晚餐，就再來去吃海鮮好了…

先來櫻花妹(誤)

真櫻花妹

街道

接下來會越來越過分…

過了吊橋之後就是公園主體部分，雖然不大，但是有個 sky walk 空中步道，走在半空中穿梭於雪松、檜木、楓樹等之間很舒服。

中午過後入口附近的餐飲紀念品區還有表演

雖然可以從市區搭公園的接駁車或公車上下山，不過班次久久才一班實在很不方便，或許就是地廣人稀的缺點…

今年冬天特別冷，所以路過武嶺的時候還可以看到積雪… 曬得到太陽的地方還蠻溫暖的，不過陰影處加上融雪就讓人發抖… XD

到武陵農場之前就開始塞車，後來索性把車子找個路邊較寬的地方停好用走的進去，比開車還快… =___=

進到農場裡頭發現其實櫻花已經過了滿開，但遠景看起來還算不錯。

也有一口子全家坐在高處曬太陽賞花的，真愜意啊…

如果早個幾天來，這個畫面應該更加艷麗…

另外有一片桃花林正值盛開…

逆光下…

這對夫妻不知道從哪邊來的，帶小朋友上山也太努力了… @_@”

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

最後還是要來說一下，美麗的海灣多了核電廠實在是破壞畫面啊 Q_Q

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Bank Lights

點我看大圖/click to enlarge

Before leaving Damme, I was attracted by the green tunnel.

The green tunnel lasts for a few kilometers, and is really beautiful. But, I also miss a right turn due to this amazing scene. I thought that did not matter, but this thought made the 180 km distance from Damme to Namur became 200km… XD

At least, the good news is I can watch the beautiful scenes by the highway, including the large fan cluster of the windy power plant.

And, I can also watched the luxury cars on the highway, and chased after them. :p

There was also an Audi TT, but I could not follow it, although the speed meter showed 14x km/hr… XD

After checking in the hostel in Namur, I asked the staffs to suggest me a good place to fill up my starving stomach. The fist meal in Wallonia (Walloon region, the French region, the southern region) was in San Marino.

Well, Wallonia belonged to French region, and, in general, French language is more arrogant than others. So, the waiter and I spent a lot of time on discussing and explaining the menu, before I ordered a plate of steak.

The fries are just O.K. But, the bread is great – soft, sweet and yummy. You do not have to spread the butter, the natural wheat aroma and flavor are perfect. I even asked the waiter to give me more. (although I regretted as I saw the main dish… XD )

The main dish, the steak, with mushroom sauce. I think the sauce recipe is similar to the Burgundy stewed beef with red wine (勃根地式紅酒燉牛肉). I guess the red powders around the rim of plate are saffron. The steak is medium well, juicy and soft. Undoubtedly, very very delicious.

The dessert is Zabaglione. I think they change the traditional recipe, so the color is pure white, not light yellow. Yummy, but that’s too sweet and too much for me.

I waked up very early, and arrived Ghent around 9. In the early weekend morning, this city was still in her sweet sleep with her colorful decoration.

I parked the car outside the city and paced along the river and the streets.

Suddenly, after a turn, I found a guard decoration on an old wall. I wondered this old building is a church, but most churches in Belgium should be in Gothic style or Roman style in general. And the area of this building is so large, and rounded by a high wall. Besides, I could find a large garden through some cracks of the wall.

Some Belgium travelers were also interested in this building, and we decided to knock the wooden gate and hoped there would be someone can answer and tell us more about this building.

Fortunately, a lady answer the door, and tell us about the building. Well, in Dutch. The kindly travelers tried to explain to me, and I finally knew this building is not open to the public. However, there was a special activity in the afternoon (2 or 3 p.m., I am not so sure now), so it would open after a few hours.

That’s fine, I can go to visit the city first, and get back here later for this building and the special activity.

Basically, I walked along the water. Scenes at the banks are really great and lovely. Somehow this capital of East Flanders made me relate the Love River in Kaohsiung.

The first architecture caught my eyes is Belfry. Well, it looks like a church, but it’s not! It worked as a bell tower to report time and a warning watch tower (Well, like the Town Hall of Age of Empires?!).

You can have a 360 degree view from the top of Belfry. Such as Saint Bavo Cathedral.

and Saint-Nicholas Church.

The Ghent Festival likes a carnival and is a collection of concerts, displays, installation arts and performances. You can find one of them in any place of the city (most of them are around the town center region). The festival usually lasts for more than one week. There would be different performances at the same spot everyday, so you can watch a lot if you stay long enough.

Well, there was a concert at the plaza in from of Saint-Nicholas Church. It seems an activity of the festival!

You can take a seat, order a glass of beer, and enjoy the concert. Well, the cherry flavored one is good. :p

After a few encores, I left the concert and headed to the old building I found in the early morning.

As I walked into, I found it is not a building, I guessed it should be a residence house with a large garden. Oh~ the interior is really old and beautiful.

After I checked some information flyers and asked the guides, I found this is a military training center in the old ages. There is a small building, which was a dinning place in the old ages.

Many people sitting in the building or gathering at the entrance, my curiosity made me walk to the counter to get more information about the activity which would be going on here. The staffs said this is a concert, and I should have a ticket to get in. However, I do not have a ticket… As I think I should leave after take a glance of this old dinning building, a man (I guess he is the host of this concert) came to me and asked me where I came from. I thought he must be interested in why a Asian face with casual (not formal, at least) dressing showed up at such kind of occasion. Anyway, he was surprised that I came from Taiwan and accidentally get into this old arch. He gave me a ticket and invited me join this concert with the enthusiasm.

This concert is cello solo and cello-violin duet.

Lovely concert. I also bought a CD as a souvenir. Then, waked back the town center and threw myself back into the festival.

There were more and more people in the town center, and you can find more and more performances on streets.

They even created a beach on the street!

As walking and watching the performances, do not forget the historical archs. nearby.

Saint-Nicholas Church

The old post office

The ugliest building in Ghent. Actually, this is a church, but the tower at the right side is never finished. Although many generations of people in Ghent think it’s the ugliest building, it also becomes a landmark of Ghent.

Beautiful river bank.

You can also find charming decorations on streets.

The tour map indicated this is the most beautiful building of Ghent. Well, I just think it’s the most colorful. :p

Another place I was interested in is Forza Ritmica, which was an abbey in the old ages. Now, this place become a residence region, the expensive type.

Although I only stayed in Ghent for one day during the festival, I thought Ghent is an interesting and lovely city, which keeps the old buildings well, makes travelers easy to walk around for sight seeing, and also ensembles new style arts.

↓Minnewater，很漂亮的地方。

↓Bruges 有著北方威尼斯的稱號，水道、遊船穿梭其中。

↓這張沒什麼故事，只是覺得藍天白雲加上建築的顏色很漂亮而已。:Q

↓大清早一群跟著主人出來散步的狗兒們。

↓下面三張是高級住宅區，不過以前這一帶是監獄，而現在這些高級住宅就是將以前的監獄改建的。唔，台灣好有將舊市鎮區建築改建很成功的例子嗎？

↓當地人們的休閒活動。呃，把它想成大型的打彈珠遊戲就可以了 :Q