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利物浦是一個不大也不小的城市。如果你想要去哪裡，靠雙腿都走的到。Albert Dock離校園差不多45-50分鐘的步行距離。我來這的次數五根手指頭還數得清。Beatles Story也是在這個區域裡。這天是陪老朋友來閒晃。陪他來這找找紀念品。順便也看看之前都還沒機會看到的地方。

今天跟大家分享的是在碼頭看到的帆船。我看到時突然想到：這是我第一次看到帆船嘛？我忘了之前有沒有看過。但我只知道，我那天跟帆船的距離，非常近。

誰說博物館裡不能有『生物』？利物浦世界博物館就是要擺脫你對博物館的刻板印象。
If you think that there can't be 'life' in a museum, you'd better think again.  World Museum Liverpool will definitely change your conventional idea of what a museum should be like!

貼心小提醒：本篇文章設有自動播放音樂

Music Autoplay - On

所有利物浦大學的學生，在來到利物浦大學之前一定都已經在prospectus或是各種資料上看過這棟建築物。就連利物浦大學的官方網站上也是以這個為利物浦大學的地標。不過應該有很多學生來這理念書到畢業都不曾踏進這棟建築物。到底這種建築物有什麼神祕的祕密？

維多利亞大樓於一八九二年完工。而且建築設計是由鼎鼎大名的Alfred Waterhouse設計的唷！人家可是設計鼎鼎大名的『國家自然歷史博物館』的設計師呢！這棟建築物目前在Listed Building當中被列為Grade 2，來頭可不小。一開始的利物浦大學所有的辦公室，教室，以及宿舍都在這棟大樓裡。目前已經改建為展覽館於博物館囉。

I'm afraid I must show you pictures of the tiny Christmas Market here at Liverpool, before I post up any of the pictures of my trip to Edinburgh.  If you see these pictures after, especially the Christmas Market there, you would be so disappointed at how small a scale this is.  Nonetheless, I am quite glad that I made the effort to come and pay a little visit.  It is, after all, the Christmas Market of the city I'm currently living in.  It would be inexcusable for me to miss out on this!

在我寫愛丁堡遊記之前，我必須先跟大家分享利物浦的小聖誕市集。因為如果在貼完愛丁堡遊記之後，你一定會對這種小規模的市集感到非常失望。不過，這畢竟是我目前居住的城市所辦的聖誕市集。沒有理由不來看看！百忙之中抽空出來走走，透透氣。回家後繼續努力的完成剩下未完成的作業。

這個沒人理的教堂，目前可以說是我最喜歡的教堂。不過這可能是因為我還沒踏入利物浦最大間的教堂。據說爬上那間教堂的頂端可以看到整個利物浦的景色。也有全世界最大的管風琴。話雖如此，但這間快被遺忘的教堂對我來說已經足以大開眼界。令人感動的是他的存在、以及人們刻意將他化為一個有意義的聚會場所。

St. Luke's is also known as the 'bombed-out' church.  This is quite sad, because its historical value is priceless compared to the bigger, more glamorous cathedrals in town.  It deserves a better name.  At the moment, it is my favorite church, despite the fact that the largest cathedral has one of the biggest organs in the world, and apparently the sight from one of the towers is extremely breath-taking.  Since I have not set food inside that cathedral, yet, this old, 'bombed-out' church, will temporarily be my favorite one. 

時間過的真快。才轉身去寫兩篇essay，馬上就邁入我來利物浦的第三個月了。這是上禮拜沒靈感時跑去到處亂晃拍下來的景色。最主要是去拍教堂。不過教堂可能會花上比較多時間。所以先寫拍完教堂後，去中國城閒晃的景色囉！

These pictures were taken last week, when I took a stroll downtown to China Town in search of food and inspiration.  The goal of the stroll was to take some pictures of a church, but seeing that it would probably take a little longer for me to put that together, I might as well share with you the scenes around China Town, first.

乾脆來個極短篇。昨天想essay內容想到整個人都快瘋掉。整天盯著螢幕想不出什麼鳥來也不是。不如出去走走透透風。看看窗外的天氣還算不錯。覺得這決定應該是對的。路上經過一個廢墟教堂，也拍攝了許多中國城附近的景色。日後有時間在慢慢補上。先瞧瞧我出走回家前遇到的這間不知名的教堂。就如同我之前所說的，每間教堂真的都是底片殺手。新的也好、舊的也罷。每個角度都好想給它拍下去。

The photos in this article were shot during a short trip to China Town.  As I was agonizing over my essay, I thought the best thing to do, next to staring fruitlessly at the computer screen, would be to walk out and enjoy the sun while it was still out.  It turned out to be a wonderful little walk.  And I am sure glad I had my camera with me.  The scenes of a bombed chuch and around China Town will follow shortly.  For now, this is I will share with you this short article with pictures I took of a nameless church.

星期天早上聽到鐘聲後，一見窗外天空大片特藍！此時我對自己說：你不出門的話就太對不起自己囉！這裡的天氣，好的時候，好的不得了。差的時候，又濕又冷的，也是非常糟糕。不過好處是，我來這裡以後幾乎每個週末都有陽光照耀。天氣不好的時候都是要上課，也沒什麼機會可以出去閒晃。因此，我就趁這天沒有安排其他行程的情況下，帶了相機走了幾步路到隔壁的教堂去拼命的猛拍。

The church bells summoned the good weather last Sunday.  After noticing how wonderful the weather was, I decided that it was too good a day to waste away staying indoors.  It gets cold and wet during the week for days on end.  However, I have been lucky, because ever since I got here, the weather was always pleasant on weekends.

各位：

禮拜天早上被鄰近的鐘聲叫醒後，發現天氣真是好的不得了。若是待在室內錯過這好天氣，不知道要等多久才能再見到陽光普照的好天氣。因此，我拿起相機做了一個非常觀光客的事情：去教堂拼命的猛拍照。不過由於照片非常多，所以可能還得等個一兩天才會貼出。今天先跟大家分享，我每個禮拜天早上的鬧鐘。

St George's Hall is a neoclassical building which houses law courts and concert halls.  It is a Grade I listed building, along side Buckingham Palace, Royal Opera House, and Albert Dock, which is also in Liverpool, just to name a few. 

The building is situated near Lime Street Station, in the center of the city.  It is an impressive building, and I hope to God that I will have an opportunity to walk inside it [to attend a concert...] at least once while I'm here.

The weather was great this day.  My friend, Sam and I decided to take a walk around the city on foot.  At the end of the day, I realized that the tour guide was right, when she told us that you can get around this city on foot.  I would have never imagined that Albert Dock was a walkable distance to where I live, but it turned out that it is, indeed, walkable. 

這天天氣不錯。Sam跟我決定要來用雙腳晃一圈利物浦。其實我原本以為用走的根本走不到碼頭。但事實證明，真的一點都不遠。

大家對英國的印象，應該跟我來之前一樣：濕濕冷冷的。不過我來的第一週，整天都是大太陽。這算是歡迎我到利物浦嗎？害我一直以為利物浦都不會下雨。不過現在看看窗外已經飄起雨來囉。氣溫當然也降低。因為太陽不知道跑去哪了。

趁這個時候，來回味一下昨天來利物浦剛滿一週，隨處亂晃拍到的大小物品。

As part of the International Students Welcome Event, the Guild and the International Support Team arranged a whole day of events.  This is one I think most of the students have enjoyed, and found helpful - a bus tour around the city!

Buildings on Abercromby Square. 

If you'll notice, the chimneys have little castle watch towers on them.  I find them very interesting.

Liverpool gets plenty of rain between July and January but the real winter season, when temperatures fall to 4°C (40°F), is November through to February. April to September is the most comfortable period in Liverpool with the temperature averaging around 18°C (65°F).