Tuesday, July 17, 2007

花都不看花。。。




从来没有想过我会有机会来到巴黎,对我而言,法国真的是很遥远的国家。由于古巴之行必须到一个欧洲国家转机,我放弃了伦敦,选择了巴黎,也不知道为什么,有些城市就是有那股吸引力。

由于是转机,我没有很充足的时间在巴黎市区逗留,飞往古巴的中途转机等候时间只有短短的6个小时。幸好我从古巴回到巴黎时,搭下一班飞机必须等上 一天半,总算有机会到肆意走走;不过算起来我不过在花都总共只停留2天而已。

在那短短的6个小时里,我立刻从戴高乐机场奔向地铁站,希望抓紧时间到市区里去看看。毒小弟不谙法语,就只会Bonjour, Merci等基本的打招呼用语而已,幸好遇到的当地人都愿意以英语回应毒小弟,才不至于鸡同鸭讲的局面。

第一站--巴黎圣母院:很小的时候看了迪斯尼的“钟楼驼侠”才认识了这座歌德式的教堂。从St Michel 地铁站步行数分钟即可看到钟楼的巨大身影。我真的来到塞茵河旁的巴黎圣母院吗?我自己都无法相信,我一个人站在教堂外,不断地怀疑我是否在做梦:)还好我来得早,周围没什么游客。进入教堂内,弥撒正在进行着,我为我的家人和朋友点了蜡烛,捐了2欧元。(其实只是好奇而已),教堂里头很暗,很神秘,我一边走一边想着1000年前,哪个骑士或贵族曾经在这里和我一样走过。。。

时间真的很紧,我跑到外头去看看那些有怪异表情的gargoyle, 看到一群人在排队,打听之下才知道他们都想登上钟楼,但是要上去钟楼必须等到10点。。太迟了。。。

肚子好俄,我飞快地走回St Michel地铁站,一路上经过很多面包店,咖啡店之类的,可是,真的没时间坐在露天的咖啡座喝杯咖啡,吃吃东西;我只好忍着饿,到下一站 革命广场去。。。



 

Monday, July 02, 2007

Holidays!!!



It is the time of the year for a holiday! No holidays for me since the Guangzhou study trip in Oct last year. I guess the real reasons for a holiday is to take a break from work and to enjoy yourself for a short period of time!


This time round I am going to Hokkaido, Japan. Yes, again and it is my third time there this year! It is filled with farms and there are more elderlys as compared to the number of young people. Most of the younger generation have left their homeland to look for greener pastures.



One of the thing that you must try when you are in Hokkaido is the seafood. They are really very fresh and you would not want to have any japanese food in Singapore once you have tasted their seafood! = P


Another common food that you should buy is their KitKat. They have special flavours like red bean, honey dew and super chocolate. The taste for the special flavours is really good. If you are a chocolate lover and you tend to buy from Royce in Singapore, you should really go to Japan to get the chocolates. The prices in Japan is a lot cheaper as compared to those that are sold in Singapore. Just take the opportunity and take a real deserved break!

Cheers!