塵翎部落格

论文刚刚交了，收到你留言，谢谢关心。我很久不看书了，没有中文书看，英文书有一大堆，可是没法enjoy. 说到路上看的书，前段时间在书店看到有一套penguin 70 years出的小册子，封面设计都很好看，1.5pounds 一本，一共有70本，pocket小册子，适合在路上看，又或者不适合，因为太薄一下子就看完，因为太喜欢那些封面，我买了两本。。简体留言你那边不会有些字看不到吧？

寫論文是最辛苦的了，交了就好了。企鵝的文學書也是我的心頭好。
放心，簡體字和英文留言都看得到。有空多交流。

Reading plays important parts in my journeys - on flights, in cafes, an afternoon by a lake in Interlaken. Books are my guides to the past of foreign places. When I was in Andalucia, Norman Lewis took me to the raging 1930’s Southern Spain through his The Tomb in Seville, and Washington Irving took me to the romantic Moorish kingdom through his Tales of the Alhambra. Both books made the region and its history captivating. After the trip, I still returned there every night when I continued on the books. There was a bittersweet aftertaste.

Before visiting Provence, I indulged myself in A Year in Provence and Toujours Provence. Though my visit found a different countryside from Mayle’s, no exciting mistral and summer’s hassle, I enjoyed treks with Mont Ventoux as the backdrop.

Have come across some interesting travel blogs recently, in case you haven’t noticed yet, there is a list of top 30 travel books:

http://www.worldhum.com/weblog/category/C124/

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When he was living in Beijing, one day, he went back to the places he had visited with her. He came in front of the café where they spend an afternoon, the restaurant where a movie they both like was shot, the theater where they preferred visiting to the nearby shopping mall, and the place where they spent the nights. There he stood and found following the footsteps useless but emptied his soul.

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Thank you very much for the message and kindness.

The story is also very sad and important to him.

I am sure it is my honour to write in your blog.

海，
Thanks always for your comments.
This story is really sad but very true in itself.
This is what life is, cruel and yet fragile,
full of memories.... there exits only one way to continue,
i.e. move on and never look back.
Sometimes the ghosts of the past come back in a way you will never imagine.
Do feel free to express yourself here.