TRAVELLIVE 03-2017
March comes when every available space is full of flowers’ scents and lush green plants. It comes dripping rain, with white cherry-apricot blossoms, the murmur of green pine forests, and pure water sparkling under the first rays of the sun. I take a bus to the city’s suburb in the early morning. The bus is full of sleepy passengers leaning their head near the windows. The bus slowly runs along the familiar road, passing through familiar people. Some boys are playing marbles in front of their house, trying to catch the running spheres which glint in the light of the day’s sun. A girl wearing áo bà ba (traditional shirt) is preparing tea before visiting an old village. A Korean friend wearing nón lá (Vietnamese conical hat) is buying tea, busy with his phone. My girlfriend says she loves saving her trips by photos. The photos are not used to showcase where she has visited or who she has met. Rather they’re for her personal use. In her free time she opens her online dairy, goes through the photos and reminisces upon all the great memories during her trips. In my camera, March is beautiful. It retains the purity of spring but is tinted with a bit of the playfulness of summer. In my photos, a little girl standing on chair finds her March in little red Antigone flowers. Meanwhile, a farmer working in the plateau finds his March on hills covered with white coffee flowers. And, where is your March?
March comes when every available space is full of flowers’ scents and lush green plants. It comes dripping rain, with white cherry-apricot blossoms, the murmur of green pine forests, and pure water sparkling under the first rays of the sun.
I take a bus to the city’s suburb in the early morning. The bus is full of sleepy passengers leaning their head near the windows. The bus slowly runs along the familiar road, passing through familiar people. Some boys are playing marbles in front of their house, trying to catch the running spheres which glint in the light of the day’s sun. A girl wearing áo bà ba (traditional shirt) is preparing tea before visiting an old village. A Korean friend wearing nón lá (Vietnamese conical hat) is buying tea, busy with his phone.
My girlfriend says she loves saving her trips by photos. The photos are not used to showcase where she has visited or who she has met. Rather they’re for her personal use. In her free time she opens her online dairy, goes through the photos and reminisces upon all the great memories during her trips.
In my camera, March is beautiful. It retains the purity of spring but is tinted with a bit of the playfulness of summer. In my photos, a little girl standing on chair finds her March in little red Antigone flowers. Meanwhile, a farmer working in the plateau finds his March on hills covered with white coffee flowers.
And, where is your March?
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Airlines qu∏ c∂nh tπi Paris, sau Æ„ nËi chuy’n bay<br />
cÒa Czech Airlines Æ” Æ’n Praha. Tı Praha c„ nhi“u<br />
chuy’n xe bu˝t Æi Cesk˝ Krumlov. NÊi ti’ng vµ phÊ<br />
bi’n nh†t lµ h∑ng xe Student Agency (http://www.<br />
studentagency.eu/en/). Gi∏ vä mÈt chi“u Praha -<br />
Cesk˝ Krumlov lµ 7,6EUR. Xe chπy kho∂ng 3 ti’ng,<br />
trn xe c„ phÙc vÙ trµ, cµ ph, n≠Ìc ng‰t, b∏o...<br />
mi‘n ph›.<br />
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Czech vµ ß´ng ¢u n„i chung t≠¨ng ÆËi rŒ so vÌi<br />
khu v˘c T©y vµ Bæc ¢u. Gi∏ mÈt b˜a ®n Î nhµ hµng<br />
bao gÂm c∂ bia chÿ kho∂ng 170CZK. Gi∏ mÈt chi’c<br />
b∏nh Ëng kh„i trdeln›k kho∂ng 50 - 60CZK.<br />
ßI LÑI:<br />
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nh†t lµ sˆ dÙng ph≠¨ng ti÷n giao th´ng c´ng<br />
cÈng. Bπn c„ th” ch‰n mua vä lŒ (90 phÛt) vÌi gi∏<br />
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vä 3 ngµy (72 giÍ) vÌi gi∏ 310CZK. Vä Æ≠Óc b∏n<br />
Î c∏c m∏y t˘ ÆÈng, chÿ sˆ dÙng ti“n xu. Ngoµi ra,<br />
bπn cÚng c„ th” mua tπi c∏c qu«y b∏n vä Æ∆t tπi c∏c<br />
trπm tµu Æi÷n ng«m.<br />
THAM QUAN<br />
ñ Cesk˝ Krumlov r†t nh·, bπn c„ th” tham quan<br />
tr‰n vãn trong vng mÈt ngµy. Tuy nhin n’u bπn<br />
c„ nhi“u thÍi gian, h∑y l≠u lπi thµnh phË trong<br />
kho∂ng 2 - 3 ngµy, tham gia tour t◊m hi”u v“ bia cÒa<br />
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Bohemian cÔng c∏c hoπt ÆÈng kh∏c.<br />
THòI TI⁄T:<br />
ñ Vµo kho∂ng th∏ng 2 vµ th∏ng 3, nhi÷t ÆÈ Î Czech<br />
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tuy’t Æ∑ tan nh≠ng Î Czech v…n cn m≠a r∂i r∏c vµ<br />
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LOCAL FOOD<br />
PECENÉ KACHNA - ßùI VëT NõNG KIÕU CZECH<br />
Nªm l‰t gi˜a c∏c n≠Ìc l∏ng gi“ng lÌn nh≠ ߯c, Éo, Ba<br />
Lan vµ Hungary, »m th˘c Czech chfiu nhi“u ∂nh h≠Îng tı<br />
nh˜ng ng≠Íi "hµng x„m". Khi vµo mÈt nhµ hµng Î Czech,<br />
bπn sœ d‘ dµng nh◊n th†y trong th˘c ƨn m„n thfit bfl h«m<br />
goulash cÒa Hungary, xÛc x›ch n≠Ìng cÒa ߯c, b∏nh t∏o<br />
strudel cÒa Éo... VÀy nn ®n g◊ khi Æ’n Czech? C©u tr∂ lÍi lµ<br />
m„n ÆÔi vfit n≠Ìng mÀt ong vµ ch©n gifl heo n≠Ìng (Pecen∏<br />
Kachna)!<br />
ßÔi vfit n≠Ìng Æ≠Óc ®n kÃm vÌi b∏nh bao h†p ki”u Czech<br />
vµ bæp c∂i Æ· muËi chua ki”u Ba Lan cÔng mÈt ›t n≠Ìc sËt<br />
tı mÏ vfit. Thay v◊ ®n b∏nh m◊ ho∆c khoai t©y nh≠ c∏c n≠Ìc<br />
kh∏c, ng≠Íi Czech th›ch ®n kÃm vÌi b∏nh m◊ h†p, nh◊n<br />
t≠¨ng t˘ nh≠ b∏nh bao Î Vi÷t Nam. Vfi bäo vµ ng‰t nhã cÒa<br />
thfit vfit n≠Ìng mÀt ong sœ Æ≠Óc c©n bªng mÈt c∏ch hoµn h∂o<br />
bÎi vfi chua thanh vµ vfi hπt carum trong m„n bæp c∂i muËi.<br />
T†t nhin lµ kh´ng th” thi’u mÈt vπi bia Pilsner m∏t lπnh<br />
Æ” hoµn t†t b˜a ti÷c Æ«y h†p d…n nµy.<br />
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