從普達措國家公園出來，我們路過霞給藏族文化村，誤打誤撞地參觀了雲南藏區最大的香格里拉印經院及其鄰近的藏族民居土司家。
Just a short distance from Potatso National Park, we visited a Tibetan cultural village, Xiagei Village. In this small village, we got a short guided tour to visit the largest sutra printing house in Yunnan Province, Shangri-La Monastic Printing House and a Tibetan traditional house next to this temple.
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到了碧塔海下車，我們沿湖走了約4公里的步道，欣賞碧塔海和草甸濕地的自然景色。
The last destination in Potatso National Park was Bita Lake. We had to walk to the next pickup point of the Eco-bus, following the 4.2km visiting path and surrounded by diverse natural sceneries.
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位於滇西北“三江並流”世界自然遺產中心地帶、香格里拉縣內的普達措國家公園，佔地約1.300平方公里，是中國大陸第一個國家公園。它集環境保護、生態文化旅遊、環境教育和社區受益功能為一體，在保護國家和世界自然文化遺產的前提下，為遊客提供觀光機會。（更多資訊，請參考：官方網頁）這是我們此行的最後一個自然景區，享受這廣闊的高原濕地生態景色。
Potatso (or Pudacuo) National Park is located in Shangri-La County of Yunnan Province, is notable as the first national park in China to meet International Union for Conservation of Nature standards. It’s also a part of the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected area of World Heritage Site. (For more information, please visit: official website) This’s the last natural sightseeing destination of our Yunnan journey.
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位於雲南省迪慶藏族自治州香格里拉縣的獨克宗古城，建於唐朝、擁有一千三百多年歷史、是中國保存最好、最大的藏民居群。它是茶馬古道的樞紐，亦是滇藏公路的必經之地。“獨克宗”藏語為“月光城”之意。可惜，在2014年1月11日的一場火災，毀了這古城三分之二的建築，也毀了它的歷史文化價值。雖然師傅和導遊都不推薦去參觀這“廢墟”，我們還是趁著回到酒店的時間還早，打的到月光廣場，逛逛獨克宗古城，也圓了大妹和藏獒合照的心願。
Dukezong, or Dorkhar, is a Tibetan town in Shangri-la County, Deqen Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan province, China, with more than thirteen hundred years history. It’s a main city where the ancient Tea-Horse Road and the China National Highway 214 (G214) pass. At January 11th of 2014, a fire broke out destroying 2/3 of this city, and cause a huge lost of its historical and cultural value. As we could arrive Shangri-La early in the afternoon, we decided to take a taxi to visit this lost city. Meanwhile, Jessie made her dream come true to have some pictures with a Tibetan mastiff.
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翻過雲霧重重的白馬雪山，我們到奔子欄用了午餐，就續程往香格里拉。
After passing the cloudy Baima Snow Mountain, we stopped at Benzilan for lunch and then just went ahead to Shangri-La.
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在梅里雪山過了一夜，原本規劃次日一早出發去明永冰川，但這往返就得耗上一整天，加上我們當日得趕回香格里拉，為了避免突發狀況而延誤接下來的行程，就決定次早直接折返香格里拉。
Our original plan of the second day at Meili Snow Mountain was to visit the Mingyong Glacier under Kawagebo Peak. But the whole journey might take about a day and we needed to turn back to Shangri-La the same day. To prevent any incidents that may delay our whole trip, we decided to skip visiting Mingyong Glacier and went back to Shangri-La in the morning.
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來荷蘭這麽多年，我們多數是從國外給七月生日的婆婆祝賀生日。今年因選擇八月中旬才啟程，婆婆高興得很，決定來個一日遊慶生。選在週末，我們先到歐文隆參觀戰爭博物館。對於經歷過二戰洗禮的兩老，看到二戰的相片和錄影就不自覺地在對照記憶中的情境；對於年輕一代的我們來說就少了那份觸景傷情的感覺。從博物館出來，我們直奔提堡的美食時光Etenstijd享受豐富的晚餐。回到恩荷芬後，再到臨近的自然公園散步，為精彩的一天劃下句點。
Oma celebrates her birthday in July. This year, we’re not on board, so we’ve decided to have a family day by visiting Overloon War Museum and enjoying delicious buffet at Etenstijd in Tilburg.
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虹霓爭艷的黃昏。
Rainbow before sunset.
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夏天日照時間長，晚餐後，到恩荷芬附近的自然保護區散步。
After dinner, we went to the nature area to have a walk.
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第三天，我們來個“高迪之日”，一口氣參觀了高迪的三處傑作：聖家堂、米拉之家和奎爾公園。走完三個點，我們提早回酒店養精蓄銳，準備應付第四天同樣緊湊的活動。
Our third day at Barcelona was a day of Antoni Gaudí. We have visited La Sagrada Familia, Casa Milà and Park Güell, three UNESCO World Heritages of him in one day.
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接著來參觀奎爾公園的精華區了。
Let’s continue to visit the essential monumental area of the Park Güell.
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建築家高迪有七個作品被列入世界文化遺產，包括這童話般的奎爾公園。奎爾公園是高迪的摯友奎爾伯爵失敗的開發計劃，這依山而建的公園完成後，周邊待售的六十片地皮卻始終沒有買家。當時的樣板屋則被高迪買下居住，也就是現為博物館的高迪之家。（參考官網）
The Park Güell is one of the seven works of Antoni Gaudí that listed as UNESCO World Heritage. It’s part of an unsuccessful commercial housing site. Although the Park Güell had a beautiful views and designs, but the 60 lots for luxury houses couldn’t been sold. Gaudí had bought one of the two sample houses and moved in with his family. Nowadays, his house has become the Gaudí House Museum. (Official website)
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