旅行之後 After the Journey

註明：以下言論純屬個人意見。

NOTE: The following comments are purely personal opinions.

        經過了44天的長途旅行(包含飛程)，終於完成了我從高中以來的夢想：到德國旅行。小時候，不知為何就總是對歐洲帶著某種夢幻的想法，像是英國、法國、西班牙...，當然，還有特別有感情的德國。原因是高一時，因緣際會之下選擇了德文作為第二外語來學習，從那時起，就與德國結下了不解之緣。然而，課程結束沒多久後早已忘得一乾二淨。上了大學後，由於忙於雙主修課業，無法挪出多餘時間學習德文，直到畢業前一個學期才終於又重新學習了半年的德文。如今，計畫回到學校後能在專業領域努力之餘將德文學好。或許，只是或許，下次到德國就是念書而不再只是旅遊了。經過這次的旅行，讓我更有動力未來到國外進修，尤其是德國。

        After a 44-day-long journey included the flight, I finally finished the dream I have since I was in high school: Travel in Germany. When I was young, didn't know why I just had some special feelings with fantasy about Europe, like England, France, Spain, and of course Germany, the most special one for me. The season is that the first year in senior high, incidentally I chose German as a second foreign language, and I have bounded up with Germany since then. However, I already forgot almost everything about German soon after the class ended. In college, I didn't have much time leaning German because of the tough work in my double major until the last semester before I graduated, I started to learn it, again, diligently. For now, I'm going back to school for my master degree something about engineering, and I plan to spare some time to learn German better. Maybe, just maybe, next time I go to Germany is to study abroad instead of just traveling. After the traveling this time, I have much motivation to study abroad, especially Germany.

Weimar (10 May 2013)

Finally, my last stop in this long trip, Weimar.

Weimar is a city with strong dramas, if you want to know more about some great writers like Geothe and Schiller, you should be here! And if you want to know the great musician Liszt, then you should, too!! Since I'm not a man with a lot of interests in literature........ so..... I don't really familiar with Geothe and Schiller very much, actually. I only know Geothe created "Die Leiden des jungen Werther" and Schiller...I don't know... that's it!! Sorry about that......@@  Oh! There's another famous thing is Bauhaus. It's something about modern art, and it has already founded its own museum and a school!!

Anyway, in a view as a bystander, Weimar is a nice place for people who has interests in arts or literature.

Weimar Hbf

in front of main station

Leipzig (09 May 2013)

In Leipzig, I felt more musical than Dresden. Here I visited so many musicians' museum, like Bach, Meldelssohn, and Schumann. When I got there, I realized after I asked the reception of the hostel that 09 May is a Father's Day in Germany, and they got a holiday this day!!!! So,... most of the stores were closed, and fortunately the museums were still opened. Since I had enough about the history about Germany, I only visited the museum related to musicians and others unrelated to histories or paintings. Btw, the weather this day was very unstable, rainy this moment and sunny later, and so on. So... good! It was a nice day to stay in museum!

Dresden (08 May 2013)

Dresden, a beautiful city located in east Germany. Although the center of the city can not be compared with Berlin, it still need at least 2 days to visit the whole center of the city, unfortunately I didn't. Since it need about 2 hours from Berlin by EC to get here, it was already 11 when I hot here. There's an interesting thing was that the hotel I lived let me check in at 11 without any question!!! So... great!! I went to visiting the city without worrying about my luggage right away~~~ Basically, Dresden has two part, old city area and new city area, and I started from the old one which is also the main one.

Dresden Hbf, also very large!

Potsdam (07 May 2013)

Taking S-Bahn only less than 40 minutes to get Potsdam from Berlin Hbf. In Potsdam, the most famous attraction is Schloss Sanssouci. If you come here to visit by yourself, you can feel "sonssouci" truly. "Sanssouci" is Franch, which means "without worries". It was built in 1745~1747 by Frederick the Great, King of Prussia. It's a building with Rococo style. In Park Sanssouci, there are so many other palaces to see, so if you come, you can spend a whole day here in this park.

Potsdam Hbf

In front of the station, you'll see these buses stopping by here.

Berlin (05~07 May 2013)

It won't take too long from Hamburg and Berlin by ICE, so I got Berlin before noon and started my journey in Berlin city right away!

Berlin is a really big city that I couldn't visit all the places I wanted to go, but I still maximized my limit to go around as more as possible......@@ Basically, you can separate it into three parts, Unten den Linden and Museumsinsel, Potsdamer Platz, and Kurfürstendamm. Since Kurfürstendamm is a shopping area and I've already bought most of the things I want, so... I decided to go there only if I had more time.

Oh! I found that in Berlin I've heard English more than German!!!! I didn't why but there were so~~~~ many people speaking English. And most of all, people in Berlin can speak excellent English I've ever heard in Germany.

Berlin: Museumsinsel (06 May 2013)

In Berlin, there's an island full of museums, Museumsinsel. The time was limited and it was Monday, so I only visited two museums. This time, I found I started to like some museums of histories or arts. After this day, I thought maybe I should go to National Palace Museum in Taipei someday, and probably I'll feel something different.

In Museumsinsel, there were too many museums that you can buy a 3-day ticket and spend enough time just right here. Unfortunately, I had only one day to visit the museums......

Hamburg (02~05 May 2013)

Hamburg is the biggest harbor city in Germany. It's a lively city in North Germany, here you can stay for about a week and won't be boring at all! In the morning, you can visit some attractions and museums; while at night, you can go to see a opera or musical, or if you don't mind, you should go to the red light district here and don't be shy.

Hamburg Hbf

Lübeck + Lüneburg (04 May 2013)

Lübeck, a small town not far from Hamburg, is worth visiting if you have enough time.
This day, I decided to walk slowly and had a leisure day.

Lübeck Hbf

Speicherstadt: Miniatur Wunderland (04 May 2013)

A famous tourist attration is the Speicherstadt. You may see many museums on this island, for instance, Hamburg Dungeon, Miniatur Wunderland, ... Sorry but I didn't have the courage to go to the dungeon because it's a ......... scary paradise in there, so I only went to visit the Miniatur Wunderland.

In Miniatur Wunderland, you'll see enormous models of everything you can imagine!!!! The airport, the trains, the view of many cities, the hostory of Germany,... You can stay there for more than 2~3 hours and you didn't even notice it!!

Speicherstadt

Bremen (02 May 2013)

Bremen, my last stop about Brothers Grimm, the hometown of the story Bremer Stadtmusikanten.
Although I didn't remember exactly the story about Bremer Stadtmusikanten, I still like this city anyway.
Unfortunately, I underestimated the size of this city, I which I could stay for more time...
Here, I started to see the architecture of northern Germany, which is totally different from the southern.

inside the Bremen Hbf

Hannover (28 Apr. ~ 01 May 2013)

The weather in Hannover was much much better than few days before. Actually, I lived here but I didn't took much time visiting this city, because there's so much other small towns nearby I wanted to go, like Hameln, Wolfsburg, Celle, and Goslar.

the logo of VW was very clear near the Hannover Hbf

Celle (01 May 2013)

Suddenly, my journey has already been 1 month!!!

Celle, a small but beautiful town. Here you can view at least two things, the style of the buildings here and the gardens in this town, at least I think so. Although maybe you've already seen enough buildings of German style, you can still come here to see something special here if your journey has some more time.

Celle Hbf

in front of the train station