The Armory

This set of armory is brought from Spain back to home.

This is my favourite set of souvenir which gives me a lot of inspirations as well as the treasures of knowledge and values of life in the past and in the future.

正步入彩色玻璃教堂

此短片拍攝於彩色玻璃教堂旁的廣場

天朗氣清！The video is made besides the plaza of the Cathedral with the clear sky.

羅馬水道橋旁

在羅馬水道橋旁拍照 (006). Taking photos besides Aqueduct.

The Cathedral (彩色玻璃教堂)

We walked towards the Cathedral.

Preparation 準備

資料搜查：我們買來了一些參考導遊書、杂志 及從圖書館借了數本導遊書，當中包括有英文及中文版本的。互联网絕對是一道很多資料來源處。

Information Gathering: We bought some guide books and magazines plus borrowings from the libraries in English as well as in Chinese. The Internet is a good source of information definitely.


旅程策劃：當我在職訓局教書時，我於二零零七年八月放暑假。而她需要兩個月前向老板確定假期。她於二零零七年五月份已開始計劃並安排保險非等。 旅程的概略也在六月初擬定。

Schedule Planning: As I was teaching in a campus of Training Council and taking summer vacation in August 2007. She needed to secure the vacation holiday with the boss two months before the trip. She started the planning in May 2007 and arranged the travel insurance as well. The outline of the itinerary schedule began to evolve in early June.

預訂機票：我們用了各種途徑包括多間旅遊機構，我們採用了俄罗斯航空。因為它的價格合理和我們想體驗前俄罗斯的航空公司。 由香港飛往莫斯科的時間約為＋一個小時， 而由莫斯科往西班牙首都马德里的飛行時間約五個小時。

Book Flight: We checked for a number of options via various agents and adopted Russia's International Airline for the reasonable price and the first time experience with Former Russian Airline Company. The flight time between Hong Kong and Moscow was about eleven hours while that between Moscow and Madrid was about five hours.

訂房子： 大部份的房間都是在起行之前已經預訂安排好了。只有最後的四天沒有預先安排，這樣是為多加點行程安排的彈性及維持着旅程主要部分的一致緊密性。

Book Accommodation: Most of accommodation arrangements were booked well before the start off of the trip except the last fours which allowed more flexibility of the journey and maintain the consistency to the schedule in the major parts of the trip.

訂車子：用了各種途徑，主要是互联网的搜尋器和經代理商介紹公司，最後採用了EuroCar 公司八天的服務。它是一部手动固定轴式机械变速系统Volkswagen Polo 輕型車輛。但當我提取車輛的時候，我發覺到所有的說明書都是用德文寫出來。那我只好觸動我於其他車輛所使用過的部件物体及按鈕功能。起程兩星期前更新了我的國際駕駛許可證。

Book Car: I searched around the Internet and various agents and eventually adopt EuroCar Company for the car rental for eight days. It is a small Volkswagen Polo with Manual Transmission. However, when I picked up the car, I learnt that all the manuals were written in German. Therefore, I only touched those items and buttons which I used before in the other vehicles. I renewed my International Driving License two weeks before the trip as well.

Book other tickets:
- Bull fight tickets from TEYCI´s office, ...(Please check the details with the club traveler at http://www.yuwie.com/signup.asp?r=132333, INFO0001)

- Flamenco Show tickets ...(Please check the details with the club traveler at http://www.yuwie.com/signup.asp?r=132333, INFO0002)

- Alhambra (ALHAMBRA Y GENERALIFE) visiting passes in Granada. As the tickets purchased with cards not issued in Spain could only be collected from the venue ticket office until a few moments before the show begins.

薩戈維亞皇宫城堡旁

此短片拍攝於薩戈維亞皇宫城堡旁

Since the memory of the last trip in August 2007 was most imminent, I started to write more for the trip. We spent always two weeks in Spain and the flight transits were in Moscow Airport. I spent more time in swimming and cycling in order to bring up my physical conditions in the evenings and weekends. I packed my wet suit, fins and a pair of walkie talkies (手提式步话机) just in case needed.

Alcazar of Segovia (薩戈維亞皇宫城堡)

此短片拍攝薩戈維亞皇宫城堡附近

路比較窄，各人都把車子停下來。找到出路走出去！

Close to Cathedral

此短片拍攝於彩色玻璃教堂旁

跑了一段路，我們已經很接近彩色玻璃教堂了!

羅馬水道橋旁

此短片拍攝於羅馬水道橋旁

序

於過去幾年的旅行经歷當中，我時常想到自已的生命。我應怎樣過我的生活及應怎樣去完備我的生命。我於遊歷當中所認識的一位朋友是一個當時年約三十五歲的希腊人，那時我和他傾談時他穿着松身的白色恤衫和白色的褲。談話過程中，我發覺他已旅遊了好一段日子，而他的靈魂之中所存在我看来的勇氣啟發了我。

生活的价值观是怎樣？我們為何會存活而所被問及到並帶出來的一個問題“您會選擇怎樣的方式離開世界”？我當其時真的抓紧抓好頭腦，過了幾分鈡後我仍是想不出清楚確定的答案。如相信我是名基督教徒，我可以知道地球生命是該怎樣，但我就答不到一個簡單而且是重要的如何選擇死亡的方式。大約五分鈡後他便很熱切的說出他的想法；他會選擇給一棵從树上掉下來的椰子打中頭頂而離世。他更解释說雖然一個人被掉下來的椰子而結束生命的機會率是很細少的。但是他喜歡這個方式，因為他何以幻想到當時的一秒鐘正輕松地觀看着海洋的美好情绪，以及欣賞着眼前的小島沙滩風光。掉下來的椰子是非常硬而生命就會在無痛的狀態中結束而快樂之情却會伸延至永恆之中。我真是欣喜及在心中說出“优越”之情意便悠然而來。往後，我便常問自己我於這世间須要什麼和想要什麼。

Places we visited

We have traveled together for a number of places since 1996:

* Spain (西班牙)
* Beijing of China (中国北京)
* Singapore, Indonesia, Cambodia & Malaysia (星加坡、印尼、柬甫寨及馬來西亞)
* Zhangjiajie of China (中国張家界)
* Verona, Bolzano, Val Gardena, Venice, Florence & Rome of Italy;

* London & Cambridge of UK (英国伦敦及剑桥)
* Taiwan 澎湖, 屏東地區, Kaohsiung (高雄)
* Bangkok & Ko Samat of Thailand (泰國曼谷及沙尾島)
* Bali of Indonesia (印尼巴里)
* Beijing & Harbin of China (中国北京及哈尔滨)
* Ireland, England & Scotland （爱尔兰、英倫及英格兰）
* Hainan of China (中国海南省)
* Shanghai & Hanzhou of China (中国上海市及杭州市)
* Taiwan (台灣)
* Melbourne, Alice Springs, Ayers Rock & Sydney of Australia （澳洲墨尔本、爱丽斯泉、艾尔斯岩及悉尼）
* Bangkok, Phuket & Krabi of Thailand (泰國曼谷、布吉及喀比)
* Tokyo & Yokohama of Japan
* Bangkok & Pattaya of Thailand (泰國曼谷及巴提亞)
* KL, Langkawi & Penang of Malaysia; Singapore (馬來西亞吉隆坡、兰卡威岛及檳城; 星加坡)
* Austria, Czech Republic, Poland & Germany (奥地利、捷克共和国、波兰共和国及德国)
* Sri Lanka (斯里兰卡)

We were in Segovia

In August!


I met Kitty when I was graduated from a Business School in the United Kingdom and joined the company where I met her. Later on, we were married and we always travel together around. She likes planning the trip and I like taking the wheel when needed and I am responsible for safety of the traveling. Therefore, we always have different opinions in bringing the stuff into our baggage. She always took away the items from the baggage which I consider useful and helpful during the journey. On the contrary, I always complain to her that excessive amount of clothing was put into the baggage but she always argued that the essence of changing clean clothes and she will handle the clothing and cleaning matters.

In fact, we always carry excessive clothing every time.

About Me

Myself

In the past years' experience in traveling to various countries, I am always thinking of my life. How shall I spend my life and how will I end up my life. One of the friends I met during traveling is a Greek boy of about 35 years old at that time in loose white shirt and white pant when we talked. Through the conversion, I found that he had been traveled for a long time and his spirit and attitude towards life enlightened me. What’s the value of living and why we live by asking me a question “How will you like to die?” I scrapped my head at the moment and spent a few minutes to think of his question and I have got no clear idea of a solid answer. I can tell what I expect after my earth life, but I did not know how to answer the simple and important question if I have an option of the way of dying. About five minutes later, he was too eager to tell me his thinking; he would choose to sit under a coconut tree and end by a falling coconut.

He explained to me that even though the opportunity of a man's life ended by a falling coconut from the tree top is very rare. He liked this way because he could imagine that the moment before the coconut hitting him, he should have watching the ocean relaxed with peaceful mood and could enjoying the scenery in an island beach. The falling coconut is very hard and his life would be ended happily, which would carry forward to the eternity.

I was impressed and wanted to say “excellent” in my heart. After this, I am always asking myself what I want and need in my earth life.