Monday, 11 June 2007
Thursday, 31 May 2007
【台北】福爾摩沙﹣Formosa 四日三夜
四日三夜的台北之旅可以更長。 在永康街留連 ,吃過一試難忘的小籠包;師大和士林夜市的路邊小吃;台灣朋友請客的上海菜館紅豆食坊;品嘗勝博殿豬排專賣店的日式風味,更飲了無數的烏龍茶。走進7-Eleven,不同品牌的烏龍茶正向我們揮手,可見茶在台灣人心目中的地位何等重要。
星期六的早上,一群群年青表演者在國父紀念館前施展渾身解數,給引途人的注視。不絕的遊人向着國父的雕像不停的按着快門。從四面八方而來的本地農商為城市人帶來充滿地道口味的傳統美食。
沒有像遊客般一天趕六,七個景點,買了本地的雜誌嘗試過着台北人的生活。美麗的寶島,我們會再回來的!下次會是台北週邊的小鎮﹣淡水,九份,鶯歌和貓空。相機在回程時不見了,是個好籍口再去吧!
沒有像遊客般一天趕六,七個景點,買了本地的雜誌嘗試過着台北人的生活。美麗的寶島,我們會再回來的!下次會是台北週邊的小鎮﹣淡水,九份,鶯歌和貓空。相機在回程時不見了,是個好籍口再去吧!
Friday, 4 May 2007
【Cambridge】Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Cambridge University Botanic Garden 不是熱門的旅遊點,但我有的是用不盡的時間啊.!(整整七日呆在Cambridge!)當然我不會錯過任何可以消磨一個上午的活動。
Tuesday, 17 April 2007
【Day 5-6 London】The Gherkin
朋友C在倫敦的30 St Mary Axe工作多時,她常邀請我們到她office. 因為只有員工及其朋友才可以到office的頂樓have a drink,最大的賣點是可以欣賞360度的倫敦風景。
我們住在英國時要坐一個多小時火車倫敦,今次路過倫敦我這個大鄉里終於有機會去見識一下。
當地人叫這座建築物做 “Gherkin”,十分搶眼。
30 St Mary Axe is a landmark 40-storey office building in the heart of London’s financial centre, developed by Swiss Re and designed by architects Fosters and Partners.
It is London’s first environmentally sustainable tall building. Among the building’s most distinctive features are its windows, which open to allow natural ventilation to supplement the mechanical systems for a good part of the year.
剛巧當日是星期五,所以人山人海。
It is London’s first environmentally sustainable tall building. Among the building’s most distinctive features are its windows, which open to allow natural ventilation to supplement the mechanical systems for a good part of the year.
剛巧當日是星期五,所以人山人海。
考考大家眼力。你看見什麼?
【Day 7-13 Cambridge】Jesus College 住宿
在朋友的安排下,小女子有幸做了一星期的上等人,住了在Cambridge University 其中的一個書院﹣Jesus College。整天在看書,或在看學生們看書,確實吸了不少書卷氣
。
Wednesday, 11 April 2007
【Day 1- Day 4 Leamington Spa】舊地重遊
How wonderful to see nice and warm weather in England.
Just finished lunch with my ex-colleage in a cottage-liked resturant in Kenilworth near the castle.
There are many thatched cottages on the way to the restaurant.
They look like houses in the fairy tale. Very charming!
Buildings were built during Victoria period.

Houses in Leamington Spa, a beautiful town about 1 hours by train from London.
The white house in the middle was where we lived before moving back to Hong Kong.
Saturday, 24 March 2007
Friday, 23 March 2007
最愛家居報置 Laura Ashley/ Cath Kidston
英國人愛花錢,花心思和時間去報置屋企,所以當地有很多電視節目是 專門教人點樣報置。
自得太多那類節目,我也開始整天想著怎樣將自己的家打造得漂漂亮亮。其中Laura Ashley和Cath Kidston 的設計是我的最愛,(縱使V先生經常埋怨Cath Kidston 的設計十分婆仔)。可是要擁有一件Laura Ashley 的家俱卻不便宜,一件單座位的sofa買三,四百磅。
天啊!這個價錢足夠一家四口的一個月伙食了 。我愛他們的設計但沒能力afford,便得動動腦筋。
第一步就是去買部衣車,用他們的fabric自己做些cushions及袋仔,巳經很滿足了。
Tuesday, 20 March 2007
[Leicester] 十分迷惘
快閃英國四天,去了一個從未踏足的city。
其實早知V先生要去英國但我沒有想過跟他去一趟。沒想到到他出發的一天突然心血 來潮要去睇一睇,免得將來後悔。
由於時間太緊迫,航空公司的網站的discount 機票巳經買光了。 無法啦!最後只能在旅行社買到一張不可比對換mileage的機票。
我正是在上月寒流襲歐時落機,好唔慣呀!四日內只見大風雪 (好彩一次在酒店,一次在車上)和極低的溫度。
到達後的第二天,便是我獨自遊城的時間,我們住的B&B是一間Victoria town house, 雖然離市中心不太遠,但此終是個陌生的地方,加上我只是拿著一張手 畫的map, 最後我還是乖乖地等巴士。
天氣雖然冷,但不得不讚英國的空氣真是一流。
要對一個地方有深入的了解,第一時間就去了Tourist Information Centre 攞了一大堆的map & brochures。
Leicester 市中心不算大,除了住在市中心,其他的residential area 都只是10-15分鐘車程,十分方便。
市內的景點不是太多,但對我來說不是什麼問題,人巳經在英國,要travel 的地方多的是,最緊要是照顧自己的肚皮!可喜的是看見巳經有700多年的 Leicester market,,聽說是歐洲最大的cover market 呢!
還有環境優雅的New Walk, 可惜兩旁的buildings都是offices.
Mr. V 今日同我講,最遲 early Sep就要搬了。未來的幾個月又要忙碌地plan搬走的事情,我又要打回原形,返英國食薯仔了。
Monday, 26 February 2007
Lunar New Year Trip (2)
There is an vegetarian restaurant inside the Po Lin Temple. Interesting thing was there were 2 types of tickets. There were many people there having kind of oily vegetarian food!
Instead we had a break at the tea house in the Ngong Ping Village. They do serve large varieties of tea but the food selection is quite limited! Not really recommend to go there again!
We ordered freshly baked wife cake together with the tea.
A kind of Yellow Tea called Huoshan Hung Ya (tastes lightly lighter than Green Tea).
Happy Journey and a very good start of the new year!!
Sunday, 25 February 2007
Lunar New Year Holiday Trip (1)
After having a long break during Lunar New Year, it's time to write something about the holiday before I forget them!
We wanted to have some fun this year instead of doing the "Bai Lin" activities, so we headed to the Lautau Island to say hello to Buddha!
We had complimentary tickets from the hotel package bought with Novotel Hotel
I heard a gentleman said he started queuing around 11:30am when we were in the same Skyrail (that meant we saved about 3 hours waiting in the queue).
2:00pm Long queue indeed
2:30pm Beautiful Scenery
2:45 Some people walked up the hill! What an amazing journey!!
3:10pm Hey! Almost there!! It was very hot!
Friday, 16 February 2007
衣車駕到
小時候的家政功課是媽咪的功課。
從未想過一台衣車會在屋內出現。為了歡迎這個新成員,我把自己的Office從新整理一番。
這部衣車得來不易,是自己從九龍城的二手店搬回來的。一來新的衣車要二千幾,二來怕自己只是三分鐘熱度。(希望不是!)
我同老闆講我一定要買有說明書的,因為我連穿針都不懂。
最後他即場教我最基本的skills,就是這樣我過了一個很充實的下午!!
從未想過一台衣車會在屋內出現。為了歡迎這個新成員,我把自己的Office從新整理一番。
這部衣車得來不易,是自己從九龍城的二手店搬回來的。一來新的衣車要二千幾,二來怕自己只是三分鐘熱度。(希望不是!)
我同老闆講我一定要買有說明書的,因為我連穿針都不懂。
最後他即場教我最基本的skills,就是這樣我過了一個很充實的下午!!
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