【牛津】是牛津還是霍格華茲？ @ il Giardino Romantico

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拉德特立夫圖書館 - 牛津地標 Radcliffe Camera - landmark of Oxford.

對於觀光客或旅人來說，牛津與劍橋似乎就像是個爭風吃醋的雙胞胎。相像處之多，可以比喻成像是雙胞胎一樣，但卻又互不相讓。每年查看年度大學排行榜時，一下牛津奪冠，一下劍橋奪冠。很好奇在這裡完成學業的人究竟身懷著什麼樣的才能（與財力）。這裡的世界對我們來說似乎遙不可及。不過也正因此使得牛津與劍橋整座城市所散發出的氣息又更格外的濃郁。

For tourists and travellers, Oxford and Cambridge are like twins that fight over almost everything. Their similiarities make them like twins, but their competitiveness cannot go unnoticed. If you check out the annual university ranks, you'll see that they always take turns topping the chart. It makes you wonder: exactly what type of people (and with what king of fortune) brings them here to places like Oxford and Cambridge! To us, this place is like a million galaxies away. But I guess this is the exact reason that makes a city like this even more intriging.

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當天我們walking tour 的解說員。
Our very own guide for our walking tour.

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是否看起來似曾相似？
Look familiar?

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解說員說，這裡是哈利波特裡的場景之一。
The guide said this is one of the place that made it into 'Harry Potter'.

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當地人俗稱的Rad Cam，其實是一位John Radcliffe（威廉三世與瑪莉二世的御醫）所承諾要搭建的圖書館。在此，camera並不是英文中的"相機"，而是法文"房間"的意思。［資料來源：維基］雖然沒有進去一探究竟，不過光從外觀看起來，就知道又是一座了不起的宏觀建築物。

Colloquially known as Rad Cam, this is a library built under the promise of on John Radcliffe, physician to William III and Mary II. According to Wikipedia, the 'camera' here does not refer to that gadget we use to take pictures, but rather, it's the French for 'room. Despite having only seen the exterior of the building, it's not hard to imagine how impressive it would be inside!

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Walking tour帶我們經過一條小巷弄。裏頭有個有趣的蛋糕工廠。
Walking tour taking us through an alley with a cake factory.

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當時剛好是畢業季。
It happened to be graduation season.

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雖然明知是畢業服，但我想像他是穿梭在麻瓜間的巫師（霍格華茲逃出來的吧！）
Knowing it's a graduation gown, I'll still pretend he's a wizard from Hogwarts admist muggles.

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他不是隨機選擇的pub。雖然我沒在這裡喝上一杯，但他的確是有特色的！
This is not a random picture of any random pub. I didn't have a pint here either, but it does have its unique feature!

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牆上的領帶都是牛津畢業生留下來的～
On the walls are the ties of graduates from Oxford colleges.

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這條巷弄竟取名為"邏輯"...真的很牛津............
Logic Lane... Yes, this is definitely Oxford...

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檢視較大的地圖