Judy's 玻璃盒子

　

　　上圖是遊客中心拿到的路線圖，全程來回16公里，加上來回For William的距離，這天大約走了有21公里，上昇高度約1320公尺，這大概是我的登山經驗中，單日高度落差最大，也是單日步行距離最長的吧！

　

　　2008年預定要去爬玉山，台灣的屋頂，也是東北亞第一高峰。在登玉山之前，就來把2006歐洲之旅爬的英國第一高峰＂Ben Nevis＂出清一下吧！

Dear all,

Lofton Islands is really a special place.  If you want to get away from the crowd, Lofton Islands would be your best choice.  From the part I passed by, it's quiet and nothing but farm, fishing village and sea.  I barely saw people in this season.  However, it's probably also because I went there during their public holiday which was not really a good timing if I knew how the Norwegian public holiday was like.  

Dear All,

I've been trvelling in Norway for 2 weeks.  The 2-week feels like double of the time because the sun seems never set in Norway.  Even in the south of Norway, the sky is bright in the midnight.  It was so funny that we needed to put on the sunglasses and hat to block the sun when we were having "dinner" outdoor.
 

Dear All,

I have arrived Copenhagen safely.  For a moment, I was afraid that I would miss the flight from Frankfurt to Copenhagen.  When I found the check-in counter in Frankfurt airport, there was a long~~~ line waiting there.  It was about 40 minutes before the check-in counter closed and took me 25 minutes to reach it.  But the flight was late for some reason anyway.

Dear All,

I'm back from the Fairy tale road.  It was long distance travel in 3 days.  And I have experienced the unbelievable train delay on saturday.  I thought the DB should be always on time, but it wasn't.

Dear All,

I'm now in Koblenz, a city in the Rhein River Area.  Although the trip does not run as I wish, it's still sunny and beautiful days here.  

Dear All,

Finally, I'm back on line again.  Miss me...?   

Dear All,

I'm back to Munich again but just for one night.  I will travel to Salzburg and Hallstatt in Austria for four days and then back to Berchtesgaden in Germany later.  So far, I've got three miserable rainy days here and look like it's not gonna stop in the next three days. 

I hate the bad weather.  It was raining while I went to Palace Linderhof and Palace Herrenchiemsee.  When we were in Garmish-Partenkirchen, I barely saw the mountains around it.  It's all behind the clouds.  Because of the rainy and cloudy weather, I gave up on the Zugspitze, the highest peak in Germany.  If we went up to Zugspitz in this weather, we could see nothing but clouds up there.  And the transportation would cost me 43 Euro.  So we left G-P early today with disappointment.  The weather is something we can't control.  I can only live with it and expect to have better weather in the future.

Beside the bad weatehr, it's really amazing to visit the castles rebuilt or created by the King Ludwik II.  It's something I can't discribe in words.  You have to see it in person.  We had quite a relaxing days there because nothing to do in the small town at night.  we walked around the lake in Hohenschwangau and had the view of the Newschwangau castle on our balcony.  This was before the bad weather started.  If the good weather contined, the triüp would be perfect.

Dear All,

I'm now in Germany.  I took the night train and arrived Munich yesterday morning.  Walking around the old twon of Minich in the morning and pick up +0 from the Munich airport in the afternoon.  In order to celebtated she arrived Munich safely, we had a great Bavaria dinner last night.  It costs some money but worth to try.  The rain came while we finished the main course and was about to enjoy the beer.  We had to run away from the outdoor seat to go inside the house.  The weather is quite unpredictable here.  

Dear all,

The plan has changed a little bit.  Considering my body strength, I deleted the plan of Utrecht and went to small towns both yesterday and today.  So, I went to Zaansche Schens to see the windmills and Alkmaar for Cheeze market.  

Dear all,

Yesterday, I moved to Haarlem from Amsterdam.  Unlike the one in Amsterdam, it's a six bedded room (20 beds in Amsterdam hostel) with shower and toilet in room.  It was nice to have new roommates, three German girls.  They are also impressed by my travel plan.  Guess that not many people did this.

Dear All,

For your information, the desktop I'm using in the hostel can't read Chinese.  So I'm not able to read your response to my airtile.  I'll get back to you if I find another one which can read it.

Dear all,

I'm now in Singapore airport and waiting for my next flight to Amsterdam at 23:45.  It's been a hard day for me today.  

　　曾聽過別人說「旅行，在你開始計畫的那一刻就啟程了」，一點也沒錯，人還沒出門，我已經開始在這個旅行計畫上砸錢了，那些預先訂購的機票鐵路券不說，還包括了以下這些敗家小玩意兒......

　　　　　
　　

　　經過了一年多的籌劃，我的歐洲之旅終於進入十四天倒數的階段，行程也大致底定，龜毛的我幾乎是把所有的交通＆住宿都事先安排好了，不過這只是盡人事，等實際走起來還是要聽天命，隨時機動更改計畫。

　　會籌劃一年多的原因是，原本這行程是應該在2005年的春天成行的，所以2004的年底就已經開始計劃，後來因為家裡的一些狀況而取消行程，當時還害我鬱卒了好久，計劃也就擱下，2005的年底決定要在2006年春天執行這個計畫，把之前規劃的行程拿出來修修改改之後，就變成以下的行程囉！

　　策劃多時的歐洲之行終於進入最後一個月的倒數階段，最讓我擔心的90天申根簽證已經到手，心裡的大石頭也可以放下了。

　　申根簽證，可通行於所有申根國家﹝德國、奧地利、比利時、丹麥、芬蘭、法國、希臘、冰島、義大利、盧森堡、荷蘭、挪威、葡萄牙、瑞典、西班牙﹞。簽證效期有總停留天數30天或90天兩種，發證日起六個月內有效，並可多次進出。申請簽證國家，可以是旅行中第一站的國家，或是旅行中停留時間最久的國家，這次我選擇了停留最久的德國來申請我的90天申根簽證，為了申請這90天的申根簽證，還特別請一天假上台北去申請。