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Edinburgh, Scotland's capital city, has many interesting buildings all within walking distance of Princes Street and the famous Royal Mile.

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Edinburgh is a festival city. Festivals - what Edinburgh does best. The Edinburgh Festival is a generic term used to describe the cultural explosion which takes place in the city in August each year. It is in fact made up of a variety of festivals and events including the International Festival, The Fringe, Book Festival, Military Tattoo, Jazz Festival and Edinburgh Mela. You can be sure that there's always something to tempt you during a stay in Edinburgh.

Spring time sees Ceilidh Culture, the Science Festival and the Film Festival providing the entertainment while the Children's Festival starts the summer with playful exuberance. Later in the year, the city comes alive during the Winter festivals which feature the month-long Edinburgh's Christmas and culminates with the world famous Hogmanay celebrations.

Human Statue

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I don't know much about Glasgow. I just see some good architecture and took pictures. So, don't ask me the details. Ariel was busy introducing me the history of Glasgow while I was also busy photo-shooting. We didn't spend too much time in town but we certainly enjoyed a good south-east asia meal.

Thank Ariel again for her hospitality. I think we two (Ariel and I) definitely can be traval pals together.

Peacock's Square

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I had a very tiring journey in Scotland. This update picture was taken by Ariel's camera while we were on the way to Edinburgh photoshooting for the Parade there. We were like the dead on the way back home and slept as much as we could in the train. 3 days and 2 nights journey in Scotland really tired me out. I think getting aged doesn't really help travelling around.

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把高雄夜晚的愛河之心用展開圖來呈現。一回台灣後，老媽就帶我去愛河之心獻寶，我就說我老爸老媽繳的稅都有作用了，把自己家裏後面的公園建的如此的華麗，夜晚的美景都讓我目不暇給，晚上來這裡散步探險，真是會讓人驚艷的美麗公園啊！



一。映在河面上的倒映讓蜿蜒長形的人行橋，像是黑夜裡的銀河，彎形閃爍的光芒在夜色裡顯得氣勢磅礡。

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這次回台灣沒時間拍太多春天花卉，雖然我非愛花人，但看到美麗的顏色都會想紀錄下，看看什麼是春天的顏色，用顏色來紀錄季節；用拍照來紀錄霎時片刻。台灣的陽光好豔麗，把嬌艷的花朵都比下了，嬌花敵不過豔陽的照耀，失了色，但卻顯露出嬌弱的柔嫩美感。

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用了手機快速拍拍家裏後面的公園，老媽說這是愛河之心，剛好位在我家後面的愛河上，從家裏走到橋上也不過三分鐘的距離，十分方便，每天吃完晚餐就走到這邊散散步，幫助消化一番。等過陣子把相機拍的精細照片再來補上。每天經過都覺得好有景觀設計感～超有藝術氣氛的地方，週末還可以搭著船遊河，老爹要出錢讓我試試搭船經驗，還是省省啦。

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這次在西西里島上最發達的城市Catania（連結地圖）沒照太多當地照片，雖然去的時候是陽光普照，（聽說是運氣好，因為冬天的地中海氣候大部份是陰雨綿綿地天氣，我還跟老闆說老天保佑我到當地後，天氣晴朗，老天爺把好天氣帶給我。）大部分的時間我都待在conference會議裡聽發表，老闆怕我偷懶回飯店睡覺，要我場場到，怕把註冊的錢給賠了（看樣子老闆似乎洞悉我懶惰的一面）。

前四張照片都是當地的音樂廳與歌劇院（建造於1890年），白天時去看不如夜晚時刻的壯觀，夜晚可以聽到歌劇，然後廣場上車水人馬的穿梭，好不熱鬧。歌廳面對的是一巨型廣場，環繞著各式各樣的酒吧與餐廳，跟老闆等大頭人馬在晚宴過後，都轉戰到當地的酒吧繼續續攤喝酒高歌，聊是非；現在終於理解原來英國人們有多八卦，系上的IB人馬又嘴雜又好玩。

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這是從Micklegate Bar那一塊開始的景色，我走上城牆到約克大教堂的一路旅程。






約克是個老舊城市，所以關於靈異鬼魂出沒故事在這一帶總是人們掛在口上的話題。最近約克一直在促銷Ghost Trail（鬼魂追溯系列），大概是應映萬聖節的到來吧，各各知名鬼魂聚集的據點若想參與，在這個季節晚上到約克如招牌所示地點集合，便有專人帶領去探索過去著名的鬼魂出沒地。

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I spent one night in York and luckily stayed over a 4 star B&B with very fair price. It's a nice place and only 5 mins away from the city centre. If I go staying over night in York again, I will definitely choose this B&B. Very nice service and especially a very cosy and clean place. Even when I went back to collect my backpack, the owner even asked me whether I'd like to have a cup of tea before catching the train. It's very nice of her. Around Bootham area, there are plenty of B&B. I was quite happy to find this one when there was no vacancies around. There was only one room left and I took it. Again, I was lucky. The pictures were taken by my new mobile. Although the resolution is high, the picture quality is not good. Shame! I should have carry my camera with me.

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The Shambles又來了，商店租金超貴的地區，排排列的都是很復古的商店，裡頭的糖果商店還有賣洋茴香糖果咧，一堆奇奇怪怪口味的糖果，還有各式各樣的「茶室」。因為The Shambles位居於市場附近，市場與The Shambles的交界處有家英式傳統的酒吧餐廳Pub，很想去那邊吃吃看，可是每次去都不供應食物了，因為兩點後就沒有餐點了，得等到晚餐我又不會想來Pub了，就怕遇上一堆醉客漢。

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在Cardiff的時候，Alvyn拿著相機到處亂拍，我也常常入鏡，平常很少被拍照（小時候通常都是老爹週末帶著相機到處亂拍，照片都是小朋友時期的照片，pose還擺得特別誇張，把自己當成國際知名影、視、歌三棲紅星影后級人物）；長大之後通常都是朋友順手拍拍我，外加旅遊時期都是蓬頭垢面，就不額外丟上自己的恐龍照了，意思一下丟張光影照片，主要我很喜歡城堡從裡往外拍照的光影的呈現。

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首篇歷險記，就談談基本Cardiff的五四三。週末與Alvyn去了Cardiff，雖然難得是風光明媚，我倆真是不幸的遇上Rugby Match；人多也就算了，當地與附近的B&B都客滿了，遠至倫敦，Bath, Bristol, Newport等這些地方都塞滿了人。還好Alvyn當地有人脈幫忙，提供我們住宿與伴陪著晚間夜遊，所以真的是不幸中的大幸，本來打算當天來回曼城，三小時半的旅程也認了，可是真的是累翻天，看到車站是已經排滿人潮，像是看演唱會那樣大排長龍，共分成四五大排，每排至少排上了一哩長的距離，真是令人大吃不消。人多也算了，當地的車流人馬也相當擁擠，幾乎是路人人手一杯啤酒，傍晚時刻已經是醉漢滿地躺著，整個城裡散佈著酒精濃厚味道，人到處撒尿的腥味，以及騎警馬糞的臭味，小小的一個地方，被湧入的四萬七千人給塞爆了。

這張是人潮開始湧入的下午時刻，還不到大塞的恐怖狀況，黃昏時刻，街上、餐廳、酒吧、城堡、草坪上等到處都充斥人潮，像是電影Dawn of the Dead劇情一樣，一堆湧入的殭屍（改成喝酒鬧事的醉漢們），第一天到達是威爾斯隊伍大戰澳大利亞隊伍，整條街上聽到人到處吆喝的聲音，狂歡叫囂的吵鬧聲，可以說是很有趣但是也很恐怖的場面。

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Hadrian's wall is a magnificent monument of the glorious Roman Empire, spanning 73 miles of some of the most beautiful countryside.

I took some pictures of cows and the view of Hadrian's walk path. The scenery there was really impressive. Ariel and I were lucky to have a good sunshine day to visit this historical landmark, which is one of the English Heritage sites along the wall, chronicling a time of Roman rule in England. Roman around the ruins and absorb 2,000 years of history. Standing there made me feel as if I was vividly involved in this ancient world by exploring the Roman forts, turrets, mile castles and reconstructions that span the wall. It's quite good to visit countryside once awhile. I am so glad that Ariel picked up a good place for both of us to visit there.

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繼續貼照片，去了Carlisle的教堂內部，其實很壯觀（但仍沒有約克大教堂壯觀），不過裡頭的氣氛，風琴倒是很搶眼，相當莊嚴肅穆，雖然進入的時候已經差不多教堂要關門，不過裡頭的警衛人還是很和善，仍讓我們猛拍照，一點也不催促，最後出門時，還是很紳士的幫我們拉了教堂大門，客客氣氣的，真是英國紳士的特性都在教堂出現了。下次有機會還是要跟Ariel出遊，她是個探索家，也是個旅遊玩家！

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