TRAVELLIVE 5-2016
When I was 18 years old, I got a lovesick since my boyfriend at high school loved another girl upon studying at university. The 18-year-old girl that time considered her health nothing, not eating for days. I locked myself in my room, and even got angry with my parents. One Friday afternoon, my father picked me up after my music lesson, let me home to get some clothes and personal stuff before driving eastward. After parking our car, he bought two tickets to a small island. I was about to say nothing, but upon arriving at a quiet wharf, I couldn’t help but asked: - Where are we going, Dad? You know I am sad, so why do you take me to such a deserted place? - I want to bring you far away from sad things you have in the mainland. I’ll teach you how to say bye to them, girl. We dived with fish, crying with the ocean. We stood on high cliffs, letting sea breezes wipe out all my stupid sadness. How magical it was! I seemed to forget the things that upset me. I just wanted to lie under coconut trees, reading my favorite books. My Dad was right. It’s stupid to let my beloved ones down because others don’t respect me. The “love story” between me and islands started like that. Time passed, I’m mature now. Whenever the life gives me “a storm”, I travel to an island so that winds and waves can erase my sorrow and fill my soul with tranquility. What about you? Which place is your “soulmate”? Share with us when you find your own peaceful island!
When I was 18 years old, I got a lovesick since my boyfriend at high school loved another girl upon studying at university. The 18-year-old girl that time considered her health nothing, not eating for days. I locked myself in my room, and even got angry with my parents.
One Friday afternoon, my father picked me up after my music lesson, let me home to get some clothes and personal stuff before driving eastward. After parking our car, he bought two tickets to a small island. I was about to say nothing, but upon arriving at a quiet wharf, I couldn’t help but asked:
- Where are we going, Dad? You know I am sad, so why do you take me to such a deserted place?
- I want to bring you far away from sad things you have in the mainland. I’ll teach you how to say bye to them, girl.
We dived with fish, crying with the ocean. We stood on high cliffs, letting sea breezes wipe out all my stupid sadness. How magical it was! I seemed to forget the things that upset me. I just wanted to lie under coconut trees, reading my favorite books. My Dad was right. It’s stupid to let my beloved ones down because others don’t respect me.
The “love story” between me and islands started like that. Time passed, I’m mature now. Whenever the life gives me “a storm”, I travel to an island so that winds and waves can erase my sorrow and fill my soul with tranquility.
What about you? Which place is your “soulmate”? Share with us when you find your own peaceful island!
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©Botond Horvath<br />
ß∆t bn cπnh nh˜ng thµnh phË du lch hay Æ≠Óc nhæc Æ’n cÒa Bÿ nh≠ Brussels,<br />
LiÃge, hay Bruges, c∏i tn Mechelen nghe kh∏ lπ l…m. Nh≠ng n’u Æ∑ Æ’n Æ©y, bπn<br />
sœ kh´ng ph∂i hËi ti’c bÎi vŒ Æãp m ho∆c cÒa di s∂n ki’n trÛc thÍi Trung cÊ, Æ∆c<br />
bi÷t thµnh phË cn c„ l‘ hÈi nhπc cÊ Æi”n vµo th∏ng 4 nµy.<br />
T´i th›ch lang thang quanh nh˜ng d∑y<br />
nhµ cÊ theo lËi ki’n trÛc Townhouses<br />
Æ∆c tr≠ng cÒa Mechelen vµo th’ kÿ 15<br />
hay tfla th∏p ÆÂng h House De Clippel<br />
tı th’ kÿ 16. Sau khi t∂n bÈ d‰c theo<br />
nh˜ng cung Æ≠Íng Î Æ©y, t´i Æ∑ Æ∆t<br />
ch©n Æ’n b≠u Æi÷n De Bayaert, Æ≠Óc<br />
x©y d˘ng tı th’ kÿ 12 g«n khu v˘c nhµ<br />
thÍ. ß©y tıng lµ n¨i dıng ch©n cho<br />
kh∏ch hµnh h≠¨ng, sau Æ„ Æ≠Óc sˆa<br />
ch˜a, n©ng c†p lπi thµnh Tfla thfi ch›nh<br />
vµo th’ kÿ 14 vµ hi÷n nay lµ b≠u Æi÷n<br />
cÒa thµnh phË.<br />
ßi gi˜a c∏c con Æ≠Íng chπy qua<br />
Qu∂ng tr≠Íng Grote Markt Î khu<br />
v˘c trung t©m, t≠Óng Ƶi Magaret,<br />
c´ng vin De Nekker, c´ng vin<br />
Plankendael, rÂi c∏c b∂o tµng vµ<br />
nh˜ng khu chÓ xung quanh qu∂ng<br />
tr≠Íng, t´i c„ c∂m gi∏c m◊nh Æang<br />
lπc b≠Ìc trong mÈt Æπi phim tr≠Íng<br />
thÍi Trung cÊ. T´i ti’p tÙc Æi thuy“n<br />
tı Haverwerf d‰c theo con s´ng<br />
Dyle Æi Æ’n b’n tµu ch›nh, ng»n ng¨<br />
tr≠Ìc nh˜ng ng´i nhµ nhi“u mµu sæc<br />
hai bn bÍ s´ng. Con thuy“n ch«m<br />
chÀm l≠Ìt qua chÓ c∏ Vismarkt, c«u<br />
Grootbrug... vµ t´i c„ th” c∂m nhÀn<br />
nhfip sËng yn ∂, thanh b◊nh cÒa ng≠Íi<br />
d©n Mechelen len vµo tıng h¨i thÎ.<br />
B µ i v µ ∂ n h : L C h © u<br />
Mechelen lµ mÈt thµnh phË nh· Î<br />
ph›a Bæc n≠Ìc Bÿ, nªm væt ngang gi˜a<br />
c∂ng bi”n trn trÙc Æ´ thfi Brussels<br />
- Antwerp vÌi kho∂ng c∏ch 25km so<br />
vÌi mÁi thµnh phË. Ng´n ng˜ ch›nh Î<br />
Æ©y lµ ti’ng Hµ Lan, nh≠ng Æıng qu∏<br />
lo læng, bπn hoµn toµn c„ th” sˆ dÙng<br />
ti’ng Anh khi Æi du lfich Mechelen.<br />
THÄNH PHˇ LëCH S^<br />
Mechelen bæt Æ«u b≠Ìc vµo thÍi Æπi<br />
c´ng nghi÷p Î th’ k˚ 19. Vµo n®m<br />
1835, tuy’n Æ≠Íng sæt Æ«u tin trn<br />
lÙc Æfia ch©u ¢u k’t nËi gi˜a Brussels<br />
vÌi Mechelen Æ≠Óc x©y d˘ng, sau Æ„<br />
trÎ thµnh mπch ch›nh cÒa mπng l≠Ìi<br />
Æ≠Íng sæt Bÿ. Bπn ph∂i m†t kh∏ nhi“u<br />
thÍi gian n’u muËn kh∏m ph∏ h’t 336<br />
tfla nhµ, nhi“u t≠Óng Ƶi, 8 nhµ thÍ<br />
theo phong c∏ch Gothic vµ Baroque<br />
cÒa Ch©u ¢u cÊ x≠a tı th’ kÿ 13 Æ’n<br />
th’ kÿ 17. Nh≠ng Æ” ch‰n mÈt, bπn nn<br />
ghä th®m nhµ thÍ St.Rumbold, Æ≠Óc<br />
x©y d˘ng tı th’ kÿ th¯ 13. Chinh phÙc<br />
514 bÀc thang Æ” ln tfla th∏p nhµ thÍ,<br />
tı ÆÈ cao 97m bπn c„ th” ph„ng mæt<br />
ra toµn c∂nh thµnh phË Mechelen, c∂m<br />
nhÀn thÀt r‚ nh˜ng Æ∏m m©y l¨ lˆng<br />
xung quanh.<br />
T´i c„ c∂m<br />
gi∏c m◊nh<br />
Æang lπc<br />
b≠Ìc trong<br />
mÈt Æπi phim<br />
tr≠Íng thÍi<br />
Trung cÊ.<br />
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