船靠協特蘭島雷衛港/莊峻華

船靠協特蘭島雷衛港/莊峻華

船行一日夜，抵達蘇格蘭東北之協特蘭群島，首府雷衛港，接駁船

送客到岸，我們一身健行裝備，背包內有雨傘，飲水，和蘋果，靠

岸後就是兩條老街，市政府德政，觀光地圖上，標明六處廁所，非

常方便，我們先到市立圖書館，使用電腦，書寫家書報平安，然後

逛到查洛特堡，繼續北走到島博物館，沿路繞老街周圍，穿過季柏

頓公園，回到港口，再沿海岸，走到安德生高中，然後結束此行，

雷衛港和協特蘭島，就像影片上之蘇格蘭原野，山丘起伏，碧草如

茵，仍舊有居民騎鐵馬，穿梭郊外小徑。

據曰古丹麥王，將協特蘭群島，陪嫁給蘇格蘭王子為嫁奩，後來後

悔，蘇格蘭王要求折合嫁奩現金，丹麥皇室，一直籌不出此現金，

所以一直不曾歸還，當然這是早在開採北海海底石油之前，其間，

歐洲海上列強，不時爭奪此島，像荷蘭海軍，就砲毀雷衛港，所以

英軍在老街高崗上，建立查洛特堡，21處砲台陣地，仍舊有十處古

砲，槍口朝外，此堡仍就是英軍砲校，約有一營後備役實力。

島博物館新穎，收藏豐富，許多當地年長退休紳士婦女，社交聚集

處，展覽物多半是毛紡織工業機械，也有航海木船，很有規模，我

看到一把俊秀日本武士刀，正在納悶，日本武士刀，難道來自蘇格

蘭？女職員曰不然，又強調日人模仿到完美，但此刀確是日本製造

，是一位當地居民，二戰時任職皇家空軍於新加坡所捐贈。

走出博物館，就在購物中心矮牆上吃蘋果，這是一巴士站，對面街

有一廓爾克餐廳，廓爾克人服役英軍，不想此島居然有此市場，我

們沿路繞道南下，經過者均為住宅區，前院都是花園，非常美麗，

然後經過，季柏頓公園，這是一大草原，有許多白天鵝棲息，當然

也有海鷗，我按路標尋找一青年客棧不果，折回港口，然後沿海岸

東南向，艾美參觀幾家毛織品店，非常精緻，我也看到我的蘇格蘭

西裝店。

我們遇見一群群學童，走在街頭，嘻嘻哈哈，原來是午休上街購買

蘇打飲料，學校在馬路盡頭，旁邊有一大樓，書曰客棧，進入後始

知已是托兒所。

Adopted daughters on board/Carlos Pueblo

Adopted daughters on board/Carlos Pueblo

Once we boarded on the ship, we walked up to Deck 7, the front desk area

to see the atrium bar and the piano. I saw a familiar face, Roy from Indonesia.

I asked him for several people in my memory of last trip in the spring of 2016,

from Houston to Barcelona, Spain. He was one of the polite youngsters greeted

my Malaysian brother Yong as Parche, great uncle, instead of his insisting Abang,

elder brother in Malay language. Yong was 55 at that time just retired from the

Metro of New York City. Roy still remembered that story and told me the other

two waitress, Andrea quit her job and returned to Romania; Angie left for another

ship where we did meet on my way from Chile to Argentina last March. The boss

lady of all bars, Lirio, still recognized me and our group when we watched her to

train the bartenders. I did adopted her as my eldest daughter on board this time.

I saw Aiza, my honey on Deck 8 O’Sheehan’s, as a hostess as last year’s Blue Lagoon.

I asked her about my two adopted daughters from last year, Christina, the assistant

manager and Mylene, the fellow hostess. She said that Christina just left ship a week

due to foot injury and returned to Manila. Mylene is still on board at Grand Pacific.

First night at dinner, we went to the restaurant and Aiza arranged us to sit at Mylene’s

station and also ran into to Peruvian Maria of her assistant. Maria was on Deck 12 under

Christina’s surprise last year with a few youngsters from Peru and one from Argentina.

This trip I adopted Maria and her fellow Peruvian beauty Karla, Mylene’s roommate, as

Daughters almost immediately.

It doesn’t stop there. Once I mentioned Christina’s name which I called my daughter,

they all were relaxed. I knew that Christina didn’t pay that much attention to such relationship

because I did mention to another hostess at another ship from Boston to Bermuda. This

Rachel at O’Sheehan’s waitress was a close friend of Christina’s mother. She verified my

status with her via Facebook and treated me nicely on the next day. She said that Christina’s

just a passenger’s statement. I showed Mylene and Karla some of my un-deleted photos of

Bermuda, they recognized Rachel and an assistant manager of the Jasmine, Melinda. The

Cruise Line ships them around all the other ships.

I must keep on name the rest of my adoption. Mara is a young girl of her first contract and

working as a custodian for Deck 6 and 7. Amy is very fond of her and asks me carry a box of

German chocolate for her on my next trip in late November. Michelle, like my real daughter’s

first name, was at Grand Pacific and supported Garden Café in charge of the coffee cart.

Divine was the hostess of LeCucina while Analia was the hostess of LeBistro. One night after

Le Cucina dinner, I even adopted two fellow passengers, Mary and Ann of Ireland, as our

Daughters.

登船/莊峻華

登船/莊峻華

下車後，立即登船，我是鉑級客戶，所以報到後，優先上船，走到第

八層餐廳，就看到艾莎，她是位帶位者，我在一年半前，搭此船到西

班牙巴塞隆那港，與彼相識於此餐廳，餐廳經理，就是克莉斯丁娜，

我認之長女，一年半來，我一直想再搭此船不果，最接近一次，是去

年十一月，也在巴塞隆那港，兩船上並立，此船客滿，我以為可以巧

遇碼頭，結果不然，倒是在另船，遇到茉西，也是當年相識，調到新

船新職者。

我所繫念之菲律賓長女，剛好一週前離職，因為腳傷多次，必需返鄉

治療，我想到她在船上之工作，必需長時站立，腳傷腰傷可期，但願

她在家治療後，離開此繁忙工作。艾莎幫我安排到次女，麥琳之服務

站，她是在七層免費餐廳服務，秘魯之瑪麗亞，是她之助理，仍然憶

得上次邂逅，去年自助餐廳，幾位南美同事，均契約期滿後離去，我

立即收下瑪麗亞為三女，她們倆都在此紐約下船，兩月後，麥琳回任

，瑪麗亞則調到另一艘船，基地在冬天紐奧良和夏天西雅圖。

秘魯之卡拉，在十二層自助餐廳，聞我說到義女故事，甚感有趣，同

意幫我捎信給室友麥琳，果然麥琳見面已有準備，非常親切，自去年

春天，我已經搭乘此公司郵輪八次，每次都引義女克莉斯丁娜為例，

和菲律賓籍船員拉上關係，而且我把姓名，改成菲律賓名，卡羅素˙

普誒普羅，卡羅素是西班牙語之英語查理斯，普誒普羅係西語村莊意

，所以義女者也，普誒普羅家族是也，彼等聞言而笑，菲律賓姓氏多

為西班牙姓名。秘魯之卡拉亦成為義女，艾美特別喜歡此位義女，著

實緣份。

艾美也喜歡另一位義女，她是剛上船工作之瑪拉，在六層七層打掃環

境，包括廁所，英雄不畏出身低，她是大學資訊系畢業，因為弟妹大

學費用，上船工作，我非常感動，決定拉上公關，加認一位助理飲料

部經理莉里歐為義女，帶理克莉斯丁娜為長女，她們兩位都是准尉，

一線半，就近照顧我之義女群，尤其瑪拉，提拔她為調酒師，或是咖

啡師。紙短情長，家兄峻嚴在十六日，紐約上船，旅行新英格蘭，加

拿大三省到魁北克市，我已預告留船義女群，峻嚴要我電郵名單，以

便問候其侄女群，上述外，尚有蜜雪兒，自助餐咖啡車，蒂雯義大利

餐廳帶位，安娜莉雅法國餐廳帶位，有兩位美女甜心，蕾在賭場前座

，和一名未記上之茉莉花餐廳帶位，還有茉莉花經理理奇，是克莉斯

丁娜之繼任，六年前曾是她屬下。

Solving Crisis while traveling/Carlos Pueblo

Solving Crisis while traveling/Carlos Pueblo

No excuses for the mistakes when I made some basic planning for this

Trip. I booked a wrong date of plane tickets to return to London was

the first mistake; secondly we couldn’t bought bus tickets to go south

to Southampton to board on the Cruise within certain time limit.

Fortunately, the transportation systems are superior in the Great Britain

and the crises have been solved.

I was in panic when I attempted to check in on line on the 24^th for a return

flight to Heathrow from Edinburgh, the tickets date were on the 23th. I called

the airline and all coach seats were sold out and only the business class were

available for 500 British pounds each. We decided to take train and went to

the train station to purchase the next day tickets. We also checked the boarding

bus stop before dinner. A staff from the city bus company kindly advised us how

to board the bus from the hotel. We gave the restaurant waitress who helped us

the direction of train station our returning airport express tickets good for 30 days

for a better usage and no waste.

I planned to take a bus from Victoria Station directly to Souhampaton on the 25^th

from the airport hotel via subway, Tube. After arriving London, three people

had advised us to take a bus on a bus center at Terminal 5 nearby the hotel. The

problem was that I was not alert enough to book a pair of tickets before leaving

for Edinburgh on the 21^st. I thought that I was quite good of a good traveler of

freelance. The buses were fully booked in the morning on that day and the next

available one was 1:45 pm with a two and half ride in a raining day and we were

required to be on board before 3:00 pm. No way to consider the other economic

alternative, we walked back to the lady with the Cruise Line sign to guide the pre-

booked passengers to a special shuttle for help. She called the coordinator on the

other terminal to check for vacancy for two and luckily we got on to the bus with

150 British Pounds cost. The bus went directly to the terminal in front of the check

In office and the luggage went directly to our room.

On the morning of disembark in New York City, we got a final bill and stated that

150 pounds was really 150 US$ and also we didn’t need to check on the reason why

the Cruise Line gave us $69 on board credit each to offset such additional expanse.

    

旅行危機和解決/莊峻華

旅行危機和解決/莊峻華

自助旅行，偶發危機，例如這次蘇格蘭行，錯訂返程飛機，一直到

行前，始發現早訂一日，來到倫敦西斯洛機場，始發現到倫敦郵輪

外港南函普頓巴士已滿，時間有限，兩危機都浪費金錢和精神，辛

好艾美諒解，容我隨機應變，解決危機。

發現特價價船票，立即詢問艾美，同意後，馬上訂船票，然後機票，

全程不過二十分鐘，忙中有錯，此為粗心是也。機票二十四日，訂成

二十三日，難怪收不到一日前電郵通知，電話給英航，當日普通座已

滿，只得購買商務艙，愛丁堡到輪敦一張五百英鎊，當然不能考慮，

於是查谷歌，選擇火車南下，旅店侍者告知，車站不遠，步行可及，

於是艾美決定馬上前往車站買票，然後勘察地形搭車處，原來機場到

老街來回車票，已經無效，因為來車只卸客，旅店到火車站終站，無

法搭乘，機場到火車站是來程，火車站到機場是回程，來程可以上車，

不能下車，故稱快車，但巴士專員，東方面孔，很耐心解釋，從旅店

旁，搭車方法，我們當機立斷，買下翌日巴士票，送給兩張機場回程

巴士票，給餐廳侍者，有效使用。

再來是搭車到郵輪碼頭，從機場巴士中心，搭直達快車，需要兩小時

半，我們九點抵達，排隊購票，始發現上午票售罄，最快一班車是下

午一點四十五分，聽說下車尚需步行十五分鐘，此路不通，只好靈機

一動，回頭找那位郵輪專員，專門服務下機旅客，搭郵輪專車上船者

，她當場連絡另一站專員，查看空位，果然好運上車，她說一人七十

五英鎊，我心想一百英鎊，我也無選擇，紐約下船時，發現車票是美

金計算，而且郵輪又贈送一人六十九美金之購物劵，可以抵銷那七十

五美金車費。

沒有結論，下次只得小心更小心。我在昨日訂好，十一月底郵輪旅行

船票和機票，仔細查過，時間機票無誤，是邁阿密港上船，旅行南加

勒比海五港。

Harris Tweed Jacket of Scotland/Carlos Pueblo

Harris Tweed Jacket of Scotland/Carlos Pueblo

Walking out of the campus, we entered an amazing working tapestry

museum. A few artists were working on the first floor for their new

projects and we could view them above on the circular square balcony.

There is a picture of their fine work for Pepsi’s new upstate New York

head quarter. I kept on asking for my life time favorite Scotland wool

fabric and fortunately I got the answer from the front desk lady. She

understood my curiosity and brought me near her desk top to watch

her search. Once I saw the garment pattern, I was like to receive an

electric shock, that’s it. She kindly wrote down two pieces of note

which indicated Harris Tweed and the store’s name, Walker Slater, on

Victoria Street of the old town not far from the museum.

I was brought up in a very humble family of nine with a sole income of

equivalent of US$20.00 per month from our dad’s work at Taiwan Sugar

Company. I had to inherit my sisters’ and brother’s school uniforms to

meet the requirement at school and that was why I knew the difference

of T-shirt opening between male and female, yet almost not kids at my

age noticed my wearing of a female shirt. This was why I always admired

good dress. I had had my first tailor made suite at my fresh man year at

college in time for my elder sister’s wedding. That’s was my own money

saved by private tutorship for rich kids extra-curricular. I had had a kin

relationship with the tailor ever since my high school. He advised me the

high quality of wool imported from Hong Kong trademark Crown with a

thread attached to the garment. I always thought that the wool was from

Scotland because the sheep raised on the highland of Scotland and all the

winter wear from Scotland.

The men’s store of Walker Slater was tremendous busy at that moment,

yet I still could inspect all the showroom merchandise and finally I got an

opportunity to chat with a sales. This young man is very well learned and

kindly toward customers. I live in a worm climate of Houston and there is

no need to have this heavy snow resistant wool jacket. He took one light

suit jacket to compare the different type of suite and finally pointed a

handsome one and said that’s a very Harris Tweed. He corrected my wrong

life time fantasy of Scotland suit which actually might from England. England

and Italy are famous for light suit made of wool in the world. Now I do

remember that I still keep two Italian suits at home.

   

蘇格蘭西裝/莊峻華

 蘇格蘭西裝/莊峻華

我在參觀愛丁堡大學附近，一家繡帷博物館，門口主事幫我查尋蘇

格蘭西裝，她說了解我的問題，帶我同時觀看谷歌，我一看到毛料

圖案，立即觸電般之興奮，她寫下兩張便條，西裝毛料專名，哈里

斯˙特威地，和老街西裝店街名，蘇格蘭西裝，帶給我多少美憶。

吾家自幼清寒，雙親辛苦養育七位子女，我們需要穿姊兄留下衣物

，因此從小我就清楚，男女生紐扣分叉，左右有別，所辛一般學童

，不甚仔細，無法分辨取笑，師大雖是公費，服裝並未補助，所以

我在課外當家教，存足經費，立即訂製西裝，西裝質料為，香港進

口大皇冠，有一皇冠品牌，這位西裝師傅，一直幫我裁縫西裝，一

直到離台時，甚至留下50公斤身材呎吋，準備海運西裝來美，婚後

開始購買成衣西裝，質料都是毛織品，需要乾洗無憂慮，我以為當年

師大男生宿舍洗衣店之西裝毛料，來自蘇格蘭，因為蘇格蘭產綿羊，

香港是英國屬地。

衣櫥內舊西裝，仍舊有六套以上，只是鮮有機會穿著，過去都是工作

制服，我因為到愛丁堡後，沿途詢問大皇冠毛料，無人了解，倒是問

到這位繡帷小姐博學，得以入門探視，西裝店，沃克史列特，在老街

維多利亞街，男女店有別，男裝店生意興隆，輪到一位年輕職員空閒

，他聽我婉轉描述後笑曰，我所提半世紀前大皇冠產品，應該是來自

英國或是義大利，輕毛質料，應以該二國為馳名，若重毛防寒防雪，

則是哈里斯特威地無誤，蘇格蘭西裝。

鄰居家庭主婦，聽聞我愛丁堡行，均知哈里斯特威地，一位法國太太，

甚至提醒我，哈里斯特威特夾克，不是巴黎品牌，而是指來自北蘇格蘭

之奧特賀伯萊斯島，英國政府一直保護此品牌，先有立法，現有專局嚴

防仿冒品，維多利亞街店，一夾克標價一千英鎊，谷歌網站，也有四百

美金一套者，這是自由市場。

我身材短小，西裝不適，蘇格蘭西裝，適合高大俊挺者，但我仍舊不氣

餒，仍舊喜歡欣賞西裝，台北市柯市長，不喜穿西裝，台北市西裝師工

會，替他量身縫製之西裝，是毛織品無誤，非常美麗，柯市長應多穿西

裝，除非進開刀房，醫生穿西裝，算是尊重病戶。