Saturday, April 29, 2017

拜訪德瑞斯登技術大學/莊峻華

拜訪德瑞斯登技術大學/莊峻華

德瑞斯登科技大校本部,就在旅店附近,我在首日,就注意到一路
標指示,於是我按路標,肯定後前往,這是在火車站轉角大道之南
向,和老街相反,經過一美麗之希臘正教堂,然後就是整齊美觀之
社區,很像一般美國大學城小鎮,有民營學生宿舍,整理完善,有
租滿佈告,我一路詢問許久人,有幾位是中國人,顯然是留學生或
家庭,我確是看到一小男孩,從車上下來,講的是普通話,校園甚
廣,我走到學生中心,但是無法進入,需要有通行卡片,現在美國
校園也如此,畢竟校舍之興建不易,而且又有學生集中。

我在附近閒逛,也無目標,路上經過學生,也都英語流利,於是我
打道回府,因為需要上廁所,我有一學生室友,來自於南方城市,
邦姆伯格,準備入學德科技大,他說需要再會鄉,取得父母收入證
名為房租保證,火車一趟要五小時,我想是包括轉車接駁。他高中
畢業後,工作一年,應該選擇墨尼黑讀大學,但墨市一直是西德,
物價昂貴,德瑞斯登在東德,物價尚未飆漲,容易負擔,先讀一年,
暑假再工作,賺取第二年生活費,這是一位很有打算之青年,準備
攻讀資訊工程。他建議我拜訪其故鄉曰,這是一未遭轟炸之城市,
宮殿城堡教堂等均健在如昔,我南下墨尼黑,火車經過邦姆伯格,特
別注意所提古都景色,確是一一屹立不搖,當然我需提醒,德國人重
建古蹟,也特別注意到,如何做到古色古香,令人覺得需要水洗門面
,紐約水洗大建築,有一天文數目。

德國在普魯士王國時代,就開始提倡學校教育免費,現在歐盟各國,也
都如此實行,美國民主黨,也開始走向此理想,但我聽聞和研究美國法
令制度,美國政府,也想辦法,幫助一些攻讀實用科技專門之學生,好
比醫科,藥科,工科,會計等,學生補助甚多,雖不言完全免費,但也
解決大部份之費用,這些學生在暑假中,都市民間企業界,已經前來網
羅,有的暑假收入,已經足以應付一年支出,很有趣的是,學生貸款之

危機,許多人都未注意到,有無打算之問題。

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Visiting Dresden, Germany/Carlos Pueblo

Visiting Dresden, Germany/Carlos Pueblo

 Dresden is on the central east part of Germany and one time of East
Germany. I was attracted to the history of the protector of Martin
Luther, the Protestant religious revolution. The train is followed to
the valley of the Elbe passing through many pretty villages of Czech
and Germany, one of the scenic routes on German Rail map. I did find
both statues of Luther and his protector, August II at the old town, a
section of a totally rebuilt. The old town was destroyed during WWII
of heavy bombardment of Britain and American airplanes. All historical
buildings are rebuilt after the war. I am wondering all the time why Hitler
refused to surrender earlier till the last minute.

After checking in to my hostel, I walked back toward the Dresden HBF,
Central railroad station, and north to the old town on St. Petersburger St.
Very soon, I could see the first church, Kreuzkirche, kirche I believe is church
in English. Passing through Kreuzkirche, I could see another huge church, the
most famous one in town, Frauenkirche. There is a big square surrounded by many
stores of various kinds to host tourists. I saw a big statue of Martin Luther in
front of the cathedral and I also ran into many oriental visitors based on the
language which they conversed I could identify that they were from either Taiwan
or China. I kept on going toward River Elbe. Dresden is on the basin of Elbe.

The Elbe at Dresden is as busy as Frankfort and many German river cities for river
cruises. I found out the bridge for pedestrian to cross for my lunch with my U.S. credit
card as the clerk at the inn recommended. I saw a shining golden statue of August II
on his house at the other end of the bridge. He was the famous one of the elector and
the king of Saxony. Elector of what? Elector of the Holly Roman Empire. I understand
easily why the Protestant can be survived from the beginning, with a military force
behind. I always enjoy reading history to understand how we are from in the current world civilization.

I did find my Chinese restaurant several blocks north of the bridge, another section of
this more than half a million population city. I began to walk back to the old town. The
third large church, Hofkirche, is on the other end of the beginning walk. I’ll have my visit
to the king’s residence, very humble claim of ZwingerPalace of the old Kingdom of Saxony.
I was still looking for a bank where I could have some Euro for the rest of my Germany

visit. 

Friday, April 21, 2017

德瑞斯登行/莊峻華

德瑞斯登行/莊峻華

德瑞斯登市在東德捷克邊界,我從布拉格西站,搭火車沿艾奧伯河谷
東北走,河北岸都是美麗村落,紅色屋頂磚石房屋,看到騎單車居民
,河水潺湲,過邊界,德國鐵道圖,綠線注明為風景極美,其時是艾
奧伯河之,世外桃源。德瑞斯登市,座落於河谷盆地中,人口52.5
,是前薩克斯松國首都,我稍讀介紹,此區歷史有趣,曾經是波蘭轄
區,有一波蘭軍官學校,普魯士王國強盛,德國境界越過當今波蘭捷
克,歷史開始於何時?真是說來話長,記得15291683奧圖曼兵圍
維也納?參加之聯軍,有騎兵波蘭和拉托維亞,步兵普魯士和奧地利
,波蘭管德瑞斯登,是有道理也,後來德意志帝國崛起,這些地方,都
變成德國領土。

從車站步行到旅店,放下行李,立刻走向老街,女職員告知,走路非常
方便,甚至告訴我,便宜餐館地區。德市老街在河兩岸,後來讀介紹,始
知二戰期間,德市包括老街,全為英美轟炸摧毀,戰後德國人依照原設計
,一一重建,維持千年古色古香,我分段拜訪三大教堂,克雷斯教堂,在
街上即可看到,尖頂金像,穿過新穎購物中心,就抵最著名之,佛洛恩大
教堂,前有大廣場,有一馬丁˙路德銅像,我了解當年,新教伊始,路德
在此受薩克斯松王之保護,這位賢君,有一騎馬金像,英姿奐發就在過橋
北岸,奧古斯特二世,有選神聖羅馬帝國皇帝之諸侯,無畏懼於教宗。

我遇見幾隊華人旅遊者,聽口音分別來自台灣和中國,顯然旅遊業,已經
注意到此美麗城市。然後我就過一行人橋,艾奧伯河,已經開始忙碌,河
上遊艇忙碌接送遊客,我急於尋找中餐廳,我又嘗試一家銀行提款機不果
所以最好找到一家,接受美國信用卡者,果然如願,翌日特別造訪,早餐
客棧有繳費早餐,同意接受信用卡,這是服務甚佳之旅館。

第三座賀夫大教堂,就在人行橋南岸,也是規模龐大,旁邊是一歌劇院廣
場,大公爵之住宅,其實就是王宮,我在大教堂外,徘徊多時,穿過教堂
騎樓入口,又回到老街,人山人海。

網路維基字典,說到戰時希特勒,重兵駐紮德瑞斯登,作為進攻捷克之根
據地,所以英美空軍,當然不放過德瑞斯登,戰爭結束前,蘇聯從捷克方
面,攻打德瑞斯登,東德冷戰期間,蘇軍兩萬駐紮於此,1990年冷戰結束
,蘇軍仍在此,等候蘇聯營房興建完竣,我心想德瑞斯登之重建,東德政府

參加乎?

Thursday, April 20, 2017

Listening to the rock song what’s up? /Carlos Pueblo

Listening to the rock song what’s up? /Carlos Pueblo       

One day at sea, I entered the Garden Café through an elevator on the
backward of the ship. A Filipino crew was playing a guitar at the entrance
with a washee-washee worker to entertain guests. He was playing a light
a light rock very pleasant and there was a lady passenger singing along with
him with some crowds. After I sat down, it was a turn of a pretty young lady
with a more professional performance. She sang and dance with some body
movement to accomplish with the lyric. Once she finished the entire song with
thunderous response from the nearby section of the café, she left. I asked the
happy guitarist who she was, a passenger? He said no. She was one of the
singer of many bands on the ship. I also asked him what was the song, the
answer was what’s up or what ‘s going on. I didn’t have the internet access
during the trip and I forgot all about it until yesterday in Austin, My Youtube on
the smart phone did provide several versions of the song.

This is a hit composed by Linda Perry in 1992 with her 4 non-blonde band. It has
been very popular among U.S., Europe, and some Asian nations. I read the
introduction of the band and the song. Her lyric is very simple and straight forward
and she was talking about her frustration of the world, the brotherhood of man
while she could not understand it; therefore, she thought of it in her room and went
out to a hill to cry loud of her lungs and said hey hey hey hey and the famous of I said
hey what’s going on. I believe that she does mention the destination and resolution.
The band was disbanded after she left the group in 1994; however, the song has passed
on to several generation. Later, at least two famous lady singers, Lady Ga Ga and Pink
both perform very well to the audience. Pink invites live audience to joint her to sing the
song, I see one video that Linda invites an audience in the from randomly and the girl
comes out finishing the entire song with some side kick effort from Linda and her guitarist.
The son has become a very popular hit all over the world.

The world is actually changed after one quarter of a century. Girls get better educational
achievement in the real world. There are more professional such as physicians, engineers,
business executives etc. in the society now drawing a much better income than their
previous ancestors, and I see some in balance of the brotherhood of man struggling in the
society due to lack of effort when they are young at school and are not preparing enough
to enter the real society and I cannot resist to recite hey hey hey and I say hey what’s
going on.


安怎?/莊峻華

安怎?/莊峻華

一日船上自助餐廳午餐,電梯入口,有菲律賓船員彈吉他,歌曲輕快,有中
年婦女乘客,加入獨唱,已經有旁觀者,說時遲,那時快,一位貌美女郎,
接著表演,她甚面熟,我詢問吉他手,小姐乘客乎?曰否,船上歌手也,再問
歌曲名,曰安怎?就是怎麼了?後來我巡遍全船歌廳,原來是一位五層前廳駐
唱,來自阿根廷布宜諾斯市樂團之主唱。

回家一個月,忘記此事,直到日昨奧斯汀旅次,原來此曲成名於1992,安怎為
琳達˙佩利作曲詞,她隸屬樂團,四位非金髮者,出版此轟動唱片,如今已25
載,已是家喻戶曉歌曲,琳達不解,為何世界都是男人之天下?所以常深思,尋
找人生之目的地,在小山上沉思後,大喊後來全球出名之,我說嘿嘿嘿,嘿嘿,
我說安怎?安怎是台語,怎麼了?人生何以如此?嘿嘿嘿。除了她唱之外,有幾
位著名女歌星,像粉紅色,嘉嘉女士等,都喜愛表演此曲,女聽眾更是勇於隨著
跟進,有一小姐,甚至應琳達邀請,臨時上台,高歌全曲,我看此曲,遠暢銷到
歐洲亞洲全球。

時代已經進步,近代學校普及,家長珍習子女士教育機會,女學生在學校,專家心
學業,外出工作努力,已經形成一新局面,25年整個國家,都感覺到改變,連我們
小家庭,都能深深體會,社會不是如何安怎?已經開始有目標,歌曲安怎悅耳,歴

久不衰,只是增加我之回憶。

Sunday, April 16, 2017

A pet terrier on the street of Prague/Carlos Pueblo

A pet terrier on the street of Prague/Carlos Pueblo

I noticed a lovely terrier staring at me at a street corner of Komubardu
in Prague one evening when I walked to a grocery store to get my food.
She insisted to wait for me to approach, I expressed my appreciation with
my customary greeting to a pet, honey, sweetheart, and you’re so adorable,
etc. to start my conversation with the dog and the owner. I therefore, have
met many dog friends and their owners in my neighborhood.

After sending them away, I felt lonely which might be the trip so far was very
exhausted both physically and mentally and I still had several weeks to go. It
might be that I stayed too long at Prague after canceling Krako, Poland; Zagreb,
Croatia; and Venice, Italy due to my miscalculation of distance and time of travel
and most importantly, I didn’t manage well with the fund which I should have for
the travel and my only hope was the date my embarkation in Barcelona, Spain
to Orlando, Florida.

Along the street one day, I walked toward the River Vltava to see if I could get
on to the old town square, Charles Bridge, and Prague Palace. After I reached
Prague market, it started to rain and forced me to return. That part of the River
and the city was not as busy as the old town area.

There are some more interesting place to visit in Prague and places nearby, for
instance, a Holocaust center at Theresienstadt some 37.5 miles north of Prague.
A roommate, young man from Israel, was debating himself to see if he should
visit the site since he had come so far and closed to it to the memorial. I believed
that he did make the trip. I also met a girl from New Zealand to finish her guest
work visa in London and traveled around Europe before returning home. I also
met two Syrians come to Prague for employment. Europe is moving people.


布拉格愛犬/莊峻華

布拉格愛犬/莊峻華

我在布拉格上街買食物,好不容易找到一雜貨店,接收受美國卡,
一日傍晚,我在街上發現一隻美麗小灰狗,女主人將她打扮成,擁
容華貴,小狗在遠處觀望我,讓我心喜忘懷,連忙快步接近,我習
慣稱呼讚愛犬,英語甜心,蜂蜜,令人喜愛等詞句,傾巢而出,女
主人在旁微笑,道別始發現在,愛犬和其主人,可能不使用英語,
然而我們間之感情,似乎毫無語言隔閡,愛犬似乎在遠處,已經注
意到我這位老人,我在家每日散步社區,有此經驗,旅行在外,也
常常遇到愛犬朋友,有天下冰雨在日本新瀉旅店門外,在德鐵火車
上。

有時候凝視小嬰兒,也有相同效果,小孩體會我之關切,設法與我交
談,當然我也能講英語,這些甜美言蜜語,在好萊塢影片中,已經非
常普遍,幾乎是國際習慣用語,如此打開話匣,遺憾者為我不語捷克

語,女主人也不願練習英語,從穿著外觀,為高尚人家也。

Friday, April 14, 2017

At sea/Carlos Pueblo

At sea/Carlos Pueblo

In between ports, the ship is moving at sea. In order to avoid the roughness
, the captain sails through the inland sea among islands. At the beginning, I
was confused for that many islands offshore Alaska coastline so was South
Americans. The day at sea is very relax, I always attempt to see the sun rises
if I am lucky on the top decks of the ship or now at my balcony; however, there
are reasons which the sun doesn’t let me see it, for instance, the cloud and the
mountain block the sunrises. I began my day with a nice breakfast at the Café
and also met some fellow passengers, usually we had had good conversation
and started the rapport until the end of the cruise.

The activity director arranges three seminars for Professor Jim to introduce
South America, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, three out of the 14 nations. I was
very happy to attend the talk. He is a professor of English Literature from Michigan
with a very good sense of hummer. He introduces the history of the beginning of
South America, 1492, the Pope’s division of South America, the piracy of Spanish
Main and Caribbean, etc. His talk makes my understand suddenly about a television
series in the 80’s Shogun why a Portuguese priest called a English sailor private. I’ll
have a piece to high lighten his talk.

I also attended three art auction which were provided by an art gallery with a contract
with the cruise line. I am not a fine arts collector; however, my limited art knowledge
is mainly from these auctioneers. I barely make it to the cruise trip each time and I have
no space at home to hang these treasury is a matter of fact. I like the impressionist toward
realist especially scenery painting and I also enjoy many other kinds. There is still a big gap
between the ownership and enjoyment.

I have attended three seminars about traditional Chinese herb medicine including acupuncture.
The lady speaker was trained in London and practiced on the ship. I know the insomnia and she
points out the frozen shoulder as we call it 50 years old shoulder in Mandarin Chinese. It is very
interesting activity on the day at sea.

Most of the long time at sea, I would go down to the Atrium bar to visit Angie, a friend from a
previous trip to Europe in 2016. She was very busy to serve all kinds of fancy coffee which I had
had some introduction from an expert on my trip to Frankfurt, Germany also in 2016. She says that the equipment on the ship is better than any of the coffee shops in the cities.


  

Thursday, April 13, 2017

航海日/莊峻華

航海日/莊峻華

郵輪靠岸日外,都是航海日在海上航行,這是郵輪旅行,最為
休閒時刻,可以在餐廳聊天,參加各種節目,郵輪有幾個單位,
專門介紹遊覽,推銷畫,熱身體操,許多不同談話節目,我聽
三次南美四國介紹,兩三次拍賣畫,一次西班牙語,其他時間,
就是餐廳用餐。

我是此郵輪老客戶,所以我一些優待,例如參觀內部洗衣房,舞
台後台,廚房,我參觀過三艘郵輪,仍就逸趣橫生,其中兩艘是
德國製造,一艘法國,有此製造巨型郵輪者,建造任何軍艦,應
無問題,而且有能力操作,像是登陸艇,上下郵輪小碼頭,都是
一般海軍操作,所以我看好菲律賓海軍之將來。

郵輪乘客,來自全球,美國為最,這和國民所得高有關,美國人口
多,能如此消費者眾,乘客都是身有餘款,老人居多,沒有閑雜人
也。我旅行走馬觀花,已是心滿意足,所以都是等待特價機會,認
識新人。

智利內海,美麗平靜,毫無人迹,顯然謀生不易,航海日經過處,
多半是懸崖峭壁,無法開墾,我在室內望遠鏡眺望,若是冬日,必
是冰天雪地,連動物都難生存。                         



Passing through Valparaiso, Chile/Carlos Pueblo

Passing through Valparaiso, Chile/Carlos Pueblo

Cruise embarkation at Valparaiso, Chile, two hours bus ride west of
the capital city of Santiago. I took the subway from Bellas Artes to
Santa Lucia, and changed train to the University of Santiago station
for the bus. The bus station personal was very courteous to make sure
that I got on to the right bus. The ride passed through a part of the
the University campus and the district nearby business and residential
mixed, then onto a freeway through some view of Chilean farms and
Andes Mountains. I was told that to visit the mountains, vine yards, and
the famous Acouncagua Peak, 22,841 ft. or 6,962 m. on Argentina side
would take at least 5 hours bus ride if any, yet it is still closer than from
Buenos Aires, Argentina.

At the bus station of Valparaiso, I found a taxi to take me to the cruise
terminal; however, embarkation was delayed from 12:00 pm to 7:00 pm
due to port workers’ strike delayed the arrival and disembarkation of the
ship. During the long wait at the terminal waiting area, I met two Brazilian
ladies of my age and their group of two couples. Later we became friends
on the ship and I invited them one each at a time to enjoy two free steak
dinner on the ship due to my 11 times with the cruise line.

The ship is sailing on the inner sea among offshore islands called fjords, a
steep cliff to the sea. There are Alaska fjords, Hawaii fjords, and Norwegian
fjords etc. famous for the cruise route. From my balcony, I could see the
Chilean coast guard vessels on the pier and I could imagine how large of
her territory to patrol from invading fishing vessels from the other nations.
I also learned later that there were sea territory dispute among some South
American nations such as Chile, Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina etc. all involving
sea. Chile keeps Peru and Bolivia inland through wars. After I came back from
the trip, I googled some stories about this and found German immigrants had
played some role during the dispute. German also helped the Chilean native
on the south to resist the invasion from the north. There are more immigrants
from Eastern Europe after the collapse of the Communist bloc in 1989.



Wednesday, April 12, 2017

巴阿帕羅伊受港行/莊峻華

巴阿帕羅伊受港行/莊峻華

巴阿帕羅伊受港,在智利首都聖地牙哥市,西部外港,巴士車
程兩小時,我問好路在地下鐵聖地牙哥大學站轉車,有一民營
巴士連接兩大城市,車經聖大校園,和附近老社區,然後就進
入超速公路可觀看,著名之智利農業,美國超市仰賴智利蔬菜
水果,尤其是北美洲季節外。

巴港是智利大港,據說智利國會所在,我不敢逗留,立即尋找
車輛到碼頭,找到一計程車五千匹索成交,郵輪職員,正在準
備註冊,中午讓早到乘客上船,結果一直延遲到晚上七點後,我
始得將行李,放到房間,先到十一層甲板自助餐吃飯,然後開始
走動。我在去年初夏,搭乘此郵輪,旅行阿拉斯加,印象深刻,
於是開始尋找舊識,先到五層找罕娜,不在,安全室職員,也不
在,原來船員服務一期八個月,然後休假兩個月,再續約一期,郵
輪經常移動船員各處,所以我過去認識幾位甜心,很難再見,不過
我確實認出一位,她也記得,她和我同時下船,回印尼兩個月後,
將調回歐洲服務,我一直詢問她往事,就是約一年前,從休士頓橫
跨大西洋之往事。

郵輪特價,包括房間升格,我是在九層船中陽台房間,這是三級跳,
從內間無窗,到有窗房間,到陽台房間,單人單價,所以我拋棄等
後反方向機會,從布宜諾斯艾莉斯,到巴港,結著從巴港北上,沿
南北美洲太平洋海岸,回舊金山,一共34日,這是下次旅行計劃。

我房間在船行左側,南下時面向東方,可以觀日出,船行駛於群島
間之内海,以免海浪,所以兩邊都是海島陸地,平素寒冷,無法久
滯留於陽台,上岸日也是出外斯巴逛街,難怪陽台房間貶價。

智利,烏拉圭,和阿根廷三國,小港移民官員無編制,所以仰賴郵輪
安全單位,我們交出護照,一直到烏拉圭孟堤維堤歐市,始領回護照
,其時所有海港,均無需移民局,完全依賴郵輪房間鎖卡進出,就是
上下郵輪,有安全檢查,不准攜帶液體,酒類,上船,有一定規矩,

就是暫時保管,等到終站下船前夜,很有趣。

Passing through Santiago, Chile/Carlos Pueblo

Passing through Santiago, Chile/Carlos Pueblo

Early March, I received a promotional e-mail from a cruise line which I
have had some experience with, Norwegian. A deal was made both with
the cruise and airline, a flight from Houston to Santiago, Chile, then took
the cruise 15 days from Valparaiso, north of Santiago, southbound along
with Chilean Coast in the Pacific toward the Cape Horn and the Straight
of Magellan, then turned north toward the Argentina Coast in the Atlantic
to Buenos Aires, Argentina to complete the sea trip and I stayed additional
5 nights in Buenos Aires to wait for a cheaper airfare back to Houston, Texas.

The plane arrived at Santiago in the early morning while I started my first
task of the trip, to find an economic method to the hostel where I stayed over
night. I did find the bus to the downtown of Santiago where the inn located.
First problem was that I didn’t have Chilean Peso or a small change of U.S. $1.70
; therefore, I paid U.S.$20.00 to the bus driver and he gave me back $8,500 Peso
Back. His exchange rate was much lower than the official rate of 1:653 which was
a typical penalty for my unpreparedness.

Luckily a pair of Chilean seniors gave me a hand for the rest of the trip. They took
me to the first stop at a subway station, accompanied me to get on to a subway
underground and changed to another train at Santa Lucia station to Bellas Artes
station. They walked me up to the street level and pointed to the street of my hostel
then left. It was a very nice feeling toward a new and unfamiliar nation. I had had an
exactly encountering on Avenida Pasaje de Gracia, in Barcelona, Spain. There are
always some nice ladies and gentlemen all over the world coming to help some
strangled visitors.

I left my luggage at the hostel and went out for a quick look of the city. I was at
the downtown area closed to the Rio Mapocho, Barrio Bellas Artes and Barrio
Lastarria. I walked quite a while passing through some places of significance,
Teatro Municipal, Consulado de Argentina, Biblioteca Nacional, and finally
entered to the beautiful Cerro Santa Lucia Welen, Santa Lucia Welen Hill.

I could spend a whole day in this garden park spiral up to the top of a cathedral,
Capilla La Ermita. There are castle, Castillo Hidaligo, gardens like Jardin Circular
and Jardin Japonese etc., old canons left on site, and a very good site of ground
with again some old canons left from previous time of city defense and called
Portada Y Escudo Espanol which I did check with my Diccionnario Espanol-Japones
for the interesting meaning, some kind of open gate and shield of protection. I like
to go back to Santiago and spend more time with my dictionary.



Tuesday, April 11, 2017

智利聖地牙哥市行/莊峻華

智利聖地牙哥市行/莊峻華

三月初,接到一郵輪特價廣告,立刻購買機票,五日後搭機飛往
智利國首都,聖地牙哥市,過一夜再搭巴士到外港,巴阿帕羅伊
受港上船。船經智利西海岸南下太平洋,繞過麥哲倫海峽北上,
沿阿根廷海岸大西洋,抵達阿根廷之布宜諾斯艾利斯市,一共15
日。

郵輪旅行困難之一,為從機場到客棧和客棧到海港,我旅行多次,
已經是藝高膽大,而且單身旅行,更是有持無恐,下機後找到巴士
站,上車購票無智利匹索,也無美金小鈔,只好給$20讓司機找錢
,結果拿回八千匹索,車票單程價格是$1.70美元,一美元可換到
643匹索,所以我是大意疏忽,事先未曾準備妥善,吃虧在手續費。
一對善心老夫婦,帶我下車,然後改搭地下鐵,在三塔路西亞站換
車一站,到貝拉美術館站下車,兩人帶我走上街出口,看到客棧街
名號碼始離去,我在世界各國,遇見無數如此,善心人士。

飛機夜行,清晨抵達聖地牙哥,客棧在城中心,需待午後,始得進
入,於是我托寄行李於櫃台,然後逛街去也。聖市是南美大都會,
歐洲規模,城市新興,我只逛上幾處,然後為一大山丘公園所吸引,
這就是三塔路西亞丘,是一座美麗花園,規模龐大,城堡,教堂,砲
台,小宮殿,花園,日本花園等,應有盡有,是聖地牙哥市之驕傲。

客棧住有一群美國青年大學畢業生,在聖市學校教授英文,這群年輕
人,腳踏實地,準備幾年經驗後,回美國找機會,西班牙語,非常流
利,一位來自德墨邊界,艾爾帕索市德大艾市畢業後,申請到智利教
職,搭灰獵狗巴士兩日,到休士頓搭機九小時來聖地牙哥市,,開始
其工作人生。

我不善使用電腦手機,因此一切都是老方法問路,有時候遇到英語流
利之智利青年,真是如獲釋重,我在三塔路西亞維連丘詢問處,問到
搭巴士到海港方法,在街上地下鐵三明治店遇見一位北智利青年,幫

我買一英尺素三明治,臨別時尚留電話,準備當翻譯。