201009_隨手拍拍

九月份接近中秋,但氣候仍然炎熱,回國後的一個月,依舊是異常忙碌.

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Being Boring

In a boring night, the song suddenly shows in my mind !!! WOW , another 20 years old song from my memory.




Youtube連結: (不給嵌入啦....)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMJijbj_zMY&ob=av3e



Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Being_Boring



Lyrics:

Pet Shop Boys - Being Boring

Songwriters: Lowe, Chris;Tennant, Neil

I came across a cache of old photos
And invitations to teenage parties
"Dress in white" one said, with quotations
From someone's wife, a famous writer
In the nineteen-twenties
When you're young you find inspiration
In anyone who's ever gone
And opened up a closing door
She said: "We were never feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end

When I went I left from the station
With a haversack and some trepidation
Someone said: "If you're not careful
You'll have nothing left and nothing to care for
In the nineteen-seventies"
But I sat back and looking forward
My shoes were high and I had spots
I'd bolted through a closing door
I would never find myself feeling bored

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

Now I sit with different faces
In rented rooms and foreign places
All the people I was kissing
Some are here and some are missing
In the nineteen-nineties
I never dreamt that I would get to be
The creature that I always meant to be
But I thought in spite of dreams
You'd be sitting somewhere here with me

'Cause we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never holding back or worried that
Time would come to an end
We were always hoping that, looking back
You could always rely on a friend

And we were never being boring
We had too much time to find for ourselves
And we were never being boring
We dressed up and fought, then thought: "Make amends"
And we were never being boring
We were never being bored
'Cause we were never being boring
We were never being

2010_西歐西非之旅 (2) – 西班牙馬德里

距離上次飛到歐洲,已經是2003年的英國流浪之行,比起當年還未滿30,現在算是步入青壯年,不確定是否還有那種體力支撐長途飛行. 晚間的一期航站,很多都是趁著暑假要到歐洲玩的遊客,而我,依舊是單槍匹馬,背著背包獨自展開旅程.

第一站是西班牙馬德里,中間得先飛去德國法蘭克福機場,兩者都是我未曾造訪過的國度,長程的飛機上,最過癮的就是可以看看電影,不管是啥片,對我這鮮少進電影院的傢伙來說,都可算的上是新片,配合著看電影調時差,真是不錯的享受.

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終於來到法蘭克福機場,一開始的印象還不差,甚至還看到機場地勤的公務車是保時捷,覺得還真了不起. 不過,好印象撐不了多久. 機場裡正在大肆整修,標示極為不清楚,我撘乘的班機已經延誤了30多分鐘才降落,這下還得儘快的找到轉機櫃檯拿登機證,不知來不來得及轉接上到西班牙的班機.

下意識的覺得不妙,開始用奔跑的速度在偌大的機場裡狂奔,詢問了一下機場人員有關轉機櫃檯的可能地點,不久就換好了下段班機的登機證.

本以為這樣就沒事了,沒想到接下來才精采,法蘭克福機場的安檢,慢到嚇人,我手腳很快的已經排在某一排的前十位,竟可以花掉將近40分鐘才輪到被安檢,等過去後,原本3小時的轉機時間,就只省下40分鐘左右了!!! 還有更妙的喔,在開始廣播登機時,突然跑來一名機場人員,告訴大家,登機門突然要換了,所以一大群準備登機的乘客,趕忙轉移陣地,匆匆的搭上這前往西班牙的荷航班機.

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Day 1

幾番波折,班機依舊delay,終於來到西班牙馬德里的舊航廈. 代表處的人員很準時的到機場接我上車,時間緊迫,停留在馬德里的工作時間,從下飛機開始只有一天半,顧不得長期飛行的疲憊,用過午餐後,就立刻上工囉.

第一天的狀況不少,除了原訂的工作之外,還先處理了網路的問題,這下剩下的時間,可是越來越少,壓力越來越大,所幸代表處的人員們熱心的協助,還容忍我瘋狂的繼續加班,剛剛一直工作,還覺得天沒黑想繼續努力,待一回神,竟也已經是晚上十點多,這才想到,夏天的歐洲日照時間比較長啊 ^_^

急忙的趕到旅館check-in,晚餐就這麼在附設的餐廳裡解決,還好西班牙人吃晚餐的時間比較晚,所以晚上十一點還點的到正餐,既然如此,就用大餐安慰一下疲憊的旅人....... (我就是愛吃啊!!!!)

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Day 2

吃過早餐,飛了快半個地球而來,愛拍照的我絕對不會放過這僅有的時間,裝備準備好就這麼去散步. 住宿的地點靠近馬德里商業區 "卡斯蒂利亞那大道 Paseo de la Castellana" ,正好有機會拍到地標 "Torres KIO 大樓".

來到西班牙,見識到了所謂的 "西班牙時間" . 中午午休時間是 14:00 開始到 15:30 ,晚餐時間則是約 20:00開始,吃頓晚餐弄到半夜時分,乃是平常之事. 但令我覺得特別的是飲酒文化,原先跟代表處的人吃中飯,覺得下午還要上班不應該喝,沒想到館子裡幾乎人人午餐時間就開飲. 我們一行人從等位子開始吃小菜就開始來一杯了,上了桌也是入境隨俗,紅酒給它來上一瓶.

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有了大家的協助與配合,工作量雖然超出原先預期甚多,居然還是以驚人的速度在晚上七點多左右完成,趁著天還沒黑,晚餐時間還有一點,大老遠來一趟,熱情的學弟決定今晚充當免費導遊,今晚變成小小旅行團逛逛馬德里.

走過了太陽門廣場,火腿博物館,大廣場,皇宮 ,大教堂, 唐吉柯德像 後,該是進入重點的美食時間,首先先去了小巷鐘百年老店 "Chocolateria San Gines" 吃了TAPAS開開胃,接著就在附近的餐館來個最後的西班牙美食巡禮. 前一晚已經吃過生火腿,今晚當然要來個海鮮飯,雖然西班牙世界盃贏了,還是要對不起章魚哥保羅來份有名的章魚料理,就這麼吃吃喝喝,為馬德里之行畫下句點.

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馬德里照片:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamhuang850/sets/72157624713221757/detail/


PS.

1. 去馬德里真的要會喝 ( 黑社會小妹妹之OS : 團長你哪國不喝的,請告訴我? Ans: 神農嚐百草,團長嚐百酒,沒辦法全喝到,至少要喝過到過地區的啤酒 )

2. 馬德里治安不好,在外觀光要小心,代表處人員表示,經常處理緊急危難救助事件,請旅客特別注意

3. 西班牙人不知哪來的體力,每天吃到半夜,早上還是九點能上班,難不成天天喝 "蠻牛" ? (所以說是 "西班牙蠻牛" )

4. 同上,西班牙人體力真好,我第二天吃完飯已經半夜要回程了,當地人還從地鐵站冒出來,他們才要開始玩呢,而且不是假日喔


相關資訊:

馬德里新地標 Cuatro Torres Business Area

[西班牙|馬德里]百年老店-Chocolateria San Gines

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2010_西歐西非之旅 (1) – 邁向未知的旅程