一直到最後才搭船遊了阿姆斯特丹的運河。
平常都從車站搭路面電車直接到Van Gogh博物館,
或者走路到中國城,逛逛購物區,紅燈區,
沒事也不會特別想乘船逛市區。
看著照片,竟然可以回憶起A'dam風吹的感覺,周遭的聲音與氣味。
從船上看到的A'dam果然很有招牌荷蘭味。
山型牆,為了避稅特別縮窄的房屋寬度,微微傾斜的屋牆,
大面積的透明窗戶,房屋上方用來懸掛升降繩的桿,很多很多橋,
四處停的腳踏車,行人騎著車從頭頂經過,運河邊的船屋等等等。
「在水之城艾斯瑪拉達﹙Esmeralda﹚,運河網和街道網四處伸展,彼此交錯。從一個地方到另一個地方,你總是可以在路行和船運之間做選擇︰在艾斯瑪拉達兩地之間最短的距離並非一直線,而是再彎繞的替選路徑間分歧的曲折路線,因此,攤在每位過路客面前的路訣度不只兩條,而是許多條,如果每一段路交替選用船行和路運的話,那數目就更多了。」
「所以,艾斯瑪拉達的居民,就免於每天走同一條路得厭煩之苦了。事情還不只於此︰路線網還不是只有一層,而是在階梯、駐腳台、拱橋、傾斜的街道之間上上下下。組合了這些或升高或在地面的不同路線,每位居民每天都可以享受從一條新路抵達相同地方的樂趣。在艾斯瑪拉達,最為固定和冷靜的生活也不會有任何重複。」
﹙Italo Calvino,王志弘 譯,看不見的城市 p114,時報出版社︰台北市 ﹚
hi su,
回覆刪除i'm so glad to visit your blog today. i like the photos you took, it reminds me of finland, and mostly the netherlands. how are you? hope everything goes well in taiwan.
groetjes,
emil
Hey, I'm doing quite well here. I tried to upload and record things happened in the last days of my stay in Europe when I still have free time to do so. Through recall of memories, I found it pretty contradictory that I miss the Netherlands when I am here and vice versa. Anyway, I'm very well here and hope you're doing well with your work there as well. By the way, unfortunately, the postcard from Moscow has not arrived yet... T_T
回覆刪除One last thing! Tell me when you have a blog (even if you post in Indonesian, because google translation rocks! =P)
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