0938　Köln Hbf Gleis 8　清涼 　　如果那紅背囊女子不在火車到站前問我列車是否要往'Brussels'，我才不會將'Brussels'與（車票上的）'Bruxelles'拉上關係，再看看站牌……究竟是知道好一點還是不知道會較好呢…… 0955 　　數是怎樣計的？？ #1 Railpass只適用於德、法（今行將途經比利時，之前完全沒有印象） #2 預留給railpass holder的quota已滿 （=?） #3 訂位單據寫的是AachenParis（Aachen屬德國邊境） （感覺太差了，Thalys我只能坐車尾的一個小車廂，8個座位，但卡位前的行李架只能放三件大型行李！我的背囊幾乎放不進頭頂的架上！ICE在哪！？） 1018啟動 　　更有趣的是Railpass上沒有寫明是5個國家的票！ 　　為甚麼窗口會分割成上下兩半！？ 1050 進入Aachen 　　仍未平伏，究竟是否笨了？ 1055 Aachen Hbf　但月台大鐘指著12:00 　　有數名香港男女上車，甫上車便「頂」來「頂」去，本已夠煩，還要引用「巴士阿叔」的語錄，我千山萬水跑來這裡幹嗎？ 1121 THA 9428 　　到目前為此，這一輛Thalys仍然行得很慢，比RE還慢…… 1232 THA9428 Bruxelles Midi 　　火車在Liège之後一段終於可以加速，快得有點飄浮。 　　這段古怪的行程需要我補錢€85，誠實的代價真高。 　　一到了Gare du Nord，便給整了。大堂約大八部售票機，但有一半不能使用，我排隊偏偏選了一部不能入銀的……其他的紙幣也不行（Carnet €10.4也沒有預備收鈔票！），只能先買一張€1.40單程票（看來沒有找換機，假如口袋沒有足夠輔幣我便完了）。由火車站至hostel用了80分鐘，車程恐怕只有30分鐘。 　　返回市中心，因為早知道星期五晚羅浮宮免費開放給像我們這些「青年」，所以先到了羅浮宮「見識一下」。 ... read more

Today's programme... waiting for train, waiting for the opening of Düsseldorf LTU Arena, waiting for the coming of the players... 45,000 visitors, the paper says, and we were the 2 among them. VIDEO-DFB Open Training At the end of the training session, Tim Borowski kicked the ball to the seats, and it falled in my hands! I can't believe it! But since I didn't grab it like a rebound in a 'basketball way', the person standing behind me 'stole' it from my hands... forget it, I don't know how to get it back to Hong Kong if I really had it... 1943　U78　7-13°C　冷 　　剛從LTU Arena乘U-Bahn離去，很冷。 　　重回Düsseldorf，包包要買頸巾，我便獨自蕩回04年時到過的玩具店。店子比印象中的要遠，今次我沒有再放棄了，終於買了一卡二等DB火車、路軌（還以為是€1一盒，付款時才知是€1一節……），還有德國隊球員的小型砌圖，很希望快點找到工作，有地方安置那卡DB火車。 ... read more

the flight was disgusting, an hour delayed, lots of meals, repeated turning on and off of the lights. i've slept for only about 4 hours during this 18-hour journey. this time was the german police officer to ask me the purpose of going to germany, and he asked me to show of my euro prepared. i know what did he mean. so i directly showed my credit card. ALLES GUTE! as shown in weather forecast, Düsseldorf is rainy and cold. my eurail pass is yet activated and i had to calculate if there were any cheaper way to buy some discounted ticket. i knew nothing and my brain refused to calculate. manman helped me a lot, maybe i owed her a loft of bread! the atmosphere in köln is strange. no huge poster, no special decoration. ... read more

今次旅行我特地帶了籃球鞋，為的就是與當地人「切磋交流」一下。感覺總算不錯。 晚上兩位中大中文籃球元老隊隊員享受了一次非常舒服的溫泉浴，平靚正。... read more

台北的一個重要印象：很多電單車... read more