週末，換巴特當司機，載著我們到德國的科隆和阿亨（亞琛）、荷比德三國交界點及比利時的納慕爾走走。
In the weekend, Bart became our driver to take us to Cologne and Aachen in Germany, the tripoint of NL/BE/DE and Namur (Namen) in Belgium.
Continue reading
從仙人掌綠洲回恩荷芬途中，我們在Ravenstein（官網）休息一會。這小鎮曾經是座馬斯河沿岸的堡壘之一，鎮裡還有不少堡壘的遺跡。婆婆很喜歡這小鎮，我們作媳婦的當然是沒意見，就去鎮裡逛一圈吧。
From Cactus Oase back to Eindhoven, we took a break on the way at Ravenstein, a small town that used to be one of the forts along the Maas River. Continue reading
週日天氣奇好，我們騎重機出遊，目的地是北布拉邦省西部的水防線De West Brabantse Waterlinie。這水防線建於1628年，是從Bergen op Zoom到Steenbergen，由四座堡壘（Fort Pinssen, Fort de Roovere, Fort Henricus, 已消失的Fort Moermont），及堡壘間相連的護城河和高堤，形成了抵禦敵人入侵的防線。戰事發生時，能在Steenbergen打開水閘引入海水，升高水位來保護自己。近年，這大部分埋沒在大自然間的水防線重見天日，城堤被復修後，也同時把部分濕地變成保護鳥類的自然保護區。
Last Sunday, we went to the West Brabant Waterline, which has been build in 1628. There were four fortresses, connected with moats and dam, to protect the area during wars. Continue reading
到Otok Pag的最北端Lun之後，我們折返島的中部乘Prizna – Žigljen線的渡輪回到陸地，然後續海岸公路往北到古城塞尼。
After arriving Lun at the north of Pag Island, we turned back to the centre part of the island to take the ferry Prizna – Žigljen to return to mainland. Then we continued our way to north to Senj, an old town at the west coast of Croatia. Continue reading
來繼續逛扎達爾。
Continued our tour in Zadar. Continue reading
克羅地亞的第五大城市扎達爾，是個沿海城市。從這裡可以乘渡輪連人帶車地到意大利的Ancona，也可以在這裡參加出海一日遊Konati島嶼國家公園、或是多日遊到斯普利特等地。
Zadar is the 5th largest city of Croatia. You can travel from Zadar with ferry to Ancona of Italy, join the one day trip to Kornati National Park, or join the cruise trip to islands around Zadar or further to Split. Continue reading
與斯普利特相比，特羅吉爾是座小小的古城，感覺也比較慵懶悠閒。
Compare with Split, Trogir is a small town. Continue reading
繼續戴克里先宮的景色。
Continue with scene at Diocletian’s Palace. Continue reading
斯普利特古城區的戴克里先宮是當地的地標，亦是世界文化遺產之一。既然無法坐船出海遊島，我們就慢慢地在城裡閒晃。
Diocletian’s Palace is the landmark of Split and one of the world’s cultural heritage. As we could not join any boat tour to the islands nearby Split, we decided to enjoy our time by walking around in this old city area. Continue reading
去了聖彼得山的堡壘和地下洞窟，我們就到馬斯垂克的市中心祭五臟廟，順便在市區逛逛。After visiting the fort and underground caves at Mount St. Pieter, we went to Maastricht city centre.
Continue reading
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 half of them were destroyed due to the developement of the cement industry. During the 2nd War World, this underground area used to be a secret hiding place.
Continue reading
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.
Continue reading