IRELAND愛爾蘭
Hotel:
*Clontarf Castle Hotel (Clontarf, Dublin 3)
PRAIS(FRANCE)法國巴黎
Flights✈: Air France (Stuttgart⇔Paris), duration: 1 hr 20 mins.
Hotel: *Hotel Pavillon Nation
SALZBURG(AUSTRIA)奧地利薩爾茲堡
Trains: EC (Stuttgart⇔Salzburg), duration: 4 hr.
Hotel: *Ramada Hotel Salzburg City Centre
LISBON(PORTUGAL)葡萄牙里斯本
Flights✈: Germanwings (Stuttgart⇔Lisbon), duration: 2 hrs.
Hotel: *Turim Iberia Hotel
BUDAPEST(HUNGERY)匈牙利布達佩斯
Flights✈: Malev (Stuttgart⇔Budapest), duration: 1 hr 40 mins.
Hotel: *Hotel Novotel Budapest Congress
ITALY義大利 + VATICAN梵蒂岡
Flight✈: Lufthansa (Stuttgart➔Rome), duration: 2 hrs 50 mins.
Trains: Rome➔Florence; Florence⇔Pisa
Flight✈: Lufthansa (Florence➔Stuttgart), duration: 3 hrs 20 mins.
Hotels:
*Wrh Suites Rome (Rome)
*Starhotels Tuscany in Florence (Florence)
BRUSSELS(BELGIUM)比利時布魯塞爾 + AMSTERDAM(NETHERLANDS)荷蘭阿姆斯特丹
Trains: Brussel Midi➔Amsterdam Central, 1 stop, duration: 3 hr. 03 mins.
Flights✈: Swiss Air (Amsterdam➔Zurich➔Stuttgart), duration: 80 + 40 mins.
Hotels:
*Hotel Vondel (Amsterdam)
*Hotel Manos Stephanie (Brussels)--NOT recommended.
Finally, I visited Brussels. It was kind of hurry though.
Yesterday 3 am I got up, 4.30 am Taxi came to pick me up to the Airport, my flight to Brussels was at 6 am with Swiss Air via Zurich.
The flights didn't take long, but the way to my hotel took longer, because I got somehow lost, luckily the people in Brussels are all very kind and helpful, I reached my hotel, which located in an area with lots of great shops.
This day got very nice weather in the morning and was the only time we could see the sunshine.
After my friend and I met each other at our hotel, we started our journey. It took at least one hour for us to find the way to the train station Centrum. Then we heard someone fighting, and we saw someone bleeding, really scary.
We walked a bit and felt hungry, then decided to eat somewhere in the seafood street. It was a big wok with full of seafood on it, such as. It was delicious, but the price was terribly high, we were absolutely shocked. At that moment, I understood why the waiters said always "I love u" ( in Chinese) to us, hehe.
We visited some attractions with heavy rain and strong wind, and we eager to find the ATM from Deutsche Bank, but they didn't have any. After a short rest in hotel, the Finnish girl who I chatted online with picked us up to the Irish Bar. The first one was really nice, we wanted so bad to stay there, shamed that it was full. Then we went to another one, it was not as good as the first one, but I can see all the things happening normally just in movies, quite interesting. Luckily, we got local to guide us, things turned easier.
The second day after we had a nice breakfast, we went out for some other attractions with heavy rain. It was awful but one can never know when the weather good or not...
After Farewell with Brussels, I took the train to Amsterdam.
The train from Brussels was awful, it was full and dirty. Luckily, I needed to change another train. The one from Netherlands was much more modern. It was almost 10pm when I arrived in Amsterdam. Actually, I could take the Tram to my hotel (takes just 15 minutes and could find my hotel easily), but I chose Taxi (I was tired, didn't wanna search anymore.) I didn't like the Taxi drivers from Amsterdam at all. They raised the price very high first then discussed with the passengers, and they wouldn't send you to your destination, just stopped somewhere and told you how to get to the hotel, that's just cheating. And, they didn't care the safety of the passengers much and the people outside of the car, it was really awkward.
However, without any problems I arrived at my hotel (Vodel Hotel) which is closed to Vodel Park. It's a very nice modern hotel, it surprised me really a lot, I had spent very comfortable time inside.
The second day's morning had very heavy rain, I thought I might stay at the hotel the whole day, but I must go out because I had an appointment with my college colleague. First I took the Tram to Central Station, then to the red light district, it was almost empty because I guess it was daytime, but I heard there happens often the robbing cases, so I took the Tram again to Dam Square. Then I met my colleague there and having lunch together in a Cantonese restaurant. It was nice to meet her again after 5 years... Nevertheless, it was short and hurry, I came to Amsterdam, mostly because I knew someone there, it's really the first time that I am totally alone in a strange city, and, I don't like the feeling. I think it was also my last time traveling totally alone. Next time I need to really make sure if someone I know from my destinations is available for me or not.
Anyway, though I was totally alone, non-direction. I got everything I want through in Amsterdam, the people were very nice and helpful, I really appreciated. And, I could understand the Dutch sometimes, that surprised me.
The trips to Brussels and Amsterdam were not long, the weather was bad, but I do enjoy them, it's a new experience and an adventurous for me. I am happy about that.
BARCELONA(SPAIN)西班牙巴塞羅那
Flights✈: Iberia (Stuttgar⇔Barcelona), duration: 2 hrs.
Hotel: *Confortel Auditori Hotel
FINLAND芬蘭☼
Flights✈: Finnair (Frankfurt⇔Helsinki), duration: 2.5 hrs.
Car: Helsinki➔Iittala, duration: 79 mins.
Rental Flat: Center Helsinki.
从6年前来德的那天开始，我的人生字典中又多了一个挥之不去的名词－－芬兰。由于种种原因，我一直没机会去揭开它的神秘面纱，即使我挺了解它的国人，文化及设计。
今年夏天，我们和家人一道前往。对于第一次到芬兰的我来说，多少有点兴奋。因为要带狗，所以家人就开车去Rostock坐一天一夜的邮轮到赫尔辛基港口；我们就在Frankfurt乘坐Finnair到目的地，让他们在机场接我们。我们一行5人租了市中心一间复式公寓，我们待了一个星期，他们三个星期。公寓里一应俱全，电视，钢琴（居然有钢琴，还是调好音能练琴的）厨房带洗碗机，咖啡机，微波炉等，浴室有洗衣机，桑拿等，连带地下停车场，地铁站就在门口，真的很方便，就5个人和一只狗来说，比住酒店便宜，况且酒店是不允许带狗入住的。芬兰有一点比较怪，或者说严，就是所有公共场合特别是饭店不允许狗只进入，那就苦了爱狗如子的家人，往往是一人带狗在外溜达，另外的在里面shopping...
虽然是麻烦了一点，但也让我好好感受了这里的大自然。Helsinki虽然是一国之度，但却给人小城的感觉，这里没有高楼大厦，有的只是绿草茵茵的公园，河道，海鸥伴着清新的海风飞过繁忙的市集广场，广场上野味的鱼－连我这个平常不吃鱼的人也忍不住叫好。我们有时去森林跑步，很多时候发现丛林夹杂着硬石堆，在斯图是没有的，这可能是芬兰的特色吧。
Nordic Walking原本是芬兰的传统，但看来现在在德国更流行，我们偶尔看到的只是撑着两根棍子滑旱冰的人，有点搞笑. :p
开车的人有可能会很留意街道上的路标牌，因为它们和德国有一点点不同－白色部分是黄色的。而且在Helsinki当行人不那么轻松，往往是人让车，即使在行人道上。
芬兰的冬天是非常冷和黑暗的，所以大多数游客选择夏天来这里游玩。不过冬天的时候来芬兰，可以乘坐由几只雪狗拖着的滑雪橇去拜访圣诞老人，这将会是另外一番乐趣，说不定冬天的黑暗造就了好几支有名的重金属乐队呢。令我意外的是，芬兰夏天比德国热，我带的长袖衣完全没有用武之地。
为了不使行程太紧密，我们分了好几天去参观主要景点，如刚刚提到的市集广场，具浓郁莫斯科建筑风格的乌斯佩斯基大教堂(Uspenski Cathedral)，磐石教堂(Temppeliaukio Church)，科基亚萨利动物园 (Korkeasaari Zoo)，西贝柳斯纪念碑 (Sibelius Monument)...
一进这个公寓，我立刻发现了与我家一模一样的Marimekko花纹，很亲切。我以往收到的礼物大多数是芬兰设计的产品，受家人影响，所以甚是喜欢。芬兰设计的产品以其巧妙创意、独特风格和高品质而驰名世界，著名品牌有以往提到的Iittala玻璃，Marimekko时装／家居，Arabia瓷器，Hackman餐具，姆明纪念品等等。为此，我们还专门去了Iittala的发源地－－小镇Iittala.参观玻璃艺术现代博物馆，玻璃吹制作坊和Iittala产品旗舰店，之前提到过的Alvar Aalto所设计的玻璃制品，造型很独特，已经成为Iittala的一道标志。我们还特意去了专门制造玻璃鸟的工厂，里面很炎热，全部玻璃鸟都是用吹的方法制成，很考功夫，很多时候不合格的玻璃鸟或是玻璃花瓶或是玻璃杯都会被扔掉，看得我们蛮心疼的，怪不得那么贵。Marimekko的大花瓣好像很深得民心，在赫尔辛基大街小巷都可以见到它的影子，有的买了布自己做衣裳，有的是手袋，有的是头巾等等，这真是一道奇特的风景。有兴趣的可以上这个网页上看芬兰设计：www.finnishdesignshop.com
PHOTOS of FINLAND芬蘭相片
PRAGUE(CZECH REPUBLIC)捷克布拉格☼
Flight✈: Germanwings 737(Stuttgart⇔Prague), duration: 50 mins.
Hotel: *Hotel Absolut
BERLIN(GERMANY)德國柏林☼
Flight✈: Lufthansa (Stuttgart⇔Berlin) , duration: 1h
Hotel: *Art´otel Berlin Mitte --NOT recommended.
Cantonese Restaurant: Good Friends老友記 Address: Kantstr.30
It was my first time flying with German airline--Lufthansa to the German capital which was also my first-time-visiting spot...So the whole trip was full of excitement...
黎左德國甘耐，差吾多６年啦，竟然第一次坐德國的飛機﹣﹣漢莎航空，同埋第一次去德國首都（不過距都係第一次去，我有伴啦）。所以我地對成個旅程都好期待，好興奮。柏林作為一個首都，自然大把野吸引人，好多博物館，我地用左好多時間去搵過間粵菜館，同埋逛街，到最後沒幫櫬晒所有博物館，意味着仲有下次啦。
我地有一晚去左猶太博物館，揀晚上去係因為距既開放時間到２２點，但後尾我先知尼個選擇係錯架，特別係對過D細膽既人黎講。大家都知道尼段曆史，看完每個有血有淚的故仔，都覺得距地好慘，因為讀得好仔細，有D進入角色添，然後前面有個門，門旁有位工作人員負責每次帶兩三個遊客進入門內，然後留距地係裡面，距就關上門10 秒，再打開。輪到我地，我以為裡面有咩電影看，就入左去，點知好鬼凍，馬可仲同我講，我企緊過個位置就係當年D猶太人比德國人關係入邊，之後移去弟度槍決。我听完後即時打晒冷陣，個工作人員想關埋門比我地感受下，嚇得我大叫就衝左出黎，距仲同我道歉，有D搞笑。
HAMBURG(GERMANY)德國漢堡☼
Train: ICE(Stuttgart⇔Hamburg), duration: 5h10min
Hotel: *Hotel Novotel Hamburg Alster
Even with the fastest train to Hamburg needed around 5 hours, I´ve thought it would be hard to spend the time... But actually time goes fast... Ａfter sleeping, playing with PSP, we arrived in Hamburg--the famous harbour city in Germany.
就算坐全德國最快的火車去漢堡都要５個幾鐘，我原先想可能好難消磨時間。其實吾係架，訓下覺，打下PSP，話甘快我地就到左尼個德國著名海港城﹣﹣漢堡。一落火車，我地就即刻去買漢堡卡（三日內任坐所有交通工具），然後四圍搵地鐵搭去我地酒店。好彩酒店係正市中心，而且就係地鐵站出口，所以我地好快check-in, 擺低行李，開始我地D行程。
RHODES(GREECE)希臘羅得島
Flights✈: TUI (Stuttgart⇔Rhodes) , duration: 4 hrs.
Hotel: *Lindos Princess Beach Hotel--NOT recommended.
