水里蛇窯樂陶陶，車埕懷舊木業情(Enjoy making pottery at Snake Kiln, Recollect good old days at Che cheng)

到訪水里，當然要到蛇窯體驗捏陶樂趣。入門票為NT150，學生票為NT120.

若要親身體驗製作陶藝品則另外收費NT280，國內郵寄不分地區另收NT150，國外則因地區而異。我們當然不錯失這大好機會！披上圍裙後，我們就變身陶藝家開始用雙手捏成我們屬意的陶藝杯或盤子。可是往往事與願違，捏陶土沒有想像中那麼容易。師傅在我們開始動手前就教了我們一些基本動作； 若要捏成盤子，就用一根手指頭輕輕地壓住陶土，轉動中的陶土就會變成盤子、若要把陶土弄高，則雙手力量集中於轉動中的陶土即可。我們玩得很開心，雖然作品不是那麼漂亮，可是自己製作的，怎麼看都很完美。。哈哈！

We went to Snake kiln in Shuili to experience making ceramic craft. The entrance fee for student s is NT120.

If you want to experience yourself on how to make ceramic pot, the extra fees would be NT280 while the postage fee is NT150 regardless any area in Taiwan, but for postage abroad it depends on which country you want to send. We don’t want to miss this golden opportunity and once we put on the apron, we are like little ceramic master, using our hands to spin the ceramic soil into our favourite shape. Actually the whole process is not so easy as we thought although the teacher had taught us some basic techniques beforehand. But we enjoy the whole process producing not so good-looking ceramic cups, though we still assume our products as the most perfect one in the world.XDD

過後，我們就參觀蛇窯整個園區。看著這百年歷史的漫長水里蛇窯，真的無法想像它也曾經因為921地震嚴重受過破壞。但它是目前保存最完整的柴燒古窯，因為外形蜿蜒細長似蛇，故得此名。

After that, we went to visit around the snake kiln area. Looking at this hundred years snake kiln, I can’t imagine it was damaged by 921 earthquake decades ago. But it was at present the kiln being well-preserved in Taiwan. Its shape wriggle like a snake, that’s why we call it snake kiln.

當我一抵達車埕時，放眼望去就像一個火車主題樂園！

古老的車埕車站原來是用珍貴的檜木打造而成的，深咖啡色的建築美麗堅固，還能聞到陣陣檜木幽香。此站為集集線的終點站。 一整大片園區就是鐵道文化園區，有難得一見的蒸汽火車加水台、加煤台、老火車頭、及可以看見火車狀況與軌道切換的號誌樓。還有木業展示館來一窺林業歷史，一旁的池塘可是存放原木的貯木池。

When I arrived in Che cheng,it was like a train theme park. Ancient Che cheng train station was built using precious cypress wood,dark brown building is beautiful and sturdy. The smell of cypress wood fragrance was in the air.This station is the last point of Chichi line.

A whole large area of the park is the Railway Cultural Park which includes a rare steam train adding water station, coaling station, the old locomotive, and others. There is a wood museum which shows the history of checheng and  a timber storage pool.

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Written by Chia Yee

探古蹟，到鹿港吧(Explore Heritage Site---Lugang)

到了彰化車站，順道走到了附近的扇型車庫。您只需要到車站的遊客中心索取地圖，步行約10分鐘即可到達目的地。扇形車庫為台灣鐵道文化保存完善的珍寶，扇形設計的火車軌道是為了讓火車頭在有限的空間順利迴轉而建，透過轉盤的旋轉，讓火車頭轉向任何方位，非常罕見。由觀景台上俯瞰，車庫就如張開的一把扇，因而得名！

Once reached Changhua train station, we went to fan-shaped train garage first. How to go there? You can ask for a map from the tourist centre at the train station and walk for another 10 minutes to reach the destination. This fan-shaped train garage was among the most important legacy in railway culture. Its railway tracks’ design is to enable the head of train to change its moving direction. It is really rare nowadays. From the watching deck, the garage looks exactly like a stretched fan, special enough to be named as fan-shaped train garage!

搭上彰化客運就出發到鹿港去了 ！我們也懵懵懂懂地在鹿港某一站下車了，看著手上的鹿港摺頁不知不覺走到了位於後車巷的隘門。這隘門原有大小兩扇木板門，現僅存兩側的花崗岩夾桂石。從照片可見到額上刻有“門迎後車”這四個字。走在後車巷，可看到古色古香的老房子，貼著春聯。

We took the Changhua bus and depart to Lugang! We stopped at one of the point and walked to “back car street” based on the leaflet. Suddenly, we saw Lugang Gate which is the only one heritage gate there. This gate actually had one big and small wooden doors, but it is now left with only stone structure. You can see from the picture that there are four words on top of the gate. Old houses with poem are all around us and we are surrounded with ancient atmosphere.

老街在台灣無處不在，鹿港當然也不例外啊！過了隘門後，老街就在不遠處了。這老街叫做瑤琳街。從瑤琳街右方走去，我們走到了鹿港藝文館，剛好裡邊有畫展，展出了各式鹿港廟宇的風貌。南靖宮和新祖宮也在藝文館附近。

而從瑤琳街左方走去就可到達半邊井。講一講半邊井的歷史吧！以前有錢的王家蓋井時，為了惠及平民就把一半井建在家中，一半丼建在宅外好讓鄰居過客也可提水。我深深的體驗到了古時候那守望相助的美德，有錢人家不計較的付出幫助一些不幸的人。

            Old street are everywhere in Taiwan, for sure Lugang is not excluded. After you went through Lugang gate, the Yaolin Street is somewhere near. From the right side of the old street, we reached the Assembly Hall where there was a painting exhibition showing different kinds of temple heritage site in Lugang. There were Xinzu Temple and Nanjing Temple around there. As you walk to the left side of the old street, you can find famous Half-side Well. The well was separated by a wall, half inside the house and half outside for the passersby and less-fortunate neighbours to get water supply. I truly touched by the generosity of the rich people which had strengthened the relations between the neighbourhood.

            另外一個有趣的摸乳巷也挑起了我們的好奇心。跟著指示牌走到了摸乳巷果然是名不虛傳，一個那麼狹窄的空間在古時候男女若走在摸乳巷無意間撞個正著應該會很尷尬吧！九曲巷則是特別於其設計，迂迴的設計是為了防止秋冬強烈的『九降風』，身處其中會讓您有奇妙的空間感。十宜樓也在此巷中，它是以前風騷墨客飲酒作詩的好地方！

            Another special Moru Lane also ignites our curiosity. When we reached there, we were attracted by its narrow space. In ancient moment, when unknown girl and boy pass through this lane together they must be very shy as the space is too small to accommodate two people. As for Jiuqu Lane, the houses were designed in T-shaped and the lanes were curve --- to prevent the effects of September strong wind. The tourists can experience the unique space among the lane.

            鹿港古蹟真的沒辦法在一天內深入體驗。除了後來有到訪龍山寺，我們還是錯過了其他的寺廟如鳳山寺、金門館、文武廟、文開書院、三山國王廟、城隍廟等。。。

            We really cannot experience deeply Lugang heritage site in one short day. Besides Longshan Temple, we had missed out a lot of other temples like Fengshan Temple, Jinmen Temple, Wenkai Academy, Wenchang Shrine and Martial Temple, Sanshan Guowang Temple and others.(just to name a few)

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Written by Chia Yee

Spirited Away(千與千尋)

              I’m sure, there is no other such beautiful place as the North of Taiwan: Jiufen, Bitou, Longtong, Keelung…

We planned the trip to Keelung since the start of the internship, but managed to do this only on 14^th of August. There was all the time some more important activities and places to visit.

But finally we get there even so the weather forecast was not so pleasant beforehand.

It took us long time to get from Fengyuan to Juifen and Bitou – more than four hours. But I forget all my irritation about the long trip first I saw him – crystal blue Pacific Ocean!

我很肯定沒有比北台灣更美的地方了：只有在九份、鼻頭、龍洞、基隆。。。

我們一開始就計劃到基隆了，可是最後延遲到了八月14^th 那天才成功去到那裡。每次都是因為一些比較重要的活動和地方拖延了我們的旅遊計劃。

雖然天氣預測不是那麼樂觀，我們還是排除萬難去到了那裡。

我們從豐原出發到瑞芳可是用了好長好長的時間—超過四小時。當我一看到艷藍的太平洋時，我忘了所有的不愉快。

 

He is breathtaking! Fantastic! Amazing!

他太好看了！不可思議！

And the weather was so shiny.

The best day starts.

First of all we visited Longtong Ocean Park where we wanted to dive. 

天氣太晴朗了。

美好的一天開始咯。

我們先到龍洞海洋公園浮潛。

But unfortunately the diving courses started only at 2 p.m. and it was only 12, so we couldn’t wait so long. That’s why we decided just to spend some time on the beach. Actually, it was not a beach as it is – there were only rocks and stones – but there were a place to swim.

可惜浮潛課程只在2pm開始。那時才12pm, 我們沒辦法等那麼久。所以我們決定在海邊度過一個中午。其實那也不是一個海灘—只有巨石和岩石—卻有一個游泳的地方。

 

For divers only
只限浮潛人員

They also didn't want to wait
他們也迫不及待了

I didn’t have a swimming suit but it didn’t stop me, cause it was my only chance to swim in the real ocean! I couldn’t lose it. There was one more reason – the rocks were so hot so I just can’t stand it anymore – I need cool water to cold them! In fact the water was not cool at all, but it was not as hot as the rocks.

我沒有帶游泳裝但這並不阻止我唯一在真正海洋游泳的慾望！另外一個原因則是因為陸地上的石頭地面太燙了，我受不了了---我需要冷水！水也不會很冰，可是起碼不會比那些石頭那麼熱。

 

It was unforgettable and crazy!

I didn’t notice as almost one hour passed and we needed to go further. And here our adventures starts…

First of all, we missed the bus to the Golden-mine museum. So we need somehow to spend one hour and we decided to walk Bitou trail along the ocean coast! How beautiful it was!

 

實在又難忘又瘋狂！

時間很快就從我身邊流逝了，我們需要繼續我們其他的旅程。這時才是我們冒險的開始。。。

我們錯過了到黃金博物館的“台灣好行”公車。下一個班車還需要再等一小時，所以我們決定走一走鼻頭角步道！實在太美了！

I didn’t see anything as beautiful as these rocks! Graceful and steep, smooth and creek, specked and freaked. It has unimaginable stairs that could appear anywhere and anytime.

我沒見過能和這些石頭媲美的！優美的峭壁、光滑畸形的、有斑點的。甚至還有無處不見的特別形成的自然階梯。

We walked fast but we missed our bus again!

And there was next bus only in one hour… And more than fifteen-kilometer way to Jiufen. You will be right if you assume that we decided to walk further.

We spend one hour walking between the road and ocean, under the sun heat. All this time ineffectively we tried to stop the car, wishing to reach Jiufen hitchhiking.

我們的步伐已經很快了，但又錯過了另一班公車！

又要再等一小時。還有15km才能到九份。我們決定用走的到下一個公車站。

烈日當空下，我們穿越在海濱公路上。我們不時比手勢，希望能搭個便車到九份。

 

And we managed to do this! We stop a car with a very-very-very kind man, who agreed to lift us to Jiufen exactly!

Have passed the famous serpentine road again, but now upwards, we saw it.

我們办到了！我們成功攔截一輛好心、好心人的車，他也答應順道把我們載到九份去！又再經過有名的蜿蜒公路了，可是現在是往上開，風景依舊那麼美麗！

First, we saw them – great crowd of tourists that walk all along Jiufen. No wonder there were so many of them – Jiufen is one of the most attractive places for tourists in Taiwan.

我們看到了好多的人潮啊！一點也不稀奇—九份是台灣其中一個非常有名的旅遊景點。

 

Everyone wants to visit Jiufen
每個人都想到九份

Walking further we saw the Jiufen Old Street itself and I appeared to be in ancient times, far away from the 21^st century.

Do you know Hayao Miyazaki and his movie “Spirited Away”?  

Jiufen exactly was that place that inspired him. So, get the DVD with “Spirited Away” from your shelf and watch it again to compare the sceneries!

 We spent the whole evening wandering around Jiufen Old Street, visiting shops and tasting traditional dishes.

The Old Street at night looks magnificent. Charming aura of eastern mystery is everywhere. I was enchanted by its beauty!

再走沒多遠我們就看到了九份老街，我就像置身於21世紀以前的古時代。

您知道宮崎駿的“千與千尋”嗎？

他是從這裡得到靈感的。趕快從架子上拿出“千與千尋”看再比一比這裡的場景。我們悠遊走在九份老街上，走進店裡及品嚐傳統美食。晚上的老街更顯其魅力，東方氣息瀰漫著老街，我不知覺被吸引住了。

 

But we needed to return back to our home. While waiting for the bus I found one more breathtaking scenery – the view on the night harbor. I couldn’t stop looking at it – so fantastic it was!

回家咯！在等著公車時，我又發現了美麗的碼頭夜景。我目不轉睛地看著這夜景—太不可思議了！

On that day we also didn’t reach Keelung. Bad luck. Well, maybe next time.

我們沒去到基隆。或許下次吧！

Written by Olga

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Translated by Chia Yee

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