27-04。聖彼得山之北部洞窟 North Caves of Mount St. Pieter

聖彼得山裡全是石灰岩,從羅馬時代起,人們就從這裡挖掘石灰岩塊來建造馬斯垂克城裡的教堂、建築物和城牆等。它的石灰質純淨,也可作淨化水之用。由於長期挖掘岩塊,地下就形成了許多洞窟及通道。曾經這裡近兩萬條通道,後來有一大半因為水泥業的發展而被毀了。二戰時,曾是秘密的藏身之地。 Mount St. Pieter is a hill plateau with limestone massif. Since Roman times, people started to use the limestone blocks of Mount St. Pieter for the constructions in Maastricht, such as churches, buildings, walls etc. Therefore, there are many caves and underground corridors in this area. Here used to have almost 20.000 corridors but…

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27-04。馬斯垂克之聖彼得堡壘 Fort St.Pieter of Maastricht

馬斯垂克是座位於荷蘭南部的古城,從中世紀開始一直是個軍事要地,離恩荷芬約一個小時的車程。這次一日遊主打聖彼得堡壘和洞窟,然後到馬斯垂克市中心走走。 Maastricht is an ancient city in the south of the Netherlands, about an hour driving from Eindhoven. The focus of our trip is to visit the Fort and the underground caves at Mount St. Pieter.

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【Canada 2014】05-04。歸程 Edmonton,CA to Eindhoven,NL

天下無不散之宴席,每一次的離別就為了下一次的相聚。這次到加拿大主要的目的是探望姑姑,很感謝姑姑一家的熱情招待。洛磯之旅算是粗略走過,我們還會在湖光映照山色的季節重遊一次。 Our vacation in Canada was quite short. Thanks for the hospitality of my aunt and family. Our trip to Rocky Mountains can be considered as a quick view of this world famous nature area, and, for sure, we’ll visit here again in the season when the mountains and lakes have get rid of their…

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【Canada 2014】02-04。洛磯山脈 Rocky Mountains to Edmonton

在Jasper的次早,開始變天下雪了。我們沿著93號公路往南走了一小段,可見度實在是越來越低,於是決定調頭開始回Edmonton的路程,沿途只能說風雪越來越大,朦朧朧的一片,無趣極了。 The next morning in Jasper, the weather changed and started to snow. We tried to continue with a short part of Highway no.93 to south, but the sight was so bad that even we could not see the mountains anymore. Thus, we decided to turn north and drive back to Edmonton.

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20140419。荷蘭一日遊 One day trip in Holland (1) Eindhoven – Amsterdam – Keukenhof – Zaanse Schans

有朋自遠方來,不亦樂乎?奧地利的舊同事,趁著復活節假期,來荷蘭玩三天。我們就當了他們次日旅程的地導,帶他們到鬱金香花園,贊斯安斯風車村,北荷蘭省的內海和長堤走走。 To welcome my ex-collegue from Austria, we have organised an one day trip in Holland, to visit the Keukenhof and the Zaanse Schans, and also to visit the sea and dam, to get some ideas how the watermanagement works in Holland.

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