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再也沒有一個城市，比維也納夠資格，把咖啡館文化當作是守護一整個城市的精神堡壘。這裡的百年咖啡館裡不只有濃郁的咖啡香，還有漫步在時光裡的幽靈，日復一日坐在同樣的座位上，彷彿已經有好幾世紀這麼久。

咖啡從來都不是歐洲的發明。十七世紀時入侵的土耳其人沒有給歐洲留下太多人文遺產，但卻帶來日後偉大的救贖─咖啡。光是在十九世紀末的維也納，城裡就已經有600家咖啡館，醞釀出近代歐洲文藝思想的大躍進。

但是千萬不要以為維也納只是個沉緬在舊日美好回憶的城市，食古不化。維也納從來都不滿足於過去。正確來說，不是舊日歷史成就了這個城市，而是不斷創新的維也納市民讓這個城市持續發熱。維也納市民在往日既有的根基上創新，不慍不火，反而更讓歷史顯得經典而不朽。只要走一趟這裡的咖啡館，我們便可以細細感受到維也納市民的溫度，以及所可能創造出來文化的深度。

2006年6月之前的旅人日記,請上pchome新聞台[遠方的友人]
http://mypaper.pchome.com.tw/news/cafetutto/

12/June/2006 Taipei

Finally the torential rain stopped, that weather dragged people into darkness !

The time for me seems lately to be tardy and muddy, like Taiwan’s raining season. I gave up planning for life all the sudden, cause I lost my patience to draw and to wait for plans becoming true. It’s capriciously either now or never. I hope this status would be over soon, cause it makes me impetuous. Maybe I failed to find a sustainable meaning for life, or my passion waned easily. If all these are true, then I am pathetic. I might look like a junky who searches for another injection all over, only for next short impulse.