2007年7月28日 星期六

高雄一日行



今天和老婆的家人一同去高雄探望日前出車禍開完刀的二哥‧也是自己和子安,子怡第一次去搭台灣高鐵‧高鐵的車廂內裝並不特別令人覺得驚豔,雖然不覺得擁擠,但總覺得不夠大氣‧和自己5年前在德國搭乘ICE列車那種寬敞舒適的感覺差異蠻大的‧當然相片中ICE的車廂是Class 1,台灣高鐵的車箱是經濟艙,但是即使是ICE的Class2也是配置每排單側一到兩個座椅,不像台灣的車廂一側是兩個座椅,另一側是三個座椅‧


 



 


高鐵的車站倒是相當現代化,上次開車載同事到高鐵台中站搭車回台北,覺得自己就好像到了機場,送客的車子直接就開上了二樓Departure長長的進站樓層‧這次看到左營站的內觀也是相當現代化的機場和火車站設計‧


 



 


老婆的四哥在車上做畫,他喜歡畫美女,我問子安說四舅在畫什麼,他說是白雪公主‧請他去旁邊仔細看看‧他好像總是害羞,不好意思過去‧


 



 


中午老婆的二哥和二嫂介紹我們到高雄的鄧師傅用餐,餐點都蠻可口的,尤其是豬腳滷得爛卻香Q不膩‧服務也很好,但是因為不是我出的錢,價位就不清楚了‧


 


晚上回台北幫子安買了三雙鞋子,其中有兩雙恰好是新幹線的圖案,和今天的主題倒還蠻呼應的‧


 



2007年7月17日 星期二

內湖大溝溪親水步道

日前接到朋友的電子郵件,介紹內湖大溝溪的步道‧今天趁著去汐止出差的空檔,去走了一趟‧


 



 


步道的親水性十足,有一段步道根本是在河床裡面,所以山洪爆發時,走在裡面可能會不安全‧步道周邊稍嫌雜亂‧不過就是有這麼一點野味,所以魚,鳥,蟲,蝶隨處可見‧步道盡頭有座涼亭,小瀑布從旁而下,十足清涼‧在拾階而上,可接登山步道,步道狀況看起來還不錯‧因為不好意思翹班太久,這次就就此打住了‧


 



 


相關網頁


1. 中華民國自然步道協會


2. 我的赤腳旅行


2007年7月11日 星期三

Farewell to Dusan




Dusan was my partner in my previous job. We were building one of the new MRT systems in Taipei. Dusan was representing the engineering side while I was representing the procurement side to deal with the same subcontractor together.


 


Dusan is a very expreienced engineer with the sound knowledge in the technical field as well as the well management skill. That is why he is playing a key role in our project. It must be a big loss to the project with his leaving but I would be glad for him that he could have his new development in his career.


 


When I joined that project in early 2004, Dusan occupied the cubic next to mine at the first few days. At that time he is still a visitor supporting from overseas with the frequent trips to Taiwan. I remenbered one of our earliest conversation was his interest to learn the Chinese. He was born in Czech Republic and settled to French Canada later. He told me that one morning he woke up and realized he could understand the French suddenly. He could understand the French word by word which was speaking in the TV and the movie in a sudden over the night. He must look for the miracle to learn Chinese in this way. There are still two nights before his leaving. I don't know if he prays such a miracle to happen.


 


Besides trying to get used to the local language, culture and life, Dusan is also interested in the outdoor activities. He likes the mountain climbing and doing the physical excercise. You won't believe that he still participates the marathon in Taiwan from time to time at the age of being a grandpa. He also joined the company drangon boat team in 2006 as shown in the below photo.


 



 


Our first son, David (子安) was delivered one month after I joined the project. According to the local customs, I treated all the colleagues with the oiled rice and the red eggs at the full month birthday of David. Dusan printed out my son's photo and wrote down his blessing as below.


 



 


I am sorry that I left the project earlier than he and could not work with him for a longer period. We talked pleasantly for a while in May when I returned to the office in one late evening to take the insuance record from the other colleague for the tax deduction. I could sense that his jobs were not easy at that moment. Thus I should be happy for him to have a new job but it is still a pity to see his leaving Taiwan.


 


Best wishes to Dusan. Take care and enjoy your life as usual no matter where you are.


2007年7月4日 星期三

石門水庫福華渡假別館

這個週一因為褓姆請假陪女兒考試,所以我們也偷閒到石門水庫福華渡假別館渡假去‧在Yahoo!生活+上面看過對這家旅館有這樣的評語,和我們的感覺很相近,不過我們也蠻喜歡福華飯店集團裡面的國際文教會館寬敞的雙人房和早餐‧


 


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滿意度:



全省福華飯店我們全家幾乎都住過, 這家是全家人最為滿意的, 已經連續去了2年. 房間乾淨,價格合理,早餐也不錯, 最值得一提的是游泳池有很棒的view, 小朋友戲水區也設計得不錯.


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我們也還蠻喜歡這一家飯店的,小朋友可以在這邊玩得很愉快,大人可以輕鬆的休息,附近的景點和餐廳也很多,住房前的早上和退房後的下午還可以搭配這些景點玩‧我們也是連續第二年來這邊住‧


 


第一年的行程如下‧


第一天早上


富野綿羊牧場



 


第一天中午


七號公路義式咖啡館



第一天下午


石門水庫福華渡假別館



 


第一天晚餐


老爸的後花園餐廳



 


第二天中午


石門水庫



 


今年的行程如下


第一天下午及第二天上午


石門水庫福華渡假別館


 



 


第二天中午


Tina廚房慈湖店


Tina廚房的花園造景還算宜人,餐飲也還美味可口,份量足‧是一個可以輕鬆吃飯的地方‧


 



 


第二天下午


富田花園農場


富田花園農場和Tina廚房在同一巷子內,農場造景還算可以,但不覺得非常特別,同時花園面積覺得比對面山坡上的大溪花海農場小一點‧不過在這邊拍婚紗的還不少,大概是取漂亮的景很容易吧‧