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關西賞櫻景點開花時程：在花種豐富的京都，不用在乎櫻花前線！

http://kunghc.pixnet.net/blog/post/28554473 2008年 京都車站貼的花況快報 看了背包客棧網友kch0511網友所寫的勸世文，和這一系列討論: [勸世文] 京都賞櫻要有彈性，不用賭櫻花哪天開 還有最近看了一些朋友排的關西賞櫻行程，我想要先寫一篇"關西櫻花/景點開花時程"。 很多賞櫻新手會看著各個機構的櫻花前線，然後不斷的焦慮，櫻花會等我嗎？ 如同我在賞櫻懶人包中所說： 2008年東京 京都 大阪 各是5,8,7 天滿開 2009年最誇張 冷回去了 東京 京都 大阪 各是12, 17, 13天才到達滿開 2010年也是冷回去了 東京 京都 大阪 各是10, 13, 14天才到達滿開 所以開花日其實真的不重要，滿開日才重要，不確定的因素實在太多了。櫻花預報真的看看就好，一切都是運氣啊~~~而這個"開花" 是指"染井吉野櫻"小白花，其實有早開也有晚開的櫻種。關西由於花種眾多，其實前後有一個月左右應該都有得看，約從三月中旬到四月中旬。不過像東京這樣以染井吉野為主的地方，真的好看的時間就是那一週左右。很多人問我，關西賞櫻選哪天去好。我個人覺得，晚一點（四月以後）會比早（三月下旬）好。早有只看到一堆花苞的風險，晚去至少還滿確定都有得看 ，還有機會看到櫻吹雪。 我2008年第一次去賞櫻就深有這樣的感覺，東京已經晚了，但關西還是很精彩。這一篇來介紹一下關西賞櫻，每個景點有可看性的大概先後順序。排關西行程時 這是一定要參考的。比方說如果你排第一天去平安神宮看紅垂櫻，最後一天去醍醐寺，那就是完全排反了。 先來看個日本櫻花協會的東京主要櫻花的開花期間: 種類 開花期 満開期間 開花期間 主な見どころ ヤマザクラ(山櫻) 4月上旬～中旬 7日 14日 奈良吉野山、嵐山 ソメイヨシノ(染井吉野櫻) 3月下旬～4月中旬 5日 16日 全國 シダレザクラ(枝垂櫻) 3月中旬～4月上旬 7日 15日 全國 カンザン(關山) 4月中旬～下旬 8日 19日 全國 大概的開花順序是： シダレザクラ(枝垂櫻) > ソメイヨシノ(染井吉野櫻) >ヤマザクラ(山櫻)~ 八重紅枝垂’（やえべにしだれ）>カンザン(關山) 不過當然也要考慮所在地的高度和平均氣溫，如山上的櫻花當然會比較晚開。 再來整理一下關西大概的開花順序，可以看看京都の桜情報這個日文網站，整理了過去十年間各景點的滿開日期。雖然每年的日期變化很大，但請注意: 滿開的"順序"是很準的歐。以下滿開日期以2010年為例 (吉野山出自此)，雖然氣象廳公布的標本木是4月1日滿開，但來看看實際狀況： 京都御苑 糸櫻 平野神社魁櫻 3.21 祇園白川 早開枝垂櫻 3.23 醍醐寺 三寶院/憲深林苑/靈寶館的枝垂櫻 3.26 円山公園 枝垂櫻 4.2 最大宗的染井吉野櫻(賀茂川/哲學之道/清水寺等等) 4.3 常照皇寺 九重櫻 4.8 紅枝垂櫻(原谷苑/平安神宮/二条城/半木之道/京都御苑) 4.10 仁和寺 御室櫻 4.12 大阪造幣局 4.14~4.20開放 吉野山 下千本 4.5 (和染井吉野差不多 但比平地晚兩天) 吉野山 中千本 4.7 吉野山 上千本 4.10 吉野山 奥千本 4.14 日期這麼分散，你覺得櫻花前線的京都標本木3月19日開花，4月1日滿開的情報很重要嗎？ 以下分別介紹吧。 先來個總表(我已有寫遊記的) 祇園白川 早開枝垂櫻 關西賞櫻大推薦:京都祇園白川南通夜櫻，藝妓出沒注意 醍醐寺 三寶院/憲深林苑/靈寶館的枝垂櫻 如果京都賞櫻 只能看一個寺院 就看醍醐寺之一: 三寶院/憲深林苑 如果京都賞櫻 只能看一個寺院 就看醍醐寺之二: 靈氣逼人之靈寶館 円山公園 枝垂櫻 京都賞櫻名所 圓山公園的櫻花女王: 祇園枝垂櫻 最大宗的染井吉野櫻(賀茂川/哲學之道/清水寺等等) 木屋町通/高瀨川櫻吹雪: 內行人的京都賞櫻景點 京都木屋町通/高瀨川夜櫻 巧遇安藤忠雄 夜之清水寺 漫步二三年坂 清水寺夜櫻:來京都賞櫻晚上必訪! 3月19日京都的櫻花竟然開了...模擬今年4月3日哲學之道櫻花的狀況(上) 3月19日京都的櫻花竟然開了...模擬今年4月3日哲學之道櫻花的狀況(下) 紅枝垂櫻(平安神宮/二条城/半木之道/京都御苑) 京都御苑 西北角的近衛邸跡 枝垂櫻的樂園 平安神宮神苑的紅色八重枝垂櫻:若稍晚來到京都賞櫻 絕不可過的景點(上) 京都 平安神宮神苑的紅色八重枝垂櫻聖殿(下) 沒有醍醐灌頂的醍醐寺賞櫻(上): 告訴各位什麼叫做葉櫻XD 沒有醍醐灌頂的醍醐寺賞櫻(下): 幸好有靈寶館的八重櫻 京都二条城夜櫻: 比清水寺還值得去! 1.京都御苑 糸櫻 IMGP0190 京都御苑是古代日本天皇的御花園，西北方的近衛邸跡，約30株シダレザクラ(枝垂櫻)，有許多早開的系櫻，開的比醍醐寺還早歐! 2.平野神社魁櫻 angela.jpg 和伊勢神宮、松尾大社等並稱的有名神社。創建於782年，最初是位於奈良平成京，後來隨著桓武天皇794年遷都平安京，平野神社亦搬到京都。江戸時代起就以 平野的夜櫻聞名，有許多平野神社代表的名櫻花，如「魁桜」「寝覚桜」「平野妹背桜」「手弱女桜」「突葉根桜」等。早開晚開櫻種皆有，所以花期很長。詳細的櫻花圖鑑和開花日期請看官網介紹。晚到京都的話，這裡也不容錯過。魁櫻歷年約在3月28日滿開，他的滿開也宣告京都的賞櫻祭正式開始。 櫻花美照感謝 好友Angela分享 請勿任意轉載 ! 3.祇園白川 早開枝垂櫻 IMGP2520 祇園是藝妓出沒之處，白川通是一條石坂街道，可看到許多傳統的町屋，許多遊客也會穿上和服到此拍照，推薦白川南通從川端通到辰己大神之間220公尺的夜櫻，可以看到町屋中京都人飲酒作樂。 關西賞櫻大推薦:京都祇園白川南通夜櫻，藝妓出沒注意 4.醍醐寺 三寶院/憲深林苑/靈寶館的枝垂櫻 IMGP0021 三寶院有兩棵高四層樓的垂櫻 靈寶館庭院的櫻花更是驚人 如果不買票進來 真是太可惜摟 "尋找櫻花" 書中寫'台灣旅行社不常帶遊客來醍醐寺 唯一說的通的理由是 "怕客人會看瘋了 不肯離去" 其實也不盡正確 因為 醍醐寺是整個京都花期偏早的地方 當染井吉野正盛 或是晚開的垂櫻時 醍醐寺早就謝了 如果京都賞櫻 只能看一個寺院 就看醍醐寺之一: 三寶院/憲深林苑 如果京都賞櫻 只能看一個寺院 就看醍醐寺之二: 靈氣逼人之靈寶館 如果京都賞櫻 只能看一個寺院 就看醍醐寺之三:櫻之馬場/伽藍的五重塔 世界遺產:京都醍醐寺交通攻略 5.円山公園 枝垂櫻 IMGP5333 高達12公尺的櫻花女王! 在夜裡散發王者的氣息! 圓山公園裡植了約850棵櫻 以染井吉野櫻最多 最受矚目的卻是高達12公尺叫做"祇園枝垂櫻"的櫻花女王 此櫻是屬於紅八重枝垂櫻(シダレザクラ) 號稱已有200歲 正式的名稱是「一重白彼岸枝垂桜（ひとえしろひがんしだれざくら）」 初代的枝垂櫻在昭和22年枯死了 當時樹齡是220歲 現在這株其實是2代目 昭和3年取初代的種子育成的 所以不到百歲! 京都賞櫻名所 圓山公園的櫻花女王: 祇園枝垂櫻 6.最大宗的染井吉野櫻(賀茂川/哲學之道/清水寺等等) 這就太多了 我就不一一介紹啦 木屋町通/高瀨川櫻吹雪: 內行人的京都賞櫻景點 京都木屋町通/高瀨川夜櫻 巧遇安藤忠雄 夜之清水寺 漫步二三年坂 清水寺夜櫻:來京都賞櫻晚上必訪! 3月19日京都的櫻花竟然開了...模擬今年4月3日哲學之道櫻花的狀況(上) 3月19日京都的櫻花竟然開了...模擬今年4月3日哲學之道櫻花的狀況(下) 7.紅枝垂櫻(平安神宮/二条城/半木之道/京都御苑) 紅色八重枝垂櫻(ベニシダレザクラ) 在京都就是這四個地方最有名: IMGP5544.JPG 平安神宮的賞櫻地，集中在要收錢進入，賞櫻期才開放的"神苑"，神苑是以數個池組成，約3萬平方公尺的迴遊式庭園，園中植有300株櫻花。最推薦的，是由南神苑 和 東神苑看著粞鳳池倒映著泰平閣的角度。東神苑的150棵是知名的紅色八重枝垂櫻(ベニシダレザクラ)，在京都的花期算晚的，是明治28年平安神宮創建之時栽種的，泉池配合著枝垂櫻是這裡的賣點。賞櫻期間，南神苑北邊的澄心亭茶室會有觀櫻茶會，開放給民眾體驗茶道。另外僅四天晚上(2011年是4月7日～10日) 有紅色八重枝垂櫻音樂會。 平安神宮神苑的紅色八重枝垂櫻:若稍晚來到京都賞櫻 絕不可過的景點(上) 京都 平安神宮神苑的紅色八重枝垂櫻聖殿(下) IMGP5469.JPG 京都御苑西北方的近衛邸跡，也有許多晚開的紅八重垂櫻，比系櫻還多還壯觀歐! 京都御苑 西北角的近衛邸跡 枝垂櫻的樂園 IMGP1922 賀茂川上游 在京都府立植物園外牆 有一排約七十株的紅枝垂櫻 叫做半木之道 請來看Vincent的介紹:櫻花學之情書：半木之道 IMGP5690.jpg 二條城建於公元1603年，是德川家康將軍在京都的寓所，由於戰國大名當時比天皇還掌握實權，建築物蓋的比後面介紹的京都御所華麗多了。二条城共種植了360株櫻花，品種多達45種，因此花期從三月下旬一直延伸到四月。主要庭園有三: 江戸時代建造的二之丸庭園，明治時代的本丸庭園，及昭和時代的清流園。賞櫻景點，推薦本丸御殿南側的桜之園，及二之丸御殿北側的清流園，這個地圖也有寫哪裡有櫻花: 2005sakuramap.pdf（PDFファイル：532KB） 這裏禁用三腳架。另外我非常推薦這裡的夜櫻歐。有很讚的動線規劃，多種多樣的櫻種，比起人擠人的清水夜市，這裡實在有意境多了! 京都二条城夜櫻: 比清水寺還值得去! IMGP5797.jpg 醍醐寺靈寶館中有很多株ヤエザクラ 八重櫻 也是這個時候左右開 不過也許不需要特地跑一趟 因為交通有點遠啊 沒有醍醐灌頂的醍醐寺賞櫻(上): 告訴各位什麼叫做葉櫻XD 沒有醍醐灌頂的醍醐寺賞櫻(下): 幸好有靈寶館的八重櫻 8.仁和寺 御室櫻 白色的御室櫻和粉紅的染井吉野櫻(ソメイヨシノ) 這張照片出自 高画質壁紙写真集無料壁紙 日本歷代天皇退位後 幾乎都皈依佛門 仁和寺在西元888年宇多天皇創建開始 便有許多皇族於此出家 因此仁和寺又稱為"御室御所" 櫻花也被稱為"御室櫻" 御室櫻是サトザクラ的一種 花期比一般的枝垂櫻晚7~10天 約4月中旬 因此這通常是京都最後一個開花處 一般櫻花只生長於枝頭 御室櫻卻是從頭到尾開滿了花 御室櫻在入中門左手邊有種植約200棵 染井吉野櫻先開 謝了之後 御室桜満開 因此仁和寺花期較長 [賞櫻] 京都‧仁和寺 9.大阪造幣局 IMGP6349.JPG 大阪府造幣局賞櫻 1883年以來　就是非常熱門的活動 長達600 公尺的櫻花步道 要排很久的隊.... 若你日子訂晚了 別灰心 造幣局本來就比較晚 約開花後兩週!! 約124種 370株的櫻樹 不乏許多稀有櫻種 10.吉野山 IMGP2914 奈良的吉野山標高455公尺 其櫻花是日本櫻花的原生櫻種 自古以來便享有日本第一賞櫻名所的美譽 全山約有三萬五千株左右 高達二百種的櫻花 九成是山櫻 以シロヤマザクラ(白色山櫻)為主 吉野神宮及纜車附近的下千本 如意輪寺附近的中千本 吉野水分神社附近的上千本 西行庵附近的奧千本 從低到高 約三萬株的櫻花會在四月上旬到下旬 三周的時間內順次開放 開花時期相互錯開 因此賞花期間非常長 到櫻花的原鄉賞櫻(一):奈良吉野山半日遊行程總覽 到櫻花的原鄉賞櫻(二):吉野山五郎平園地看上千本 基本賞櫻知識請看:　日本東京/京都賞櫻懶人包：櫻花開花時間不重要，滿開時間才重要 也請服用這幾年來我整理的資訊和遊記: 關西賞櫻文章列表　 過去的櫻花前線情報列表 關西的賞櫻名所情報: 林氏璧推薦的十大京都賞櫻景點 第一篇是京都洛東(平安神宮/哲學之道/蹴上/祇園白川/圓山公園/高台寺/清水寺) 第二篇是京都洛中(二條城/京都御苑/木屋町通/平野神社/京都府立植物園/賀茂川堤/上賀茂神社) 第三篇是京都洛西(嵐電櫻花隧道/嵐山/嵯峨野觀光小火車/天龍寺/仁和寺) 第四篇是京都洛南(醍醐寺/山科疏水/毘沙門堂/宇治) 第五篇是大阪及姬路(姬路城/大阪城公園/造幣局/萬博紀念公園) 第六篇是奈良/吉野山(奈良公園/佐保川/群山城跡/又兵衛櫻/吉野山) 2011年關西(京都/大阪/奈良)夜間賞櫻情報

Warsaw, the Baltics & St. Petersburg 2013

Warsaw, the Baltics & St. Petersburg 2013 11 days with Globus Rating: First Class Book this Trip Now and Save! Receive $300 per couple in air credit when you purchase this tour and flights through Globus. Book by January 8, 2013. Click here for eligible departures. Globus Journeys Club members save 5% off the land price. Click here for eligible departures. Group discounts! Book 5-7 people on the same tour and each person saves 5% off the land price. Click here for eligible departures. Offers are subject to change or withdrawal at any time, and availability is limited. 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Hear about the tormented, often tragic history of this important gateway between East and West during your guided sightseeing tour. Visit the medieval STARE MIASTO (Old Town) with its market square and the 14th-century CATHEDRAL OF ST. JOHN, a masterpiece of post-war reconstruction. In the HISTORICAL MUSEUM, watch a moving film showing the city before and after war-time destruction. Sightseeing also features the “wedding cake” Palace of Culture and Science, the remnants of the Jewish ghetto, and a picture stop at the Ghetto Monument. Afternoon at leisure. Why not join an optional Polish dinner and folklore show tonight? (B) Day 3 Warsaw–Vilnius, Lithuania. The next five days are dedicated to the three small Baltic countries that quite recently regained their independence. Each has its own language and distinct culture. Today, travel to Lithuania, the largest and southernmost of the three. Late-afternoon arrival in the capital, Vilnius, once the splendid center of the mighty Grand Duchy of Lithuania, where a [LF] special dinner with regional specialties at a local restaurant awaits you. (B,D) Day 4 Vilnius. Vilnius’ picturesque historic nucleus is clustered around the remains of a castle built by Prince Gediminas in 1323. Your Local Guide will accompany you on a walk from Cathedral Square through narrow winding lanes to the OLD UNIVERSITY, founded by Jesuits in 1569. [LF] An interesting visit has been included to the KGB MUSEUM. (B) Day 5 Vilnius–Riga, Latvia. Enjoy a scenic drive from the River Neris through a landscape alternating dark forests, swamps, and lush pastures. Stop at the Hill of Crosses memorial site on your way to the Baltic port of Riga, the Latvian capital. (B,D) Day 6 Riga. Sightseeing with a Local Guide features the historic center on the right bank of the Daugava River and a walking tour of the Old Town and the ART NOUVEAU QUARTER. Afternoon and evening at leisure, and an exciting optional excursion is available. (B) Day 7 Riga–Tallinn, Estonia. Trace the coastline of the Gulf of Riga past the Estonian health resort of Pärnu, a site inhabited since the early Stone Age, on your way to Tallinn, capital of the smallest of the Baltic countries. This afternoon, sightseeing with a Local Guide features the Hanseatic Old Town with its 15th-century Lühike Jalg Gate, and visits to the TOWN HALL and the onion-domed ALEXANDER NEVSKY CATHEDRAL. [LF] Receive an amber gift surprise as a lasting memory of your visit to the Baltic countries. (B) Day 8 Tallinn–St. Petersburg, Russia. Cross the river at the historic town of Narva and enter Russia. Arrive in magnificent St. Petersburg, where [LF] a special dinner features traditional Russian delicatessen like caviar, blinis, pickled cucumber, and vodka. (B,D) Day 9 St. Petersburg. Founded by Peter the Great, construction began in 1703 and the city eventually spread over 100 islands linked by 700 bridges. It suffered severe damage during World War II, when a cruel 900-day siege claimed more than a million victims. Start with the Winter Palace complex. Formerly the residence of the czars, it is now home of the world-famous HERMITAGE MUSEUM with celebrated works by Rembrandt, Leonardo da Vinci, and the major French impressionists. Next, drive along elegant Nevsky Prospect and admire ST. ISAAC’S CATHEDRAL with its gilded dome and marble columns. (B) Day 10 St. Petersburg. Travel to Pushkin, home of Russia’s last czar, and visit magnificent CATHERINE PALACE (if closed, visit PAVLOVSK PALACE instead). Balance of the day is at leisure, and exciting optional activities are available. (B) Day 11 St. Petersburg. Your vacation ends with breakfast this morning. (B)

Hermitage Museum From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

State Hermitage Museum Winter Palace Established 1764 Location 38 Palace Embankment, Dvortsovy Municipal Okrug, Cental District, Saint Petersburg, Russia Coordinates 59.941°N 30.3129°E Visitors 2,879,686 (2011)[1] Ranked 1st nationally Ranked 12th globally Director Mikhail Piotrovsky Public transit access Spb metro line5.svg Admiralteyskaya station Website www.hermitagemuseum.org The State Hermitage (Russian: Госуда́рственный Эрмита́ж; IPA: [gəsʊˈdarstvʲɪnɨj ɪrmʲɪˈtaʂ], Gosudarstvenny Ermitazh) is a museum of art and culture in Saint Petersburg, Russia. One of the largest[2] and oldest museums in the world, it was founded in 1764 by Catherine the Great and has been open to the public since 1852. Its collections, of which only a small part is on permanent display, comprise nearly three million items,[3] including the largest collection of paintings in the world. The collections occupy a large complex of six historic buildings along Palace Embankment, including the Winter Palace, a former residence of Russian emperors. Apart from them, the Menshikov Palace, Museum of Porcelain, Storage Facility at Staraya Derevnya and the eastern wing of the General Staff Building are also part of the museum. The museum has several exhibition centers abroad. The Hermitage is a federal state property. Since 1990, the director of the museum has been Mikhail Piotrovsky. Of six buildings of the main museum complex, four, named the Winter Palace, Small Hermitage, Old Hermitage and New Hermitage, are partially open to the public. The other two are the Hermitage Theatre and the Reserve House. The entrance ticket for foreign tourists costs four-times as much as the fee paid by Russian citizens. However, the entrance is free of charge the first Thursday of every month for all visitors, and free daily for students and children. The museum is closed on Mondays. The entrance for individual visitors is located in the Winter Palace, accessible from the Courtyard. Contents 1 Buildings 2 Collections 2.1 Egyptian antiquities 2.2 Classical antiquities 2.3 Prehistoric art 2.4 Jewelry and decorative art 2.5 Italian Renaissance 2.6 Italian and Spanish fine art 2.7 Knight's Hall 2.8 Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque 2.9 German, British, Swiss and French fine art 2.10 Russian art 2.11 Neoclassical, Impressionist, and post-Impressionist art 3 Gallery of Modern Art in the Hermitage 3.1 Henri Matisse, André Derain, Wassily Kandinsky 4 History 4.1 Origins: Catherine's collection 4.2 Expansion in the 19th century 4.3 After the October Revolution 4.4 The Hermitage since 1991 4.5 Hermitage directors 5 Volunteer service 6 Dependencies 6.1 Hermitage Amsterdam 6.2 Hermitage-Kazan Exhibition Center 6.3 Ermitage Italia, Ferrara 6.4 Guggenheim Hermitage Museum, Vilnius 6.5 Former dependencies 7 In popular culture 7.1 Films 7.2 Literature 7.3 Games 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 External links Buildings Originally, the only building housing the collection was the Small Hermitage. Today, the Hermitage Museum encompasses many buildings on the Palace Embankment and its neighbourhoods. Apart from the Small Hermitage, the museum now also includes the Old Hermitage (also called Large Hermitage), the New Hermitage, the Hermitage Theatre, and the Winter Palace, the former main residence of the Russian tsars. In recent years, the Hermitage has expanded to the General Staff Building on the Palace Square in front of the Winter Palace, and the Menshikov Palace. The Hermitage Museum complex. From left to right: Hermitage Theatre – Old Hermitage – Small Hermitage – Winter Palace (the "New Hermitage" is situated behind the Old Hermitage). Collections Question book-new.svg This section does not cite any references or sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (February 2011) The Western European Art collection includes European paintings, sculpture, and applied art from the 13th to the 20th century. It is displayed, in about 120 rooms, on the first and second floor of the four main buildings. Drawings and prints are displayed in temporary exhibitions. Egyptian antiquities Main article: Egyptian Collection of the Hermitage Museum Egyptian Hall Since 1940, the Egyptian collection, dating back to 1852 and including the former Castiglione Collection, has occupied a large hall on the ground floor in the eastern part of the Winter Palace. It serves as a passage to the exhibition of Classical Antiquities. A modest collection of the culture of Ancient Mesopotamia, including a number of Assyrian reliefs from Babylon, Dur-Sharrukin and Nimrud, is located in the same part of the building. Classical antiquities The collection of Classical Antiquities occupies most of the ground floor of the Old and New Hermitage buildings. The interiors of the ground floor were designed by German architect Leo von Klenze in the Greek revival style in the early 1850s, using painted polished stucco and columns of natural marble and granite. One of the largest and most notable interiors of the first floor is the Hall of Twenty Columns, divided into three parts by two rows of grey monolithic columns of Serdobol granite, intended for the display of Graeco-Etruscan vases. Its floor is made of a modern marble mosaic imitating ancient tradition, while the stucco walls and ceiling are covered in painting. The Room of the Great Vase in the western wing features the 2.57 m (8.4 ft) high Kolyvan Vase, weighting 19 t (42,000 lb), made of jasper in 1843 and installed before the walls were erected. While the western wing was designed for exhibitions, the rooms on the ground floor in the eastern wing of the New Hermitage, now also hosting exhibitions, were originally intended for libraries. The floor of the Athena Room in the south-eastern corner of the building, one of the original libraries, is decorated with an authentic 4th-century mosaic excavated in an early Christian basilica in Chersonesos in 1854. A red-figure vase in the Hall of Twenty Columns The collection of Classical Antiquities feature Greek artefacts from the 3rd millennium – 5th century BC, Ancient Greek pottery, items from the Greek cities of the North Pontic Greek colonies, Hellenistic sculpture and jewellery, including engraved gems and cameos, such as the famous Gonzaga Cameo, Italic art from the 9th to 2nd century BC, Roman marble and bronze sculpture and applied art from the 1st century BC - 4th century AD, including copies of Classical and Hellenistic Greek sculptures. One of the highlights of the collection is the Tauride Venus, which, according to latest research, is an original Hellenistic Greek sculpture rather than a Roman copy as it was thought before.[4] There are, however, only a few pieces of authentic Classical Greek sculpture and sepulchral monuments. Prehistoric art On the ground floor in the western wing of the Winter Palace the collections of prehistoric artifacts and the culture and art of the Caucasus are located, as well as the second treasure gallery. The prehistoric artifacts date from the Paleolithic to the Iron Age and were excavated all over Russia and other parts of the former Soviet Union and Russian Empire. Among them is a renowned collection of the art and culture of nomadic tribes of the Altai from Pazyryk and Bashadar sites, including the world's oldest surviving knotted pile carpet and a well-preserved wooden chariot, both from the 4th–3rd centuries BC. The Caucasian exhibition includes a collection of Urartu artifacts from Armenia and Eastern Turkey. Many of them were excavated at Teishebaini under the supervision of Boris Piotrovsky, former director of the Hermitage Museum. Jewelry and decorative art Four small rooms on the ground floor, enclosed in the middle of the New Hermitage between the room displaying Classical Antiquities, comprise the first treasure gallery, featuring western jewellery from the 4th millennium BC to the early 20th century AD. The second treasure gallery, located on the ground floor in the southwest corner of the Winter Palace, features jewellery from the Pontic steppes, Caucasus and Asia, in particular Scythian and Sarmatian gold. Visitors may only visit the treasure galleries as part of a guided tour. The Pavilion Hall Pavilion Hall, designed by Andrei Stakenschneider in 1858, occupies the first floor of the Northern Pavilion in the Small Hermitage. It features the 18th-century golden Peacock Clock by James Cox and a collection of mosaics. The floor of the hall is adorned with a 19th-century imitation of an ancient Roman mosaic. Two galleries spanning the west side of the Small Hermitage from the Northern to Southern Pavilion house an exhibition of Western European decorative and applied art from the 12th to 15th century and the fine art of the Low Countries from the 15th and 16th centuries. Italian Renaissance The rooms on the first floor of the Old Hermitage were designed by Andrei Stakenschneider in revival styles in between 1851 and 1860, although the design survives only in some of them. They feature works of Italian Renaissance artists, including Giorgione, Titian, Veronese, as well as Benois Madonna and Madonna Litta attributed to Leonardo da Vinci or his school. The Small Italian Skylight Room The Italian Renaissance galleries continues in the eastern wing of the New Hermitage with paintings, sculpture, majolica and tapestry from Italy of the 15th–16th centuries, including Conestabile Madonna and Madonna with Beardless St. Joseph by Raphael. The gallery known as the Raphael Loggias, designed by Giacomo Quarenghi and painted by Cristopher Unterberger and his workshop in the 1780s as a replication of the loggia in the Apostolic Palace in Rome frescoed by Raphael, runs along the eastern facade. Italian and Spanish fine art The first floor of New Hermitage contains three large interior spaces in the center of the museum complex with red walls and lit from above by skylights. These are adorned with 19th-century Russian lapidary works and feature Italian and Spanish canvases of the 16th-18th centuries, including Veronese, Tintoretto, Velázquez and Murillo. In the enfilade of smaller rooms alongside the skylight rooms the Italian and Spanish fine art of the 15th-17th centuries, including Michelangelo's Crouching Boy and paintings by El Greco. The museum also houses paintings by Luis Tristan, Francisco de Zurbaran, Alonso Cano, Jose de Ribera and Goya. Knight's Hall The Knights' Hall, a large room in the eastern part of the New Hermitage originally designed in the Greek revival style for the display of coins, now hosts a collection of Western European arms and armour from the 15th-17th centuries, part of the Hermitage Arsenal collection. The Hall of Twelve Columns, in the southeast corner of the New Hermitage, is adorned with columns of grey Serdobol granite and was also designed in the Greek revival style for the display of coins, is now used for temporary exhibitions. The Three Graces by Canova The Gallery of the History of Ancient Painting adjoins the Knights' Hall and also flanks the skylight rooms. It was designed by Leo von Klenze in the Greek revival style as a prelude to the museum and features neoclassical marble sculptures by Antonio Canova and his followers. In the middle, the gallery opens to the main staircase of the New Hermitage, which served as the entrance to the museum before the October Revolution of 1917, but is now closed. The upper gallery of the staircase is adorned with twenty grey Serdobol granite columns and feature 19th-century European sculpture and Russian lapidary works. Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque The Rubens Room. The rooms and galleries along the southern facade and in the western wing of the New Hermitage are now entirely devoted to Dutch Golden Age and Flemish Baroque painting of the 17th century, including the large collections of van Dyck, Rubens and Rembrandt. They also contain several paintings by Jan Brueghel the Elder (Velvet period), Frans Snyders (for example, "The Fish Market"), Gerard Terborch, Paulus Potter, Jan Van Goyen, Ferdinand Bol and Gerard van Honthorst. German, British, Swiss and French fine art The first floor rooms on the southern facade of the Winter Palace are occupied by the collections of German fine art of the 16th century and French fine art of the 15th–18th centuries, including paintings by Poussin, Lorrain, Watteau. The collections of French decorative and applied art from the 17th–18th centuries and British applied and fine art from the 16th–19th century, including Thomas Gainsborough and Joshua Reynolds, are on display in nearby rooms facing the courtyard. This area also holds paintings by German artists, including Hans Wertinger, Cranach the Elder, Barthel Bruyn the Elder, Caspar David Friedrich ("Moonrise Over Sea"), Anton Mengs, Hans Thoma, Anselm Feuerbach, Franz Stuck ("Two Men Fighting Over a Woman") and Heinrich Campendonck as well as paintings by Swiss painters Angelica Kauffmann, Alexandre Calame, Arnold Bocklin and Ferdinand Hodler. Russian art The richly decorated interiors of the first floor of the Winter Palace on its eastern, northern and western sides are part of the Russian culture collection and host the exhibitions of the Russian art of the 11th-19th centuries. Temporary exhibitions are usually held in the Nicholas Hall. Neoclassical, Impressionist, and post-Impressionist art One of Vincent van Gogh's last paintings, White House at Night, was revealed to be in the possession of the Hermitage in 1995, after being considered lost for decades. The only portion of the second floor open to the public is in the Winter Palace. French Neoclassical, Impressionist and post-Impressionist art, including works by Renoir, Monet, Van Gogh and Gauguin, is displayed there in the southeastern corner. It also displays paintings by Camille Pissarro (Boulevard Montmartre, Paris), Paul Cézanne (Mount Sainte-Victoire), Alfred Sisley, Henri Morel, and Degas. Modern art is displayed in the rooms on the southern side of the second floor. It features Matisse, Derain and other fauvists, Picasso, Malevich, Kandinsky, Giacomo Manzù, Giorgio Morandi and Rockwell Kent. A small room is devoted to the German Romantic art of the 19th century, including several paintings by Caspar David Friedrich. The second floor of the Western wing features collections of the Oriental art (from China, India, Mongolia, Tibet, Central Asia, Byzantium and Near East).

Ocean Dream (ship)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Not to be confused with the MV Ocean Dream This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (January 2009) Ocean Dream in Valletta, Malta Ocean Dream in the Grand Harbour of Valletta, 2008 Career Name: 1981—2000: Tropicale 2000—2005: Costa Tropicale 2005—2008: Pacific Star 2008—present: Ocean Dream Owner: 1981—1991: AVL Marine Inc (Aalborg Værft) 1991—2000: Carnival Cruise Lines 2000—2005: Costa Cruises 2005—2008: P&O Cruises Australia[1] 2008—present: Pullmantur Cruises[2] Operator: 1981—2000: Carnival Cruise Line 2000—2005: Costa Cruises 2005—2008: P&O Cruises Australia[1] 2008—2012: Pullmantur Cruises[2] 2012-present: Peace boat. Port of registry: 1981—2000: Monrovia, Liberia 2000—2005: Panama City, Panama 2005—2008: London, United Kingdom[1] 2008 onwards: Valletta, Malta[citation needed] Builder: Aalborg Værft, Ålborg, Denmark Cost: $100 million[3] Yard number: 234[1] Launched: 31 October 1980[1] Acquired: 4 December 1981[1] In service: 16 January 1982[1] Identification: IMO number: 7915096 Status: Sailing as Ocean Dream as 2012 Notes: First newbuild ship for Carnival Cruise Lines. General characteristics (as built)[1] Type: cruise ship Tonnage: 36,674 GT[4] Length: 204.76 m (671 ft 9 in) Beam: 26.45 m (86 ft 9 in) Draught: 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in) Installed power: 2 × Sulzer 7RND68M diesels 19570 kW Propulsion: Two propellers[4] Speed: 21 kn (38.89 km/h) Capacity: 1422 passengers, 6,654 DWT[5] General characteristics (as Pacific Star)[3] Type: cruise ship Tonnage: 35,190 GT[5] Decks: 10 (passenger accessible) Capacity: 1412 passengers (maximum) Crew: 550 The Ocean Dream (formerly Tropicale / Costa Tropicale / Pacific Star) is a cruise ship, built in 1981. The ship began sailing for Carnival Cruise Lines as the Tropicale in 1982. The Tropicale was Carnival's first newly built ship. Operating mainly in the Caribbean. She was transferred to the Costa fleet in July 2001 and renamed the Costa Tropicale. The Costa Tropicale was retired in 2005 and entered service for P&O Cruises Australia as the Pacific Star in December of that year . She was formerly Queensland’s latest cruise liner, she was based in Brisbane, performing cruises along the Tropical Queensland coast, to various islands in the South Pacific, New Caledonia, and to New Zealand. In March 2008, P&O Cruises Australia sold the Pacific Star to Pullmantur Cruises. She has been refurbished and is currently sailing as the Ocean Dream. Contents 1 History 2 Notes 3 References 4 External links History The vessel was constructed for Carnival Cruise Lines by Danish shipyard Aalborg Vaerft, and when it launched in 1982, was the first cruise ship custom-built for the company. As the company expanded and acquired larger ships, Carnival decided that Tropicale would be their 'test ship' for new cruises, and as such was the first Carnival ship to be based in San Juan, New Orleans, Alaska, and Tampa. In 1985 the vessel appeared in an episode of the A-Team called "Judgement Day (part 2)".[6] In September 1999, the vessel's engine room caught fire en route from Cozumel to Tampa.[7] While disabled in the Gulf of Mexico, the ship was struck by Tropical Storm Harvey.[8] No crew or guests were injured during the two days the Tropicale spent without propulsion. The vessel was slated to replace the collapsed Cape Canaveral Cruises in 2001, but before Carnival Tropicale could enter service, the vessel was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises, where she was renamed Costa Tropicale. The vessel underwent refits in Genoa over the course of 2001 and 2002, redeveloping the vessel and customizing her for a European client base. Costa Tropicale served with the company until 2005, when replacement by larger, more modern cruise ships prompted a transfer to P&O Cruises Australia, where the vessel again underwent a major refit in Palermo, Italy and was renamed Pacific Star. In 2008 the Pacific Star was sold to Pullmantur Cruises and renamed Ocean Dream following a refit in Singapore. In June 2009, an outbreak of swine flu occurred about the Ocean Dream during a cruise around Central and South America. The ship docked in Margarita, Venezuela to allow its Venezuelan passengers to disembark, before heading to Aruba, where the remaining passengers were able to leave the ship. An earlier report had suggested that the ship had been placed in quarantine, however, the ship's owners Pullmantur later denied that this was the case.[9] "M/S Ocean Dream" is now bare chartered to Peace Boat, the owners of the "SS Oceanic"[10] and as of April 2012, has left the Pullmantur Cruises fleet.[11]

推薦東新宿太陽道飯店（Hotel Sunroute Higashi Shinjuku）的五個理由（2011.9.5更新） 分享: 7Headlines facebook PLURK twitter sunroutehigashi 2011.9.5更新 暑假過了，很可惜的是Agoda的特價也結束了，我試算一下10/29~11/2 四晚，只有打8折，一人一晚要4920yen。官網最便宜早得21一樣是3800yen。Jalan同樣條件，現在也有三連泊plan，平均一人一晚是4000yen（可再折點數）。現在Agoda要六晚以上才會有七折，試算一下10/29~11/4 六晚，一人一晚4340yen。會日文的朋友就不用從Agoda訂這間了。可以來這裡看看價錢: HotelCombined比價，楽天，Jalan。 2011.7.12更新 將兩篇宿泊記整合到這篇，方便大家閱讀。此外，Agoda瘋狂下殺價持續中。 Agoda訂房: 東新宿太陽道酒店 (Hotel Sunroute Higashi Shinjuku) 有效期至: 2011年10月31日 特別優惠！ 入住4晚，每晚可獲40 % 的折扣。我試算8/13~8/17 四晚，一人一晚只要3420yen！官網最便宜也要3800yen。Jalan同樣條件，現在也有三連泊plan，平均一人一晚是4000yen（可再折點數）。Jalan假日會加價，但agoda不會，這一點滿奇怪的，大家可以試算看看。 原文完成於2008.11 http://www.sunroute.jp/map_ja/tokyo_kanagawa.html [東京/神奈川]エリアのサンルートホテルチェーン]− サンルート ホテル via kwout ホテルサンルート（Hotel SunRoute），太陽道是一家全日本都有的連鎖商務旅館，東京都內有十家以上的分店。大家也許比較熟悉位於南口的新宿太陽道廣場， 南口的交通條件就像小田急南悅一樣，當然是很不錯。不過缺點就是，房價有一點貴。小田急南悅和新宿太陽道廣場各在其同等的旅館上面，個人覺得都有點偏貴。我在2009~2010跨年時想住在新宿，於是我注意到這家，開業也才一兩年的ホテルサンルート東新宿，jalan評價4.3。我不選南口的新宿太陽道，有幾個原因： 1.省很多。 之前長期jalan有SemiDouble一大床房，一天一人4400yen的plan，Jalan point 再折，剩4000yen！新宿太陽道廣場當時一人一晚最便宜也要6050yen。現在價錢多有變動，但還是比新宿太陽道廣場便宜。以Agoda目前四晚六折的特價來說，多家太陽道都有四晚以上六折，都比Jalan便宜。以下都是Semidouble房，就是單人房兩人住，後面數字是agoda(jalan，可否折點數)的兩人住 每間房一人平均日幣價錢。 新宿太陽道廣場三晚七折 四晚六折 4522(4950, 可)15.7平米 床寬140cm 東新宿太陽道三晚七折 四晚六折 3420(3850, 可) 14.5平米 床寬140cm 每晚我可以省下約1000yen去多吃一碗拉麵。一人一晚3430yen的商務旅館，這樣要民宿怎麼混下去呢！！ 更多太陽道旅館詳見此文分析，還有交通評比。 Agoda中文訂房，這五家東京太陽道旅館四晚六折都比Jalan便宜! 2.兩家的房型沒差太多。 http://www.sunroutehotel.jp/higashi-shinjuku/room.asp ホテルサンルート東新宿／客室 via kwout 東新宿房間稍小一些（14平米 和16平米），還有液晶電視較小（20 和26吋），其他的配備都一樣！但價錢只有新宿太陽道廣場的四分之三。床都是140cm寬，比VF汐留的160cm小。 IMGP9639 走道是小，但至少我們的大行李托的進來。對面的E-hotel是12m2 更小一點，我覺得那就實在太小了。 http://www.sunroutehotel.jp/higashi-shinjuku/room.asp ホテルサンルート東新宿／客室 via kwout 若你嫌小，也可以訂Twin。 IMGP9809 Sharp AQUOS 液晶電視20吋，正在播Hero特別版。看的真爽！上網無料，有備網路線。可看高畫質衛星電視，這個VF汐留是沒有的！VF的電視也比較小。 IMGP9635 Sunroute的基本配備大概就是這樣。 IMGP9646 浴室就和VF差不多，應該是那種一體成型的浴室套組，很多商務旅館都如此，有免治馬桶。 3.交通便利更勝南口！ 我反而比較喜歡東新宿的交通，都營大江戶線、副都心線東新宿站B2出口直結。副都心線開業後，這家旅館的交通有飛越的進步！在兩個地鐵系統非常重要的兩條線上，而且離站都超近，無障礙的電梯也都完善。這樣的交通立地條件在東京真可說是萬中選一了。副都心線一站到新宿三丁目，伊勢丹，大丸，Muji，松本清的那條街！換乘丸之內線，一站到JR新宿站，新宿西口！（當然要坐大江戶線一站去西口也ok）去都廳，當然是大江戶線。去整個大新宿的東，西，南口，都十分的方便！這是南口太陽道廣場辦不到的。南口所在的大江戶線新宿站在地下七樓，深到不行，雖然其門口就有電梯可用。且和常逛的東口沒有好方法可達，走又有點遠，南口走到JR新宿站，也是要一小段路程。不過如果行程不是主要玩東京地鐵圈內，而是到郊外的橫濱，鎌倉，箱根等地，當然還是南口比較方便。 IMGP9825 東新宿這站有點深，因此建議坐電梯。看這個地圖就知道，大江戶線A2，副都心線B2有電梯的出口，都正好在十字路口的東新宿太陽道這一邊。對面比較便宜的的E-hotel，大江戶線A1出口直結，但沒有電梯。 IMGP9869.JPG 副都心線B2有電梯的出口，就在旅館出門口右轉不到十歩！ IMGP9878.JPG 電梯下到B4，是大江戶線的樓層。往副都心線，還要再換一次電梯往下。B5是往新宿三丁目/澀谷的方向，B6是往池袋的方向。 IMGP0271.JPG B4要走去大江戶線，要經過這個長廊，徒步約1分。 住這裡可以好好使用地鐵一日卷！東京metro地鐵一日/兩日券和都營季節限定的one day pass都值得好好利用，詳見 不可不知的東京優惠交通票卷整理及重要地鐵站攻略 善用這幾種票卷 您去東京的交通預算可以壓到很低歐 A.SUICA+N'EX 套票（3500yen）B.東京metro地鐵一日/兩日券 兩日券 一天交通費只花490yen C.都營地下鐵一日券 一年四季週末會有500yen一日券其中A/B兩項是機場限定發售 是對觀光客的優惠... 成田機場往返(這是缺點之一): 去程建議坐NEX到JR新宿站後，轉大江戶線新宿西口站，一站到東新宿站。但新手到JR新宿站後，轉大江戶線新宿西口站的這段路是肯定會迷路的，這是缺點。回程可以到新宿西口搭利木津，或是去池袋/新宿坐NEX。 大家在地鐵網站查到的兩個路線： A.東新宿　大江戸線 蔵前 蔵前 浅草線急行(青砥行) 青砥 京成本線特急(成田空港行) 成田空港 不可行，因為大江戸線 蔵前 和浅草線 蔵前是兩個站，要出站再入站，你不會想提行李走這一段的。 B.東新宿　大江戸線 上野御徒町 徒歩到京成上野 京成上野 京成本線特急(成田空港行) 成田空港　 不可行，上野御徒町，徒歩到京成上野太遠！ 羽田機場往返: 方位的關係，羽田到新宿並沒有節省太多時間，電車也要花個50分鐘，最好的方法如下：羽田空港国際線ビル坐京急電鐵直通都営浅草線到大門站，下車轉都営大江戸線六本木経由(光が丘行)的方向，到都廳前站下車到對面轉車，兩站到東新宿站，車資600yen。請不要坐東京單軌電車到浜松町轉大門站，要出站再入站。 4.夜晚有地方好逛！ http://www.sunroutehotel.jp/higashi-shinjuku/kankou.asp ホテルサンルート東新宿／ホテル周辺案内 via kwout 東新宿在職安通，也就是東京的韓國街上，有一家DonkiHote徒步可達，對街也有Seven。 到DonkiHote 的一路上有四家便利商店：Seven，Lawson，Daily，Sunkus應有盡有。平時回來時，JR新大久保下車，順著職安通走過來，倒是可以考慮，因為會經過很好逛的區域。但千萬別傻傻的從JR新宿走過來！ IMGP9844 有兩家超市，最近的是赤禮堂，在すしざんまい隔壁，營業到5AM，很便宜的連鎖超市。這一家是韓國廣場24小時營業，有許多韓國商品。此外DonkiHote是我在東京逛過最好逛的一家，因為都在一樓，樓面廣大比較不擠。 Donki-Hote新宿職安通店: 東京最好逛的激安殿堂 在拙作東京夜間行程建議 曾介紹過: "Donki Hote就是"唐吉訶德" 又叫"激安的殿堂" 全東京有多家分店,每家店會有自己的特色 但基本上店裡什麼都有 從名牌二手包包 珠寶 鐘錶 藥品 cosplay用具 美妝到 家電 食品應有盡有 從不知名的雜牌到超級名牌 什麼都有 什麼都不奇怪 但特色一是擺放雜亂無章,不按牌理出牌 喜歡寬敞有條理展場的人會找不到東西 英英美代子又喜歡尋寶的人就挺合適 我覺得這也是他叫做「唐‧吉軻德」的原因(來買的人都很不自量力 你根本找不到東西嘛)特色二是幾乎全天候營業... 5.好好利用直結副都心線的優勢吧。 連接了澀谷、新宿和池袋三大副都心，明治神宮前站到表參道方便，雜司之谷站，可通都電荒川線，澀谷可轉東急東橫線去橫濱，2012年更會有直通的車。我長期以來推薦的汐留住宿，最常被嫌棄的，就是離新宿，池袋這些晚上熱鬧的地方太遠。如果你想天天晚上都來逛新宿、澀谷、池袋這些地方，那這就是你在找的旅館！副都心線請見： 副都心線: 東京的最後一條地鐵 連接澀谷、新宿和池袋三大副都心 新宿三丁目本來就是一個百貨公司的激戰區 有伊勢丹 丸井 到達高島屋Time Square也不遠 副都心線開通之後 對這些百貨 交通是又大大的升級 帶動埼玉縣 神奈川縣人潮進入東京都心 相對來說 澀谷/池袋的老百貨公司也都緊張了 這三大商圈的百貨公司 紛紛砸錢重新改裝 因此我看過一本雜誌寫副都心線是百貨地鐵XD 下車後往伊勢丹方面剪票口走 轉丸之內線也是這樣走 B1地下道直結伊勢丹B1美食街 根本不會出外面!! 可收看我們比較詳細的宿泊記： 東新宿太陽道飯店: 交通方便的新宿住宿好選擇(內裝篇) 東新宿太陽道飯店: 交通方便的新宿住宿好選擇(交通及週邊篇) 其對面的E-hotel，交通條件幾乎一模一樣，更便宜，也是很新，房間稍小一些，請參考: 09東京橫濱箱根賞櫻行DAY5：東京住宿「東新宿e-hotel」 這間飯店好像是在vivian的網站看到，當時吸引我的地方在於離車站近，說離車站只要一分鐘，在東京曾經住過就在車站旁邊的飯店，以池袋ubarn hotel來說也是要走上三分鐘，在新宿這個市中心，能住到離車站只要一分鐘的飯店，真是很難得，而且以新宿車站的飯店來說，至少都要步行三分鐘，不過通常都是五星級酒店居多，其他如機加酒方案常出現的飯店華盛頓，少說也要走上十分鐘，所以更顯得一分鐘的可貴。 源自：coolmac.net

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讀書好講座請來龐一鳴談旅行，這位光頭佬旅行經歷豐富，而且有趣，今年中帶著年青小夥子去歐洲賣藝，身穿俗豔夏威夷恤，彈著Ukulele唱廣東歌，幾年前則在南美遊歷了一年，明年又準備去歐遊賣藝。 首先我們從TVB台慶獻禮旅遊節目「走過烽火大地」談起，姑勿論當地是否真的烽火遍地，龐一鳴說他覺得最奇怪是訪問當地人，多是由主持人覆述，聽不到當地人的聲音。在旅途上個人感覺自己的存在，是身處於陌生的文化、歷史、種族及自然環境，與他們互動接觸，這種存在感是離開了自己熟悉的日常生活環境而產生。但由於我們對異文化有太多既定刻板形象，如伊朗人必定是宗教狂熱份子，因此更需要敞開自己的心靈。龐一鳴說在南美哥倫比亞，「毒梟黑幫」之地深入民心，對當地陌生人多有防範，一次當地人請他喝咖啡，然後再請他到家中農莊參觀，他起初也有猶豫，但最後決定接受邀請，結果他真的見到一個巨大農莊，也認識了當地栽種各式各樣的植物。而我有類似經驗，在伊斯法罕大巿集早晨，一位紳士打扮的伊朗阿伯說帶我去逛巿集，當時心想可能是兜生意的小販或導遊，姑且跟他走走，他帶我重踏昔日帖木兒帝國時代駱駝商旅的驛店、舊磨坊、人手燒製清真寺外牆瓷磚工作坊，這是一般遊客不知道的地方。他的而且確是在市集開店，但沒有強迫購物、也不收小費。 打破常規 旅途上的存在感，是需要打破常規，重新發現自己。香港生活有太多規範，太多既定角色要扮演。龐一鳴以街頭賣藝為例，他說香港人有恐懼，因為我們相信要技藝精湛才可公開表演，擔心水平不足反應欠佳而丟臉。但在歐洲一般人打賞賣藝人，是欣賞他的熱情，對自己表演的熱愛，而非由演出水平高低去決定。他的賣藝團就是要年青人打破自我規範，勇於表現自己。同樣，全球化時代旅遊成了熱門消費活動，有大小旅遊指南、網站，告訴你必吃、必買、必到景點，結果處處人潮，遊興盡失。龐說盲目跟從指南也是約束及規範，有時可以來個突發即興行程，他說在布拉格大鐘景點，遊人如鰂，他們一行人決定隨意跳上一架巿內巴士，不知目的地是那，總之去到總站就落車逰玩。 自由自在或即興行程可帶來驚喜，但在知名景觀中找尋令人震撼的體驗，則需要計劃。我認為早起是好重要，為要欣賞印度泰姫陵的美，我在早上四時起床出門，徒步走到陵前廣場，五點到達等晨光初現灑落白色大理石圓頂，這時建築物是呈金黃色。又有一次冬日晨早在柏林穿過勃蘭登堡門，走到大屠殺紀念碑，空曠地上大大小小長方形石棺，晨光在石縫中射入來，當時空與建築設計相配合對應時，對人會產生強大的情緒感染力，這是旅途上出現的Magic Moment，一生難忘。 我們大家都認同，旅行是跨文化體驗，可以發現，甚至改變自己。龐在長達一年南美洲之旅後，在當地體驗到人與人，社區與社區的互助，身體力行比空談政策更重要，更直接。回到香港後便坐言起行，付諸實行。他的經歷告訴大家當旅行結束，回到香港現實生活，又再重新面對各種約束制肘，如何保存那點在旅行時燃起之火，發現自己後，真正能改變自己，這才是最大挑戰。