1992 - 九二東歐之旅第一天

第一天

七月二十五日

地點﹕Frankfurt

天晴

我們下午來到了酒店後(後來知道原來是Youth Hostel) ﹐便去食點心了﹐我們吃了一個好似pita的東西﹐這個叫做donburger﹐小肉過pita，不過D肉彼[1]pita更加好味。我們食donburger時﹐坐了一個酒巴的位﹐酒巴老闆叫我們離去﹐因為我們不是做他的生意。我們一邊吃﹐一邊行橫跨箂恩河的僑[2]。

我們住入了一間大教堂﹐裏[3]去參觀﹐突然間又有人來叫我們離去﹐因為我們忘了付入場費。我們便去了另一個Museum﹐這一個Museum是關於Frankfurt的歷史。

當我們看完Museum﹐我們去食一杯雪榚﹐一杯可口可樂﹐兩樣總共是大約十二DM﹐貴到極點﹗

當我們回酒店時﹐我們上了Frankfurt大教堂的頂點﹐行上去第一段﹐我們行了179級樓梯﹐第一段行到去第二段﹐行了139級﹐總共是318級。

今晚我們吃了一隻德國豬手和一碟牛肝。這餐我們座在街邊吃﹐後來有很多蜜蜂來食豬手﹐所以這餐吃得很幸苦。後來有兩隻蜜蜂被哥哥關在個可樂杯處。

回想﹕

記得出發前﹐我在玩電腦﹐哥哥叫我和爸媽傾下計﹐因為會有一個多月冇得見﹐但我卻無動於衷﹐只是在排對入閘時回頭望見爸媽的時候有些不捨得。

落機後﹐背囊雖然好重﹐但是心情很輕鬆，可能因為細個﹐所以和哥哥與兩個陌生外國人分房都唔介意。好像是這一晚﹐我們邊找邊玩了大半天﹐終於找到了公眾電話致電爸媽﹐接通後﹐聽到媽咪語氣中的關心和掛念﹐才開始明白爸爸給我們這次考驗的難處。

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[1]“比”

[2]“ 橋”

[3] 應該是“進”

Mar 30, 05 - Travel - New York Trip

This is kind of funny, but also interesting, based on several scenarios in the trip.

A) When we planned the trip, we wanted to go to the Statue of Liberty, but it is no longer open for the public. You need to register for a pass to go to the island. Luckily I went up to the crown of the statue about 10 years ago.

B) In the customs building at the US border, we were stopped and told to "check in". The room were filled with people from around the world, except for people with white skin.

C) The Manhattan boat trip on Saturday. The tour guide told us about Ellis Island, where immigrants on boats used to enter and automatically became an American "back then" (that was the word she used). As she proudly told us about the Statue of Liberty, she kept using past-tense, saying things like "France presented the statue as a gift because that America was a free country".

D) Bumper sticker on many cars..."Freedom is not Free" and "Support our troops".

E) This is a little ridiculous. We were at a road side Pizza Hut, and they had a promotional item for sale: (In the background of the poster is an American flag) - "The All American Meal". What was it? A personal size pepperoni pizza with cheese.

Well, maybe it is really not that ridiculous, maybe this individualistic meal made with an obscene amount of fat and oil is what all Americans should eat.

July 26, 04 - Travel - Hong Kong Visit 香港遊

在尖沙咀的海滂散步，從香格里拉向天星馬頭行

「真好，今次回港都未出來這裡行過，看看個景。這段路都很清靜，難道是因為今日係星期日朝？．．．幸好今日地盤不用工作。前面的星光大道是什麼來呢？」

「對岸的大廈在早上看來都像在熟睡的，啊！怎麼那一座咁高呢？最高的看來不再是中銀了，不對，還有那一座，好像是叫什麼中環廣場。康樂大廈呢？呀！地上的磚新了，這裡難道是星光大道？一粒粒大星在地上就係星光大道啦？真係空洞得可憐。」

「d星寫著什麼？周星馳，啊！係學荷里活，看看有乜人可以上倒位先。佢，佢，佢，佢．．．都係gei，幾都有些戲，佢，佢．．．」

「開始多人，嘩！行到這裡啦，唔記得望海景tim！．．．好似到80年代，看來我係倒轉來行，這個，那個．．．兮，看海景啦，這些東西有乜謂呢？」

「早上看維港都有另一種感覺．．．彷彿，香港都有疲倦的一面。」

「這個是誰呢？咁多個都唔識，我諗行到六、七十年代啦，唔．．．這個我識！」

又再次抬頭一看．．．．

「妖！到太空館啦！又錯過了海景！」

「好難靜．．．」

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「坐第一行先！看看街景！」

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「有得關掉電視就好啦，咁鬼嘈！呀！到啟德啦，真係愈來愈舊．．．電視個女仔都很靚，不過一點都冇節目主持人的氣質。」

「過宋皇台啦！唔記得看看以前個球場tim，妖，有掛住看電視．．．唔，咁鬼嘈，我諗如果我打爆佢其他人都會高興。消房局，係啦，右面係家計會，然後左面到工聯會，我諗對佢地拉票會有幫助。又係這首歌，超煩，咁gei歌詞，乜鬼去邊度，攪到d年輕人以為“這夜去玩聽朝更加用功”係可行，咁鼓勵佢地．．．如果大個可以做香港音樂獨裁者就好啦。」

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目光從電視回到窗子．．．

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「．．．．錯過了。」

　

悶納，無奈。