Budapest / 布達佩斯

卡洛的生日禮物‧‧‧

Here is Carol's birthday gift...

about loneliness 2/ 關於寂寞 2

在布達佩斯，某晚卡洛帶我去桃太郎餐廳吃包子和蒸餃，她說每次在辦公室加班，感到疲累寂寞的時候，就會開車去「桃太郎」吃飯，這裡的食物在這幾年裡給了她身心很大的慰藉。

One evening in Budapest, Carol took me to the restaurant Momotaro for eating bao-tze and steamed dumplings. Whenever she feels tired and lonely from working long hours in the office, she will drive there. The food has given her much consolation over the past few years. 

那天晚上卡洛決定和做包子的吳師傅說謝謝，讓他知道他如何溫暖了她的心和胃。

That evening Carol decided to say "thank you" to Chef Wu to tell him how he had warmed her stomach and heart. 

而卡洛溫暖了我的心和胃。真的懂寂寞的人把寂寞化成溫暖，散播給其他同樣寂寞的人‧‧‧

And Carol had warmed my heart and stomach. Those who really understand loneliness turn it into warmth and embrace other equally lonely people...

Dazzling Budapest night views / 布達佩斯的夜

雖然旅行的每一天裡已經很努力地整理照片，還是有趕不上進度的時候，今天把布達佩斯天黑後的相片編輯一下，因為夜晚的布城美得驚人，不能錯過！

Though I already did my best every day during my trip to upload the images, there were still times when I fell behind. Today I sorted and edited the photos of Budapest nights. The city in the nighttime is just amazing, and you can't miss it!

伊麗莎白橋 / Elisabeth Bridge 

夜裡的小黃電車 / the yellow tramcars running in the dark 

蓋勒丘陵 / Gellert Hill 

某戶人家的小星星 / a star of a certain family 

鍊橋 / Chain Bridge 

四季飯店 / Four Seasons Hotel 

布達皇宮 / Buda Palace 

國會 / The Parliament Building 

連不知名的公寓在晚上都那麼美‧‧‧

Even an ordinary apartment looks so gorgeous in the evening...

Come to Budapest for 15 nights / 來布達佩斯住十五晚

今天要離開布達佩斯了，早上把公寓整理一下，可是還擔心掃得不夠乾淨。

Today I am leaving Budapest. I cleaned the apartment a little bit in the morning, but I am worried that I didn't do enough. 

我是個強勢的客人，到人家家會想要幫主人打掃，卡洛很包容我，我想大部份的人是受不了我的強迫症，真的很感謝卡洛給我這麼多自由。

I am an agressive guest. I can't help cleaning others' places when I stay there. Carol is very understanding toward this. I bet most people can't take my compulsive personalities. I really thank Carol for giving me so much freedom. 

我離開之後，卡洛也要搬到帛琉了，我們都要努力地朝下一個新階段前進，不久之後會以嶄新的模樣出現。

After I go, Carol is to move to Palau soon. We will both move toward the next new stage of life. Soon we'll meet each other with new looks. 

Thank you, I love you! 

I want to be / 我想要的樣子

照片由琴怡拍攝於布達佩斯卡洛家中 / photos taken by Chinyi at Carol's apartment in Budapest 

琴怡網誌 / Chinyi's blog: 

http://chinyi-monita.blogspot.com

two pieces of candy / 兩顆糖果

明天就要離開布達佩斯了，今天把小方阿楷的禮物寄出，到了郵局還想畫一張電車圖給孩子們，便當作是自己家坐下來很自在地開始畫圖，旁邊的警衛看了很久，似乎很想知道這個女生為何會如此，我離開時和他點點頭，他很害羞地回應我，匈牙利人愛藝術，我賺到一點點好處。

I am leaving Budapest tomorrow. Today I mailed out Von and Kai's gifts. I still felt like drawing a postcard for the boys, so when I got to the post office, I sat down to draw as if it were my living room. The guard nearby looked at me for a long time, trying to figure out why this woman acted so. I nodded at him when I left, and he responded with shyness. Hungarians are art lovers, so I must have made good use of that here. 

下午去了加州咖啡畫畫，臨走之前有個長得像伊森霍克的年輕男孩和他的朋友走過來，請我幫他們畫張速寫，剛開始有點緊張，因為男孩煞是可愛，他擺了個很酷的pose，手靠在下巴，食指放在嘴唇上，四分之三側臉作沉思狀，結果我畫成食指在鼻孔處，於是我又自願多畫一張，最後給他們看時男孩笑笑地比挖鼻孔的動作。年輕人離開前送我兩顆糖果。

I went to California Coffee Company for sketches in the afternoon. When I was going to call it a day, a young boy resembling Ethan Hawke, along with his friend, walked up to me, asking me to do a sketch of them. I was a little bit nervous in the beginning because the boy is rather cute. He had a cool pose with his hand resting against the chin, his forefinger on the upper lip. He turned his face slightly to the left as if he were pondering over serious matters of life. Unfortunately I didn't measure the position of the forefinger precisely, and it ended up resting on the nostril. I volunteered to do one more sketch for them. When I showed the first one to them, the boy acted out the first image. Before they left, they gave me two pieces of candy as my reward. 

雖然之前去旅行也速寫，但是這一次在布達佩斯的經驗不太一樣，覺得自己比以前更往前進了，離我的目標還好遠，也需要更多的自信心，但是在只有這麼多能力和信心的現在，我對自己說：你可以的！我要帶著這個新領悟回倫敦，讓新的一年有不同的故事。

Though I also sketched on my previous trips, my experiences in Budapest this time are not quite the same. I feel I've moved forward. I might be still far away from my goal and I need so much more confidence, but at the present moment when I have limited ability and confidence, I don't forget to tell myself, "You can do it!" I am going back to London with this new epiphany so that I'll have different stories to share in the new year.