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2019年7月15日 星期一

【Emiko】英國遊學心得分享


My dear family, in the rest of this report, I would like to share some opinions on the two weeks l spent in C Girl's School.

Knowing that the education systems in Western countries emphasize on freedom and encouraging students to find who they are, l really looked forward to the two weeks with English students. I have tolerated of the education in Asia too much, which filled with taking notes without thinking or debate, numerous tests, and judging students just from their scores. It's time for me to experience a world that is totally different from the society I am familiar with.

In C Girl's School, I felt like I can do anything because even though I didn't do things very well, teachers would still encourage me not to give up. Just like in PE class, we can do home run whether we hit the ball or not. If the teacher told you to run, you could just run and don't need to worry about your poor batting skill. It makes me think of the PE class l take in Taiwan. Some of the teachers think that they have the power to ruin students' pride because they are ' professional ' in this subject. That's why some of the students in our school don't like PE class, but in C Girl's School, everyone seems to be happy while doing sport with one another. Teachers here are not only authority but also students' friends, they are here to evidence that their students can do everything.

Also, some subjects really help me to find my confidence back, yes, I am talking about math. You all know that I am scared of math even though my math is not as poor as I think, but taking math class here is really a chance for me to get accomplishment. I can solve math problems without a second thought and get the right answers and the compliments from teachers and my classmates here. I can finish the math exam in about ten minutes and seemed as a genius by other students, but in Taiwan, the description of ' genius' can just describe the students in science and math gifted classes, to me, it's too hard to be like them. The experience in the UK makes me think that maybe I'm not as poor as I think, I just need more confidence.

I think the education system in Asia emphasizes too much on competitions, school life is like a war you won't win in the end because the winner is always the system. Even though our classmates seem to be our friends in normal time, when the bell rings and the test papers pass down, we are no longer in a classroom but in a battlefield, the person next to you and played with you during break time is now your enemy who desires to the same place as you, and the highest place always contains just one person. The students who are not good at studying can't get the system's encouraging because the system just encourages the second place to get the first place, and encourages the first place to keep their glory. The students who need encouragement the most can just get the disappointment or punishment. But in C Girl's School, the students who got poor score won't be punished, take my buddy for example, she didn't get good grades on many tests, when I saw her score, l was worry about her. But what the teachers did were to let her take the tests again in order to pass. No shouting, no punishment, just try their best to help her pass the test. I was surprised because no matter how poor your grades are, you have no chance to take the tests again in Taiwan. This is a different kind of encouragement because the way teachers took told the students not to be scared of failure, you can always have a second chance. But I have to say, my buddy doesn't focus on school work and doesn't respect teachers, and this is the topic I want to share with you on the next paragraph.

Although the education system in the UK makes me feel comfortable, there are still some disadvantages, and these disadvantages are just like the dark side of the things I desire for. Because the teachers give students much of freedom to be themselves, many students start to use their freedom to ruin the rules. So in the same classroom, I can see some students, most of them are Asians like me, be quiet and taking notes, try to do their best to learn everything, but they are the minority. More students just chatting with each other loudly, using cellphones, or fight against the teachers on something that are not important just because they want to! My buddy once asked me : " Do you enjoy this lesson? " after a lesson that we did nothing but filled with unnecessary disagreements and fighting. I didn't agree with her and told her that the behavior she and her friends just done was not allowed in Taiwan, but she said that they were defending their rights. I don't know what is going on, the thing I saw was a teacher who wanted to keep the discipline and many students totally ruined it on purpose. I was really shocked about it because I haven't seen such a situation that really drove me crazy. In Taiwan, there are students who can't focus on school work, too. But when the teachers ask them to be quiet, they will still obey, and the lesson can going on without any obstacles. In other words, teachers in Taiwan are respected by their students in general, at least we students know that teachers are the authority of this classroom. In the UK, teachers seem to lose their honor because they believe in the worth of freedom too much. Sometimes I saw teachers said " Be quiet! " at least five times but the classroom was still as noisy as the students were having a revolution, and teachers could just repeat the sentence with no power. Of course those students who didn't respect the rules were wrong, but there is also something to do with the teachers. If the teachers built their reputation firmly at the first lesson, this kind of situation could never happen. The weakness of teachers in the UK is that they give students too much freedom in order to get the acceptance from them, and some students will take advantage of the concession from the teachers. It is weird to we Asians because we all know that teachers are teachers, not students' friends. In fact, the most popular teachers in Taiwan are not those who give up the pride of being a teacher to curry favor with students, but the teachers who care about us and keep their own discipline at the same time.

Thing besides education I want to share with you is the racial situation in the UK. Some people may think that most people in the UK are European with white skin, but in fact, they are wrong. The UK is a country with many different racial groups, so we can't easily judge who are the ' real ' British just by how they look, and racial discrimination can hardly be found. The fusion of different races in C Girl's School is successful, we can seem my buddy as a good example. My buddy herself is Latin American, and there are European, African, Middle Easterner and Asian in her friends. Another buddy is also a typical example : she is a Middle Easterner, and her friends are European and Asian. Maybe in British' s opinion, races and how they look can not define their difference. There is no Asian, European or African, all of them are called British. It is a really nice experience for me because most people in Taiwan are in the same race, racial problem is far away from our daily lives. So, we can hardly imagine how people go through the obstacles between different racial groups and accept one another besides the stereotype. But in C Girl's School, I saw students being friends with different races by myself. At first, I thought that students would prefer to play with the same racial groups as themselves, however, l realized that I was wrong on the first day l studied with English students. In the friendships between them, l saw the true meaning of respecting the differences.

Another thing that I want to talk about is more personal : my opinion of Korean. The place C Girl's School sets is such a Korea Town, there are eight Korean in ten Asian students in C Girl's School. When I knew this situation, the first feeling appeared to my mind was unhappy because I have heard too much messages about how Korean look down upon we Taiwanese, and I am not interested in Korean culture. But after a few days, I seemed them as spiritual friends because besides Taiwanese, they are the most familiar group to me. When other students were out of control and tried to ruin the whole lesson, only Korean students could keep calm and focus on the things they should do. When other students wrote nothing on their notebooks, the same page would be full of notes wrote neatly by Korean students. The things they did were just like the things I do in Taiwan. When they and l took notes no matter how undisciplined other students were in C Girl's School, l almost believed that we were communicating without language, the things connected us was the familiar culture we shared with. In an unfamiliar country, I will always feel safe when I find people who are just like me. So, I decided to forget my dislike for Korean. l wanted to be open-minded. I tried to smile while we had eye contact, at first l still worried about their attitude towards Taiwanese, but the reality was that they will smile back just like other students did. I once had lunch with my buddy two ( the Middle Easterner ) and two Korean girls joined us. They knew a lot about the education system in Taiwan and chatted with another younger Taiwanese girl and me with no obstacles because we had common ground. On that day, I realized that negative stereotype could really limit the way I think. Although some Korean are not friendly, Korean students in C Girl's School l know are all nice to us and very hardworking. If I can open my mind earlier, maybe I can have more friends who shared East Asian culture with me and showed the worth of diligence even they can choose to be lazy. Every racial group has its own advantages and disadvantages, if I just focus on the disadvantages of one particular racial group, I can't know them accurately and I will miss the chance of making new friends. I really learned a lesson after I met those nice Korean girls in C Girl's School.

Well, the report which is too long will make you lose your interest to read it, so it is time for me to give it a conclusion. During the two weeks studying in C Girl's School, l felt like walking into a mirror that reflects the differences between Eastern and Western countries. The education system in Taiwan maybe boring or autocratic, but it makes me hardworking, polite, and dutiful. The value of Asian culture is discipline, compare to Western students, we know what is our duty better. On the other hand, the education system in the UK helps me to find my confidence and independence back by giving students freedom and encouraging us. This kind of education makes students to be themselves instead of a clone of the others, but too much freedom can also makes students forget their duty and be too individualism. I think if l can learn from the advantages of Western education and mix them into my school life in Taiwan, maybe I can be a more brilliant person than now.

2019年6月25日 星期二

【第一屆天下盃「逆風台灣」徵文比賽 -- 第二名】



【第一屆天下盃「逆風台灣」徵文比賽 -- 第二名】

題目:知識的九一一事件
就讀學校:國立新竹女中 高一
作者:鄭詠萱


乘客們一登機就閉上了眼,他們並不在意這架飛機將航向何方,闔起的眼皮恰到好處掩住了他們的迷惘。「歡迎搭乘臺灣航空,但全體空服人員都不知道我們本次的目的地究竟在哪裡。」空服員精準地將顫抖與遲疑傳遍機艙,瞬間,飛機沸騰了。乘客們的嘴像魚類一開一闔吐出泡泡,沒有人能看出透明的泡膜中包著甚麼,只能感覺那一戳就破的空虛正在加熱飛機。「轟隆隆……」所有人都聽見了起飛的聲音,然而,那不是我們的飛機。我們的飛機被迫停在跑道上,旁邊各有荷槍實彈卻眼神空洞的恐怖分子駐守,我們被劫機了。

臺灣,一個以高科技產業為名片行銷全球的國家,在知識經濟的浪潮席捲世界的時代,理應乘著凌雲壯志一飛衝天,在得意洋洋的晴空中睥睨其他正在起飛或尚未起飛的國家,不是嗎?走出由知識份子運籌帷幄的科學園區,我與熙來攘往的行人一次又一次四目相交,其中不少人以厚重的眼鏡遮住了眼眸,在烈日映射下,眼鏡反射出白茫茫的光,我看不見他們的眼神,似乎每個人鏡片之下的眼都在確實運轉著,上下左右立體化腦中白紙黑字的思想。然而,當我們的視線與焦點漸行漸遠後,我又一次望向他們,摘下眼鏡的那一刻,他們的眼神和眼鏡一樣白茫茫的,擦乾白霧,黑沉沉的瞳孔中竟是透明的,空無一物。接著,迎面而來的每個人都不再交換眼神,他們低著頭,最新的手機輕薄短小一如它螢幕上呈現的內容,不需要動腦,人人的雙眼毫不費力黏在螢幕上,愉悅的笑容有淺碟速食之意。在一切講求效率的時代,連追求知識的過程也可以被省略,文字的凝鍊、思想的深刻、修辭的精妙,都可以被輕易拋棄,只因為理解它們必須耗費早已被日復一日追名逐利的壓力榨乾的思考能力。這一點在臺灣尤其明顯,歐洲古城內仍有清雅書香隔絕先進國家除不去的銅臭味,即使是與我們發展歷程相近的日本,地鐵中也仍有為數不少的乘客捧著口袋本推理小說,堅守日本人與書本的氣質相似的、一種深邃的內斂。然而,臺灣曾經林立的書店一家家收起,我們曾經渴望知識的眼眸因為曝曬在手機的藍光下而逐漸乾涸,至於判斷力、思考力,我們只把它們留給標準化的考試。我們被無知劫機而不自知,一切高科技的、知識經濟的,似乎只剩下飛機的零件。

台灣停在跑道上,而讓它重新起飛的燃料並不是政治或經濟,而是知識,而且,是書本上的知識。不可否認,網際網路的發達讓知識的傳播無遠弗屆,但是,網路本身象徵的往往是疲倦了一天以後對永無止盡的放鬆的渴望。這樣的想法注定了網路資訊是劣幣驅逐良幣,當我們鬆懈時,任何與知識沾上邊的內容都會被視為過重的負荷,於是,空虛淺薄與點閱率呈現正比。不可否認的,網路上仍有被深深埋在處女地裡的知識等待我們挖掘,書籍中也不乏魚目混珠的劣質品在書架上招展著庸俗與膚淺。然而,大多數能在書店中光明磊落面對讀者的書本厚度都是由知識層積而成,無論是何種領域,我們總能藉由一本本書墊高我們的思想。況且,書本的印刷是有留白的,每一本書其實都是作者與讀者的對話集,黑字是作者的化身,而白紙就是讀者的思考空間,我們可以在那一隅空白盡情書寫我們的贊同與辯駁,讓我們的思想與作者的思緒激盪出無色的火花。因此,當書本逐漸被捲入時間一去不復返的洪流時,我依舊像個眷戀過往繁華的、與時代脫節的人,固執的逆著時間追逐那些曾經造就臺灣知識經濟的奇蹟。而我知道,這些被捲走的書本就是讓台灣起飛的關鍵,只要有更多台灣人願意放下高科技帶來的便利的麻痺,一起隨著時間逆流而上,尋回那人人以書本填滿休閒時光的時代,並把那個時代帶回來,我們現在重新起飛仍不嫌晚,而且充足的知識將會是我們的燃料,使我們能在天空中穩健航行,飛得更高、更遠。

放下手機,我隨意翻開一本書,就像奇幻漫畫所描繪的,書頁在被打開的瞬間光華四射。但它並未帶領我走向另一個世界,而是領著我航向未來。「台灣起飛了?」我問,書本不發一語,逕自載著我飛向台灣停靠的機場,並停了下來。那些眼神空洞的恐怖份子一看見書本,立刻放下槍落荒而逃,機長眺望方才書本飛來的方向,眼神堅定的微微點了點頭。我知道,我可以登機了。以知識為燃料,台灣將起飛,而且,這次沒有任何無知能阻擋它。

文章來源: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Q45THlR17e0HIoQwj06mud3qKY8G880pIDIgEwWJZK8/edit?fbclid=IwAR3F-Q15ZCc_5RtWOOa0gGftfeWeD8CN9VN_0NRir1PShYAtVusSbLG_jIA

2019年4月18日 星期四

Emiko's 閱讀心得: 台灣與我的十字路口

學校名稱:
年  級:一年級
班  級:
科  別:
名  次: 優等
作  者:X詠萱
參賽標題:台灣與我的十字路口
書籍ISBN:
中文書名:思辨:熱血教師的十堂公民課
原文書名:
書籍作者:黃益中
出版單位:寶瓶文化
出版年月:2015年05月04日
版  次:初版

一、圖書作者與內容簡介:
作為高中公民老師的黃益中老師同時擔任「巢運」發起人並參與多項社會運動,因此,他的課堂不只有知識的單向傳輸,透過同學們的討論甚至辯論,社會中對單一議題的不同聲音在教室中激盪出火花。在黃益中老師眼中,學生們的答案並沒有對錯,因為尊重每個人的聲音正是他要教給他們的--民主社會中的多元價值。


二、內容摘錄:
中研院研究員吳叡人在該書導讀的一段話,很值得給學生省思:「冷戰已成過去,而福爾摩沙依舊徘徊在認同的歧路上,思想、記憶和認同似乎已經成為難以承受的負擔。然而沒有了思想、記憶和認同的重量,台灣將永遠只是一葉浩海孤舟,任憑資本主義和強權政治的操弄控制,反覆重演註定終將被自己和他人遺忘的種種無意義的悲劇。」

(p.240)


三、我的觀點:
我的聲音很小,但是親愛的台灣,請聽我說。

終於脫下了獨裁不合時宜的棕灰色中山裝,你換上了光鮮亮麗的民主,夜色下的衛星地圖,你一身璀璨的霓虹燈,都市化之下逐漸在夜空中消音的星子俯瞰著你,留下一聲嘆息:「啊!多麼燦爛的進步國家!」很幸運的,我在你漸漸純熟的民主懷抱中成長,被自由哺育、裹著繁華的毯子沉沉睡去,父母帶著我參加國慶典禮時,我已懂得揮著現場發放的國旗,自豪地唱著那時還不明白歌詞含意的國歌。我從小就知道,台灣,我愛你。長大後,身穿高中制服的我喜歡在教室中激昂陳詞,批判著對你橫眉豎目的世界,在同學們逐漸高亢的鼓譟聲裡,我的聲音越來越不容質疑。「愛台灣!」我說,然而,你望向我時,眼神有一種飽經摧殘的徬徨。那是小時候的我看不懂的眼神,「愛?我現在變成這樣了,還有人願意愛我?」你悄聲說,語氣有滿滿的自卑與不信任,和我在課本裡看見的那個乘著十大建設的氣魄一飛衝天而意氣風發的你不可同日而語。台灣,你怎麼了?

資本主義為你編織了一件華麗的新裝,褪下「中美合作」的麵粉袋衣褲,穿上新衣的你卻冷得直打哆嗦,社會的溫暖似乎和你的舊衣一起被褪下了。從前迅速的社會流動被凍僵了,富人坐在位於首都、朱門深鎖的個人城堡裡數著鈔票,窮人卻只能露宿街頭,蓋著厚重卻不保暖的階級之帆布,盼望著孩子能逆著貧富差距的洪流而上,為他們買一棟真正的家。而朝堂之上的官員們制定政策時的眼神很迷惘,他們分屬不同政黨,執政黨和在野黨抓著你的四肢拔河,一些迷信意識形態的人民搖旗吶喊,你被撕裂的哀號湮沒於流於人身攻擊的唇槍舌戰中,是的,這就是民主,「民」粹「主」義。你被拉往相反的方向不知何去何從,經濟發展也在南向與西進間舉棋不定,最後,你縮回了腳,顧影自憐望著自己尚顯華美卻一點一滴褪色的霓裳,「至少我現在還算不錯!」你輕輕地說,眼神前所未有的呆滯。掀開你華麗的紗衣,你的身體傷痕累累,試圖為你療傷的社運人士銳意進取但華燈之下弱勢者的哭聲,你摀起耳朵不願去聽,原住民與新住民深邃的雙眸中對平等的渴盼,你閉上眼睛不敢再看,你只敢告訴他們,你累了。於是,在我與其他兩千三百萬人的注視下,你抱著自己蜷縮在太平洋上,彷彿睡著了。

黃益中老師一拳拳打在你身上,他想以真實的疼痛喚醒你。而我想在你的耳畔低聲傾訴,我想告訴你,在為了自身利益不惜撕裂你的人之外,還有無數人站在同一陣線,而他們的位置就是你該走的方向:真正的公平正義。黃益中老師已站在最前線,我則站在人群裡,盼著你以堅定眼神走向我們的那一天。


四、討論議題:
除了黃益中老師的方法,公民教育是否有其它讓我們與真實社會連結的可能?

2019年4月13日 星期六

【練拍】保育類「黃裳鳳蝶」



好久沒揹相機出門拍照,原本想請William當我的護花使者,陪我到清大蝴蝶園拍照。無奈這老兄電話講不停,我只好自力自強,自己出門去...

心驚驚的步入有點偏僻的蝴蝶園,拍了一會兒之後,熱情的攝影大哥告訴我裡面的蝴蝶園有一對黃裳正在交配中,預計還有一個小時,錯過可惜。(心想,交配還可以預測?)

我從來不知道清大蝴蝶園還有另外一區,穿過小樹林之後,果真見到幾位攝影大哥在拍照。湊近一看,不得了了,這畫面...

今天偷懶只帶了100mm微距鏡出門,和大哥們的大炮相較,真的有點遜...

大哥們很客氣的讓位給我靠近一點拍,還幫忙補光,真的太感謝了。

拍完一輪後,心滿意足的回家...









2018年7月28日 星期六

Emiko: 鐵幕關不住的靈魂

很可惜,這篇投稿到「第十三屆的龍顏FUN書獎」沒有受到評審的青睞,只得到入選的成績。

寫作從來就不是Emiko為了成名、得獎而做的事。寫作,是她天份發揮、是她舒壓的一個管道。

會考完後,她除了在家練習俄文、畫畫及準備語資班考試之外,她還寫了一篇小說...

寫作,于她而言,是一輩子的事...

北韓,在前1-2年佔了Emiko生活的一大部份;她花了很多~很多的時間去研究北韓。所以,她在今年的龍顏FUN書獎投了這一篇「鐵幕關不住的靈魂」。

而,就在前三個月,她又突然變心愛好俄羅斯。會考完後,她每天~每天都在自學俄文及在網路上搜尋相關文章...

我想,明年的龍顏FUN書獎,她應該會寫一篇俄羅斯相關文章投搞。不為得獎,只為發表自己的想法。


書名:為了活下去


鐵幕關不住的靈魂

    北韓,像是個被幸福的鐵柵欄圍得密不透風的樂園,柵欄排列得整齊平等,恰好能框住人民的臉,框出千篇一律的笑靨。從臺灣遠眺西北方,可以看見北韓,看見成千上萬的北韓人綻開了成千上萬個一模一樣的笑映在我們的眼簾,像太陽的針孔成像般每個都笑成整齊劃一的完美圓形。於是,見慣笑容也喜歡笑容的我們輕易忘記了在鐵柵欄之後,是無數被囚禁而哭不出聲的靈魂。

    在出身成分優良的北韓人民心中,祖國是永晝,他們醒來時能看見旭日初升為只有特權階級才能居住的平壤鍍上整齊而驕傲的輪廓,他們在入睡前能看見主體思想塔頂端紅艷艷的火炬激昂的點亮平壤之夜,而且從不斷電。社會主義烏托邦的日子是永永遠遠的如領袖肖像上燦爛的笑容,他們的靈魂心甘情願為大而無當、冰冷而睥睨一切的領導人銅像折腰,他們渾然不知鐵幕在低頭的瞬間轟然拉下,他們被囚禁在名為永恆的牢籠中而甘之如飴。一輩子只能呼吸平壤空氣的菁英階級不會明白,在偉大祖國的另一頭,是永夜,像夏至的南極。北韓的夜晚是清澈的漆黑,沒有光害,星星璀燦而微弱的光芒冷眼映照出國境之北被列為敵對階層的人民世代相傳的絕望。他們同樣被教育「領袖是太陽」,那些終日埋首工作只為一頓溫飽的芸芸眾生卻從未仰望天空一次,仰望光明燦爛的謊言背後真實的黑暗。他們不知道北韓的太陽終年直射平壤,他們的家鄉註定永夜,他們以為自己所處的世界也是光亮而幸福的。統治者利用夜色的掩蔽一卡車一卡車運走了血統已有污點的敵對階級,在北韓澄淨的夜空下,一切迫害都逃不過人民的眼睛,他們的靈魂在鐵幕尚未完全拉下時便噤聲了,對岸中國的燈火默默照亮了鐵幕和土地之間依然存在的空隙,宛如脫北的提示。

    朴延美,一個擁有大無畏勇氣的女孩,就著空隙透出的亮光逃走了。她清瘦的身影在外國人眼中無比悲情,彷彿他們要將同情的眼光永永遠遠黏在她身上,像脫北者的標籤一樣揮之不去。然而,在我心中,朴延美的身影象徵的絕非可憐,而是可敬,對於勇者的尊敬。逃出北韓時,她的背後是黑暗幾欲噬人的祖國,眼前是虎視眈眈的中國掮客,哪一個選擇都蠻橫的掌握著她的生殺大權,她卻毅然踏上了自認最正確的道路,哪怕那是一條永遠回不了家的路。她的行動是對北韓政權無聲的抗議,當她的同胞們因敵對階級的烙印而一輩子被迫害於無形之中,卻因恐懼而只能在黑暗中手牽著手,和著政府無孔不入的擴音器流瀉出的謊言旋律高唱「在這個世界上,我們最幸福」時,她已用雙腳對這荒謬的體制投下了不被容許的反對票。當她的堅毅和勇敢名揚國際而引起北韓政權不擇手段的詆毀、甚至利用每個脫北者心中最深沉的、對家人被株連的恐懼逼迫她仍留在北韓的至親出言毀謗時,她依舊勇敢的敞開心房面對並一眼看穿政府強硬幼稚的反擊背後的惶恐。朴延美像是赤手空拳與巨人歌利亞博鬥的青年大衛,她輕柔甜美的聲音被無限放大,宛如一記又一記強而有力的直拳擊向北韓堅不可摧的高牆。拳頭與銅牆鐵壁的接觸剛硬疼痛,她摀著流血的傷口一下又一下忍痛搥打,世界都聽見了脫北者的控訴。或許鐵幕之下的北韓人民也感受到了外界轟轟烈烈的震動,而其中一些人靈魂的頻率恰好能與此共振。在鐵幕微啟的瞬間,又一個關不住的靈魂逃出生天。

    朴延美的勇氣照亮了北韓永夜的邊境,無數底層人民其實並不卑下的心終於願意望一望天空,即使他們看不懂那光的意涵,也好過悲泣的靈魂被政府強拉成幸福的笑臉。希望有朝一日,鐵幕關不住的靈魂能合力揭開鐵幕,讓真正的陽光普照北韓國土,而非政治上的永晝和永夜,那樣的永恆,也敵不過人民一朝一夕覺醒的勇氣。

2018年7月20日 星期五

【2018 夏遊東京11日】 重遊後花園 -D2

2018.06.27

一早,上野車站麵包店的結帳方式讓我開了眼界;品項直接掃描到電腦內,再直接將貨款投入機器中,直接投一萬日幣,找零也沒問題。

搭乘新幹線來到避暑勝地~輕井澤。感謝老天爺的厚愛,原本預定下雨的日子只下了一小陣;更開心的是騎腳踏車時天氣放晴了。

趁今天天氣還算穩定,一鼓作氣把中輕井澤及舊輕井澤跑完;明天90%下雨的日子就專心逛outlet 。

好喜歡中輕井澤那裡的環境,星野集團果然很有一套。在環境優美的「村民食堂」吃了午餐,在「丸山咖啡」品嚐了好喝的咖啡,當然也沒有忘了帶上幾包咖啡豆回台灣延續美味。

日前對Emiko的行前訓練果然奏效,今天她在輕井澤一騎就上手(騎不好,老闆不給借車的)。在綠意盎然的樹林間騎著單車,好不愜意。

在去王子飯店check-in前先小逛一下outlet的運動品牌店,孩子們都有收穫;尤其是小寶買到UA Stephen curry 的衣服及鞋子超樂的。

這次入住王子飯店的小木屋,非常安靜,很適合怕吵的我們。Check-in時遇到來自台灣台中的服務人員,他給了我們很多有用的資訊,還說最近來自新竹的客人很多。

是說,這次在輕井澤遇到很多臺灣人,孩子們笑說,感覺好像是在台灣。



























【2018 夏遊東京11日】 重遊後花園 -D1

2018.06.26

終於盼到Emiko會考完全家一起復飛的日子。比較可惜的是,礙於William工作繁忙,我們的加拿大遠征行頓時變成日本後花園懷舊遊。 又,拜William突然安插的東京拜訪客戶行程,讓我們又可以多留在東京三天。(W先生第一次出國旅遊帶上NB,可見真的有忙。據說,這一陣子,他忙到好幾天沒吃中飯)

搭機的第一天總是特別累,今天只排一個行程~米其林一星鰻魚飯「尾花」。

二年前的「一個人的旅行」嚐到「尾花」的美味之後,心中念茲在茲的提醒自己一定要帶家人來嚐嚐。在等了近二個小時之後鰻魚飯終於上桌,「秒殺」意味著美味之外,更代表著大家肚子非常餓啊⋯

這㳄在東京訂到非常棒的旅館,完全就是針對家庭出遊設計的飯店- - Mimaru. 今年才開幕的新飯店,東京有三家分店,我們住的是北上野分店,距離上野車站不遠。

房間比一般商務旅館大很多,有客廳、廚房、洗衣房⋯一整個舒適又方便,預計之後要買一堆和牛回飯店吃個過癮。