！
2010年10月18日星期一
France & Iberia Trip Summary
Finally, we are back!!!
Still haven't got the time to manage the 1000+ photos I took during the trip. In the meantime, let me try to get a summary of the cities we travelled here:
1. Paris
2. Marseille
3. Avignon
4. Arles
5. Barcelona
6. Seville
7. Cordoba
8. Madrid
9. Toledo
10. Lisbon
It's hard to imagine how we visited 10 cities in 11.5 days. Definitely not easy and it was also hard to cover the whole city with limited time. But we managed to see as much as we can, while taking some time off for some great lunches and dinners. This is why I am proud of ourselves.
If we have some leisure time in Europe later, very likely we will visit some of the cities soon. :)
Still haven't got the time to manage the 1000+ photos I took during the trip. In the meantime, let me try to get a summary of the cities we travelled here:
1. Paris
2. Marseille
3. Avignon
4. Arles
5. Barcelona
6. Seville
7. Cordoba
8. Madrid
9. Toledo
10. Lisbon
It's hard to imagine how we visited 10 cities in 11.5 days. Definitely not easy and it was also hard to cover the whole city with limited time. But we managed to see as much as we can, while taking some time off for some great lunches and dinners. This is why I am proud of ourselves.
If we have some leisure time in Europe later, very likely we will visit some of the cities soon. :)
2010年10月4日星期一
15 hours to France
On my way to the airport now.
Just finished my blog entry of my taiwan trip when riding the airport bus. That's why I hail the success of mobile blog device. It did help kill the hour of travel time...
For this trip, Candy and I are carrying a 65L backpack, a hand-carry sized suitcase and 2 handbags. I realised just now how long time I haven't used my bakpack... Probably since my trip back from the baltics tigers in 2008. Sinc then I haven't really been on any rough trip at all. Of course, my coming Europe trip is not gonna be a rough trip. However, it will take us travelling across several cities. A backpack would be more convenient.
I do love carrying my backpack for travel. It gives you the feeling on being on a adventurous trip and a bit of nostalgia. Simply put, it feels great! Hope I will use it more often afterwards :)
Just finished my blog entry of my taiwan trip when riding the airport bus. That's why I hail the success of mobile blog device. It did help kill the hour of travel time...
For this trip, Candy and I are carrying a 65L backpack, a hand-carry sized suitcase and 2 handbags. I realised just now how long time I haven't used my bakpack... Probably since my trip back from the baltics tigers in 2008. Sinc then I haven't really been on any rough trip at all. Of course, my coming Europe trip is not gonna be a rough trip. However, it will take us travelling across several cities. A backpack would be more convenient.
I do love carrying my backpack for travel. It gives you the feeling on being on a adventurous trip and a bit of nostalgia. Simply put, it feels great! Hope I will use it more often afterwards :)
2010年9月15日星期三
網上訂火車票要小心！
本來要在網上買火車票應該是一件很簡單的事，只要網上找到適合的時間，而要買的車票還未售完，那麼一手交錢，一手交貨，不就是最簡單了嗎？
可是今次卻偏偏要用那Rail Europe愚蠢的系統，老實說，我從來未用過如此糊塗的系統。既然沒有車位了，理應立即拒絕客人，而非告訴客人兩天內會有人聯絡，並且會協助完成訂購程序。更甚的是，當我一併check out全部車票，系統亦沒有告訴我哪一張車票買不到，而是拒絕確認所有車票，結果我白等了好幾天，甚至連我本來能夠買到的車票現在都買不到了。
申訴夠了，結果還是要面對，歸根究底，也許這個假期還是太趕急，否則車票售賣情況也不會這麼緊張。
正面地想，幸好最後問題還是完滿解決了，雖然個別旅程為此縮短了一些……
今天我還去了圖書館，借了一本葡萄牙的Lonely Planet，才知道原來里斯本也算得上是旅遊的一線城市，喜愛不同風格的旅客都能在里斯本找到愛好的地方。本來我以為在里斯本一天時間已足夠，現在看來一日半也未必夠呢！
這樣下來，我連里斯本的行程也大致了解了，所有車票、酒店亦都已訂好，一切只欠東風，還只有兩個多星期！
可是今次卻偏偏要用那Rail Europe愚蠢的系統，老實說，我從來未用過如此糊塗的系統。既然沒有車位了，理應立即拒絕客人，而非告訴客人兩天內會有人聯絡，並且會協助完成訂購程序。更甚的是，當我一併check out全部車票，系統亦沒有告訴我哪一張車票買不到，而是拒絕確認所有車票，結果我白等了好幾天，甚至連我本來能夠買到的車票現在都買不到了。
申訴夠了，結果還是要面對，歸根究底，也許這個假期還是太趕急，否則車票售賣情況也不會這麼緊張。
正面地想，幸好最後問題還是完滿解決了，雖然個別旅程為此縮短了一些……
今天我還去了圖書館，借了一本葡萄牙的Lonely Planet，才知道原來里斯本也算得上是旅遊的一線城市，喜愛不同風格的旅客都能在里斯本找到愛好的地方。本來我以為在里斯本一天時間已足夠，現在看來一日半也未必夠呢！
這樣下來，我連里斯本的行程也大致了解了，所有車票、酒店亦都已訂好，一切只欠東風，還只有兩個多星期！
2010年9月12日星期日
October trip to France, Spain & Portugal
Finally, I got my long vacation confirmed. France & Spain, here we come!
However, because of the rather short notice before the trip, we could only get a relatively reasonable flight package with a departure date on 5 Oct midnight, leaving just 11 days for travel... Well, nothing is perfect. I will treasure this long sought-after journey to Europe anyways.
As usual, trip planning is one of the most fascinating pieces of a trip. I just love planning a trip. Through reading websites, like wikitravel, reading books, like Lonely Planet and reading transportation websites, like the railway operators of France and Spain... The feeling was simply too good to describe. I could even imagine my mind flowing over the European continent.
Originally, only France and Spain were on our plan. Then I felt, perhaps we could squeeze Lisbon to our trip, given I have never been to Portugal before and I have been a real fan of 'the Age of Discovery' during the 15th to 17th Century. Iberia was core in the beginning of the important era. I believed if I missed this chance to visit Portugal, it would take me at least a few years to get another chance there.
So, the outcome is a really aggressive plan, one might say. In Lonely Planet France, in the 'Paris in two days' section, it says "if you've got only a couple of days in Paris (bad decision, that)..." that says it all. But, so much to see, so little time!! What can we do? We are travelling all the way from the Asia. How couldn't we use our time most effectively?!
5 Oct 0525 Arrive London
5 Oct 0725 Leave London
5 Oct 0940 Arrive Paris
7 Oct 0714 Leave Paris
7 Oct 1018 Arrive Avignon Centre
7 Oct 1149 Leave Avignon Centre
7 Oct 1302 Arrive Marseille
7 Oct 1758 Leave Marseille
7 Oct 1851 Arrive Avignon Centre
8 Oct 0720 Leave Avignon Centre
8 Oct 0738 Arrive Arles
8 Oct 0951 Leave Arles
8 Oct 1009 Arrive Avignon Centre
8 Oct 1327 Leave Avignon Centre
8 Oct 1959 Arrive Barcelona
10 Oct 1550 Leave Barcelona
10 Oct 2115 Arrive Seville
12 Oct 0715 Leave Seville
12 Oct 0801 Arrive Cordoba
12 Oct 1506 Leave Cordoba
12 Oct 1655 Arrive Madrid
15 Oct 0710 Leave Madrid
15 Oct 0720 Arrive Lisbon
16 Oct 1345 Leave Lisbon
16 Oct 1615 Arrive London
16 Oct 1835 Leave London
However, because of the rather short notice before the trip, we could only get a relatively reasonable flight package with a departure date on 5 Oct midnight, leaving just 11 days for travel... Well, nothing is perfect. I will treasure this long sought-after journey to Europe anyways.
As usual, trip planning is one of the most fascinating pieces of a trip. I just love planning a trip. Through reading websites, like wikitravel, reading books, like Lonely Planet and reading transportation websites, like the railway operators of France and Spain... The feeling was simply too good to describe. I could even imagine my mind flowing over the European continent.
Originally, only France and Spain were on our plan. Then I felt, perhaps we could squeeze Lisbon to our trip, given I have never been to Portugal before and I have been a real fan of 'the Age of Discovery' during the 15th to 17th Century. Iberia was core in the beginning of the important era. I believed if I missed this chance to visit Portugal, it would take me at least a few years to get another chance there.
So, the outcome is a really aggressive plan, one might say. In Lonely Planet France, in the 'Paris in two days' section, it says "if you've got only a couple of days in Paris (bad decision, that)..." that says it all. But, so much to see, so little time!! What can we do? We are travelling all the way from the Asia. How couldn't we use our time most effectively?!
5 Oct 0525 Arrive London
5 Oct 0725 Leave London
5 Oct 0940 Arrive Paris
7 Oct 0714 Leave Paris
7 Oct 1018 Arrive Avignon Centre
7 Oct 1149 Leave Avignon Centre
7 Oct 1302 Arrive Marseille
7 Oct 1758 Leave Marseille
7 Oct 1851 Arrive Avignon Centre
8 Oct 0720 Leave Avignon Centre
8 Oct 0738 Arrive Arles
8 Oct 0951 Leave Arles
8 Oct 1009 Arrive Avignon Centre
8 Oct 1327 Leave Avignon Centre
8 Oct 1959 Arrive Barcelona
10 Oct 1550 Leave Barcelona
10 Oct 2115 Arrive Seville
12 Oct 0715 Leave Seville
12 Oct 0801 Arrive Cordoba
12 Oct 1506 Leave Cordoba
12 Oct 1655 Arrive Madrid
15 Oct 0710 Leave Madrid
15 Oct 0720 Arrive Lisbon
16 Oct 1345 Leave Lisbon
16 Oct 1615 Arrive London
16 Oct 1835 Leave London
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