Postcard from Santa's Country / 聖誕老人的祝賀

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Helsinki, Finland
Date: 18 November to 17 December, 2008
Sender: Sanna

來自：芬蘭赫爾辛基
日期：2008年11月18日至12月17日
寄者：Sanna

People believe that Santa Clause live in the North Pole, probably close to Finland. No matter which country he lives, he sends joy to kids everywhere in the world. I am very happy to receive this seasonal greetings, instead of a real gift.

交換明信片可以有一些很配合節令的東西，這張明信片剛好在耶誕節前一周寄到，來自北歐芬蘭耶誕老人的國家。雖然說耶誕老人到底住在哪沒有個定論，好像躲得很隱密似的，不過總之是很靠近北極的。這張雖然不是耶誕老人的禮物，不過世界上有個人希望你在這段時間過得好，這份心意也是很令人感動的了。

Library in the Museum / 上博圖書館

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Xitang, Jiashan, Zhejiang, China
Date: 10 December, 2008
Sender: L. LU

來自：中國浙江省嘉善縣西塘鎮
日期：2008年12月10日
寄者：陸L

Among lots of postcrossing postcards, there came a friend's postcard. I requested a postcard when Lu told us his travel plan. But maybe I told him too early. He forgot me in his trip in Beijing. So I got his second postcard from Shanghai and again, Shanghai museum. I have no idea of how representative of Shanghai museum to Shanghai is. But this postcard is related to my study and interests, libraries and museums.

年關將近，在收到許多明信片交換的來信後，收到一張來自朋友的明信片。早在陸一宣佈要去大陸旅遊時，我就跟他討了張明信片了。不過大概是太早講了，完全被他遺忘掉，以致於他沒在北京給我捎來，而是轉戰華東時，再提醒他才得到他補寄這張。這也是他給我的第二張上海明信片(第一張)，而且又是上海博物館的。我不知道上海博物館在上海到底有多少代表性，畢竟大多數人認為上海的地標不是外灘就是浦東陸家嘴等。不過這張上博圖書館也和我的圖書館專業與博物館興趣有關囉。

A Messenger as a Musician / 送信的喇叭手

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Halle, Germany
Date: 20 November to 10 December, 2008
Sender: Luisa

來自：德國哈雷
日期：2008年11月20日至12月10日
寄者：Luisa

Sometimes, postcrosser sends something related to post because it is fun to ask postmen to deliver what they are doing. This is a German postman in the 18th century. It is interesting that all postmen using a instrument to get attention. As German used bugles, Chinese used hand bells. No matter what sound they made, it must sound as good music to all receiver.

有時候其他的明信片交換者會寄一些跟郵政有關的東西，因為叫郵差送他們正在做的事情的圖片還滿有趣的。這張是18世紀的德國郵差送信圖。好像所有的郵差都會用一些樂器來吸引大家的注意。像德國的吹號角，中國的是搖鈴。不論是怎樣的聲音，對所有的收件人來說應該都好聽的像音樂一樣。

Golden Sand Hill / 金色的沙丘

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Vilnius, Lithuania
Date: 7 November to 4 December, 2008
Sender: Adomas

來自：立陶宛偉爾尼爾斯
日期：2008年11月7日至12月4日
寄者：Adomas

How does desert look like? I guess most people have the impression of sand hill in Sahara or Gobi. The sand inland may make infertile soil, but on the coast may make beautiful beach. Although it may be still infertile, it is beautiful. Oh! This beautiful golden beach.

沙漠看起來是什麼樣子呢？我猜大部分的人應該都是想到撒哈拉或戈壁裡的沙丘吧。在內陸的沙子，可能是組成貧瘠的土地，但是在海邊，它們就成了美麗的海灘。儘管它可能還是不毛之地，但它會是美的。噢！這片美麗的金沙灘。

Museum Ship Does Not Voyage / 不航行的博物館船

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Tauranga, New Zealand
Date: 12 to 20 November, 2008
Sender: Lee

來自：紐西蘭陶然家
日期：2008年11月12日至20日
寄者：Lee

An old sailor or a captain travelled many countries. He must have many stories to tell. How do we keep their stories? Yes, a museum. Where to set up the museum? Yes, a shipwreck. What a lovely idea to set a museum in a shipwreck. I’d love to visit this ship if I got the chance to visit New Zealand.

老船長與老水手在遊歷世界各地後，一定有滿腹故事。要怎麼保存這些故事呢？對，放進博物館吧！那要在哪建博物館呢？沒錯，擱淺的船吧。這張明信片就是這種有趣的博物館。如果我有機會拜訪紐西蘭，一定要安排去看看。

Alone on the Country Road / 踽踽獨行

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Poltsamaa, Estonia
Date: 4 to 17 November, 2008
Sender: Merle

來自：愛沙尼亞波特撒碼
日期：2008年11月4至17日
寄者：Merle

Those pictures with a person strolling on a country road usually remind most Taiwanese their first English poem, the Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. No matter which road we take, we can appreciate the view. Even there is no scenery, we still can enjoy the time of being alone. For that popular road, we have the same happiness of common. For the road not so popular, we have our own special experience. After understanding this, it will not be that difficult to make the choice at the intersection.

Let's review the poem:

Two road diverged in a yellow wood.
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that, the passing there
Had worn them really about the same.

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doublted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

大概那種踽踽獨行的明信片，都會讓臺灣的人(至少我這一代)回想到生平的第一首英文詩，羅伯‧佛洛斯特的《未行之路》。雖說這首詩隱喻著人生的抉擇，不過如果抱持著隨緣不強求，不論是熱門的路，或是冷門的路，都各有風景，就算是沒有風景，行路之中和自己的對話，也可以好好享受那段獨處時光。羊腸小徑，未必不比康莊大道來的無趣。

Unfamiliar Neighbour / 不熟悉的鄰居

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From:Manila, Philippines
Date: 11 to 17 November, 2008
Sender: Nathalie

來自：菲律賓馬尼拉
日期：2008年11月11日至17日
寄者：Nathalie

There are more Europeans and Americans than Asians on Postcrossing. I do not expect that I can receive postcard from Asian country that soon. The first five come in a batch. So this one is actually the second batch. Philippines is our neighbour country in the south but which is unfamiliar to us. In fact, Taiwanese education teach us so little about our neighbours. Many people do not know that Philippines speak Tagalog and other local language as Indigenous Taiwanese in Austronesian group. Philippines must also be a cultured country worthy to visit.

在交換明信片網站中，以歐洲和美洲的參與者較多。我並沒有期待會這麼快收到亞洲國家的明信片。頭五張是一批一次來的，所以這一張倒成了二批。菲律賓，這個南方的鄰居國家，雖然靠得很近，但我們並不熟悉。事實上，臺灣的教育，很詭異的往北看，教的東西異常的少。很多人甚至不知道菲律賓人有在地的他加祿語和方言，還以菲籍僱傭全都講英文。而且那些語言還和臺灣原住民一樣，都是南島語系的一支。菲律賓的文化應該也很值得去拜訪，多去了解這個鄰國。

Old windmill / 老磨坊

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Koedijk, The Netherlands
Date: 4 to 12 November, 2008
Sender: Jack

來自：荷蘭寇迪吉
日期：2008年11月4至12日
寄者：Jack

Jack told me that there is a windmill in his village, but not this one in the postcard. They tried to recover that old mill and set up a website to record everything about it. No matter what purpose of the windmill in the Netherlands was, and how efficiency the old fellow was, recovering them had more historical meaning than practical use. I believe I will get other windmill from the Netherlands in the future, but this is a good story.

傑克跟我說他們村裡也有一個風車，不過這張明信片不是他們村的。他們正在修復他們的風車，還成立網站來紀錄跟分享風車的事。不論風車在荷蘭做什麼用，又或是這些老傢伙的效力如何，歷史意義都已經大於實用意義了。我相信未來一定會從荷蘭收到其他風車片，不過這張有個好故事。

Country in the Mountain / 山中農場

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Bognau, Switzerland
Date: 4 to 12 November, 2008
Sender: Sandra

來自：瑞士伯格瑙
日期：2008年11月4至12日
寄者：Sandra

Sandra lives in the mountain with lots of pets. So she sent this mountain view postcard. The view is beautiful and looks still. However, it also seems too peaceful. I wonder what in the postcard is the the true image of Switzerland or it is just a small part of Switzerland.

這張瑞士的明信片是由瑞士累計數量第一名的會員寄送的。他和他的寵物們住在山裡，像是一個小農場一樣。所以他寄了這張山景。不過這張山景美雖美，但是實在太平靜了，感受不到一點生氣。儘管瑞士多山，不過我想瑞士的形象倒不盡然如此才是。

Art in Art / 畫作中的藝術空間

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Imatra, Finland
Date: 4 to 12 November , 2008
Sender: Päivi

來自：芬蘭伊瑪綽
日期：2008年11月4至12日
寄者：Päivi

Finland had most participants in postcrossing. Not surprising there came one from a Finlander in the first batch. It came from a small town in Finland, but the picture was the Opera House in Helsinki. I felt beautiful of this painting art of the beautiful architecture containing performing art inside.

芬蘭是明信片交換網站最多人參加的國家。所以在第一批收到芬蘭的明信片並不令人意外。這張是從小鎮過來，但是是赫爾辛基的芬蘭國家歌劇院。以水彩畫作來呈現另一種藝術的殿堂，非常有趣。表演藝術裝在藝術的建築中，再用繪畫來呈現，予人無限美感。

Old Cathedral as My First Postcrossing Postcard / 教堂明信片，寧靜致遠

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Dublin, Ireland
Date: 4 to 12 November , 2008
Sender: Kristin-Máire

來自：愛爾蘭都柏林
日期：2008年11月4至12日
寄者：Kristin-Máire

This was my first postcrossing postcard. Actually, it came in a batch of five postcards. I picked it up as my first to register because I though there must be variuos stories in the old Cathedral. Some people believed these religious places could bring luck and peace to them. So do I. Happy postcrossing to every postcrosser.

這是我的第一張明信片交換收件。事實上，第一批一起來了五張。而我選了這張看起來充滿很多故事的大教堂來當作我第一張登錄的明信片。有的人認為這些宗教聖地可以帶給人們平安與喜樂，我也這麼認為。不論是教堂的寧靜崇高，或是廟宇上達天聽的繚繞香煙，都可以深深的安撫人心。希望每個參與交換明信片的人也都可以快樂，也可以平安長久的交換明信片。

Change and Lasting / 滄海桑田

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Sonshan Airport, Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 4 July, 2008
Sender: Dodd

來自：臺灣台北松山機場
日期：2008年7月4日
寄者：自己

This old house is on my neighbour island in Penghu. It is in an heritage village and is lasting for over two hundred years. The day when I left Penghu and back to Taipei was the first day of cross strait flight normalised day. The relationship between Taiwan and China is changing. Maybe it is not new to this old house. It has looked so many changes and still stands there. The world keeps changing. I also discharge from the military and can not back to the never land.

給自己的明信片好像其實都有說不完的話。這張澎湖望安花宅明信片不知道為什麼，留在身邊留了好久。留在身邊最久沒寄出去的明信片，不是特別喜歡，不然就是沒什麼感覺，所以不知道寄給誰。我的澎湖島，沒有出明信片，而這張離我最近的景點，就是因為距離近，所以也遲遲沒有拜訪。等到實地走訪後，好像也沒有對象好寄了。很幸運的是，回到台北恰好趕上兩岸定期直航班機首航，然而兩岸直航到底會把兩岸關係推向什麼境界呢？大概跟背後所題的銘言雷同吧！曾經滄海難為水，兩岸已不復從前中華一家的情感。老房子依舊在，世事且多 變。我也退伍不再是也不應再是那青澀的年輕人了。

What Does President Read? / 總統也讀書！

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: The President Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 23 January, 2008
Sender: L. LU

來自：臺灣台北總統府
日期：2008年1月23日
寄者：陸L

This is the only postcard I got in the military in Penghu. Lu served in the president hall of R.O.C., so he got the chance to have any mail to have the president hall postmark. He was interested in sending mail with the mark. I asked for one postcard from him and got this ad-card. What a gift! Nothing relates to the president! Well, I do not think the president can go shopping in the bookstore. How does he buy new book and what  does he read?

這是我在澎湖當兵唯一收到的明信片。陸當時在總統府服役，所以他可以寄出有蓋總統府郵局郵戳的信件，而且他也很熱衷送人這些東西當禮物，所以我就要了一張。沒想到來了這個書店廣告卡。真不知道該說什麼好。票、片、戳，只有戳是有特色的。還是謝謝陸囉！我想總統應該是用不到這種書店廣告的，應該也沒辦法享受逛書店的樂趣。他要怎麼買新書還有他都讀些什麼書呢？

Happy People Dancing in the Mountain / 歡慶

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Lhasa, Tibet, China
Date: 24 October, 2007
Sender: L. CHEN

來自：中國西藏拉薩
日期：2007年10月24日
寄者：陳L

I don't know how many times Chen had gone to China. She has a former colleague who loves China very much and almost married to a Chinese in China. This time she sent me the postcard from Lhasa. She saw a lot of cyclists on the road. China seems a good place for travel.

陳麗麗又去大陸玩了。這句話不知道講幾次了，每次收到一次他的大陸明信片都要感嘆一下！不過誰叫他要有個差點嫁到大陸去的前同事鼓吹他去玩。麗麗在被同事鼓吹到大陸玩之虞，寫來的明信片都會鼓勵我去大陸騎車，真是個好同學。這張當兵時期的明信片，雖然不是在營中收到，光放假就很開心了，再收到一封信更是好事成雙。想像成片中的民族舞蹈都在慶祝我放假好了。

Meeting Place in Switzerland / 相聚伯恩

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Bern, Switzerland
Date: 8 October, 2007
Sender: w LIN

來自：瑞士伯恩
日期：2007年10月8日
寄者：林w

Lin and I went to the same university. But we did not know each other untill 2006. I met her in Canberra, Australia, where the name of the place means 'meeting place' in Australian Aboriginals' language. She was the student in college of management and joined the financial world after graduated. She went to Switzerland for a training program and met a guy comes from the school in Australia which I studied in. I think Switzerland is a country that people meet here very peacefully.

林和我算是同學校的同學。不過我們在2006年之前都不認識。直到我們在澳洲坎培拉相遇。坎培拉在那裏的澳洲原住民語中，指的是「會面的地方」，所以我們沒有在雪梨相識而到那才見面，也真是一種緣份。他從澳洲回來後，投身自己的專業-金融保險業，然後到瑞士伯恩去受訓。在伯恩，他遇到了一位跟我在澳洲念同一所學校的人，真是個小世界。我覺得瑞士也是個「會面的地方」。雖然不像比利時是歐洲的十字路口，人流往來頻繁，但是西南東歐各種族群的人在此會合，國家也擁有多種不同的面貌，頗有世界一家的感受。

Country View in Hokkaido / 北海道鄉村

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Biei, Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 8 July, 2008
Sender: Y. CHEN

來自：日本北海道美瑛
日期：2008年7月8日
寄者：陳Y.

Hokkaido is a place not like Kansai where contains so much traditional culture. I have little impression of it but Sapporo Snow Festival. CHEN went a tour on cycle with bicycle members. Hokkaido does not sound like a place for grand tour to me. But it a good opportunity to expand their view. The lavender field and the white clouds are colourful. There must be some big cities in Hokkaido, but the impression of Hokkaido must be countryside to most of Japanese.

北海道不像關西一樣給我一種富有傳統日本文化的感覺。我對那邊只有札幌雪祭的印象。陳和單車社的幾位社員跑去「壯遊」。雖然北海道好像只比台灣大不到三倍，但是也是一個擴展視界的好地方。這張美瑛的薰衣草和白雲色彩繽紛。北海道一定有一些大城市，不過我想對日本大多數人而言，那邊或許就是像這樣的曠野一樣。

Business in USA / 美國夢

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Atlanta, USA
Date: 13 June, 2007
Sender: M. AMBIRU

來自：美國亞特蘭大
日期：2007年6月13日
寄者：安蒜M

Ambiru went for the world tea expo in Atlanta. She stayed in the hotel in the postcard. This building is the CNN center, world headquarters of the Cable News Network. Atlanta is the capital of Georgia and a city in the south. I have not been there. But from Ambiru's description and some readings like Gone with the Wind, I think it must be a very traditional city.

安蒜君又去美國啦！這次是以商人身分去喬治亞州亞特蘭大參加世界茶博。這張明信片不是一般方形的造型，而是延著建築的邊緣剪出造型的。圖片是有線電視新聞網的世界總部，沒想到掌控媒體發聲的地方是在美國的南方都市。從安蒜君的明信片和從前閱讀《飄》這部小說，我想亞特蘭大這個辦過1996年奧運的都市，應該是個很傳統的地方才是。

No Sunshine in Tibet / 無福消受的景緻

From: Hainan Qinghai and Lhasa Tibet, China
Date: 11, 13 June, 2007; Mark: 17, 19
Sender: h CHEN

來自：中國青海海南、西藏拉薩
日期：2007年6月11、13日，戳：17、19日
寄者：陳h

There is only one sentence in the left postcard. 'Hello. I am at Qinghai Lake, feeling cold, and it is raining.' What a good expression. Short but strong.

The second one of the Potala Palace is a complaining postcard. All postcards before from Tibet are sharing their joy, but this one is telling me the pain of plateau life. Well, the cliché is 'no pain, no gain!'

又有人去西藏玩(完?)了。這次這團走北路進去。結果在青海就先慘遭滑鐵盧，這整趟行程，天氣差到大概都沒有明信片上的秀麗風光可瞧。第一張明信片簡短有力「哈囉！我在青海湖，好冷喔！還下雨。」第二張則告訴我再遭遇強烈的文化衝擊。看來酥油是h的天敵，把他整的七暈八素。雖然h在最後為這趟行程作出了「h的歷史人文之旅...」的注解。不過看到這樣點點點的抱怨，反而有點幸災樂禍的趣味。只好再來一句老話：「不經一番寒徹骨，焉得梅花撲鼻香。」

posted on 27/03/09 02:02

Geisha in Kyoto / 京都藝妓

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Osaka, Japan
Date: 30, April, 2007
Sender: s. MAO

來自：日本大阪
日期：2007年4月30日
寄者：毛s

Japan was not a travel destination to me but other people. Mao planned to go to Kansai during her busy study. I ordered a geisha postcard and she made it. Japanese traditional culture is fascinating. If I had the chance to go to Japan, I would go to Kansai first.

日本原本對我並沒有什麼吸引力，直到看了一些日劇，摸了一些日文，開始對傳統日本文化感到一些興趣。毛同學在趕論文之餘，安排了一趟日本之旅。很佩服在學期之間去旅遊的決心。毛同學學了一些日文，做足了功課，勇闖關西，捎來這張我指定的藝妓明信片。讓我也對關西旅遊產生了一些興趣，改天要來安排個關西傳統日本之旅。

posted on 26/03/09 20:10

Last Glance of Sydney / 回眸一眼

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Sydney, Australia
Date: 30, January, 2007
Sender: Dodd

來自：澳大利亞雪梨
日期：2007年1月30日
寄者：Dodd

Postcards with postage sold by the post office are usually the cheapest you can find. I only  bought this one in Australian post office. I decided to use it when I was in Lifou, New Caledonia and posted it on the last day in Australia. It made me feel I was still in Sydney after I have came back to Taiwan for a week. But a few weeks later, It changed to remind me I was not in Sydney anymore. Goodbye Sydney.

寫了那麼多張明信片給別人，最後還是把最便宜的這張給了自己，寫信真的是很有趣的一件事，特別是明信片不附回郵地址，等於是很單向的傾訴，因此寫出去往往就既不起來到底寄了什麼圖片根說了啥！這張雪梨地標夜景，就當作澳洲一年的句點。這裡的人，這裡的事，還有難忘的接觸，是否能再會呢？誰能知道未來的事！寫于利福，離開前一小時 寄自澳洲雪梨。26/1 2007 4:45

posted on 26/03/09 19:50

France in Pacific / 太平洋的法國

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Noumea, New Caledonia; Nouméa, Nouvelle Caledonie
Date: 28, January, 2007
Sender: Dodd

來自：新喀里多尼亞，努美亞
日期：2007年1月28日
寄者：Dodd

I used an international trip to end up my one year Australia stay. I do not know was it a good idea or not. Because these French Pacific islands were so great. I had a very good time there. The blue sky and sea were stunning and very impressive. Maybe too impressive, and made me have less Australia memory now.

我用了趟國際旅遊來總結我的澳洲生活。直到現在我還是無法判斷這是否是個好的決定。這些法屬太平洋島嶼，實在太棒了。我在那度過非常美好的時光。藍天白雲，清水白沙都令人印象深刻。或許就是太深刻了，而讓我對澳洲的記憶稍微淡了點。

這張明信片是我在買了許多張，還有剩後，決定給自己的一張實寄卡。小小的，不大，不過更顯其精緻。

posted on 25/03/09 23:56

Fabriqués en 'France' / 法國出品的唷！

From: Noumea, New Caledonia; Nouméa, Nouvelle Caledonie
Date: 26 January, 2007
Sender: Dodd

To: c CHANG, Y. HUANG, a CHEN, s CHIANG, h CHEN, t LING

來自：新喀里多尼亞，努美亞
日期：2007年1月26日
寄者：Dodd

收件人：張c、黃Y.、陳a、江s、陳h、林t

Look at all these blue postcards. Are they like paradise? 

Most of exchage students in Australia go to New Zealand, Fiji, or Indonesia for international travel. I made a different decision, New Caledonia. I checked the tourism statistics of New Caledonia 2005. There were only 16 people holding Taiwanese passport visiting NC. It sounded like a secret place on Earth to Taiwanese. When I saw the scenery, I realised there is a place postcard-like. I could not upload my pictures to share with friends, so I sent them postcards. I was also afraid of my bad photography skill, so I took pictures of those postcards. Here are them.

看看這些藍色的明信片。它們簡直就是天堂！

大部分去澳洲的交換學生都會去紐西蘭、斐濟或是印尼作國際旅遊。但是我做了不一樣的決定，本來要拜訪邦交國的，後來決定去新喀里多尼亞。2005年的觀光統計，只有16位臺灣公民拜訪過這個神祕的地方。在去之前，我在網路上看了很多圖片，只覺得世界上真有這麼美的地方。直到飛機落地，見到海洋的第一眼，才體會到這個神祕的地方，真如明信片一樣。由於我既無法上傳，也不能沖洗照片，所以我寄了這些明信片給朋友。而我也擔心我拙劣的攝影技巧，所以我把這些明信片也拍了起來。我把我在那裡的每一天，仔仔細細記錄在明信片上，寄給朋友。其中幾位幫忙把那些日記還給我，也讓這些明信片有了一些互動。

新喀里多尼亞目前是法國屬地，不過未來還有許多變數。這個帶有太平洋島嶼風味的地方，還融合了法國人的生活習慣。這些文化或政治的衝擊，就留待有心人在慢慢深究。人的事務，總是紛紛擾擾，這邊就和大家分享如畫般的天堂明信片。

posted on 26/03/09 19:10

Second Postcard not from Origin / 明信片的異鄉

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan

Date: 31, December, 2006
Sender: L. LU

來自：臺灣台北
日期：2006年12月31日
寄者：陸L.

Lu sent me the second postcard not from the origin country. He always missed the right time to send. This postcard was from Shanghai Museum but was posted in Taipei. Last time, he sent me a Hong Kong postcard in Taipei, too. But I did not mind because it was part of his travel record. However, he said Merry Christmas, but the postmark was 31 December...

陸寄了兩次異鄉的明信片來給我。信件自然都是異鄉的，但是這張明信片硬生生不是從圖樣代表的地方而來。上一張陸寄來的是香港，加上這張上海博物館，都是從臺北寄出。還好收件地不在臺灣，所以也不用在意這件事，不過比較令人介意的是，這張寫了「聖誕快樂」的明信片，郵戳卻是12月31日......

posted on 25/03/09 23:24

Iron Women Sent It / 硬漢代表

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Beijing, China

Date: 28, December, 2006
Sender: c CHANG, F. CHEN

來自：中國北京
日期：2006年12月28日
寄者：張c、陳F.

This is the ticket for the scenic spot of Badaling Section of the Great Wall of China. There is a saying, 'he who has never been to the Great Wall is not a true man.' Chang visited Chen in Beijing and went to the Great Wall together during Christmas holidays. Here is the evidence.

大陸的風景區門票很多都做成明信片型式。這張明顯就是八達嶺長城的門票。所謂不到長城非好漢。張到北京後，拉了陳一起去長城遊玩，還把這個證據寄給我。下次有人質疑他們的好漢資格，可以來找我。

posted on 25/03/09 23:37

Autumn Leaves / 蕭瑟之秋

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Date: 29, November, 2006
Sender: S. HSU

來自：美國密西根州安阿堡
日期：2006年11月29日
寄者：許S.

Hsu studied in Denvor, Colorado, USA. He asked me to exchange postcards to him. Here is the return card from Michigan when he was on winter vacation visiting his friends. I can not remember how many postcards of university I got. But this one is surely artistic.

許Sorry從密西根跟我抱怨有些照片明信片假得有點虛偽，所以記了這張密西根大學安阿堡校區的繪畫風景給我。大學校院傳授知識，講究追求真理，不過如果以「寫真」來稱呼攝影，那麼又該怎麼看待那些讓人覺得虛假的作品呢？用繪畫來代表大學的形象，或許給人另一種朦朧或是僅展現學術殿堂的形象吧！

posted on 25/03/09 14:49

Market in the 'City' / 「市區」中的市集

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Date: November, 2006
Sender: l HSü

來自：澳洲塔斯馬尼亞荷巴特
日期：2006年11月
寄者：徐l

It is a domestic postcard. However, the sender was doing a international travel. Tasmania is one of the two states I have not been to yet. (another is WA.) But friends told me that is a peaceful place. The size of Tasmania is about two times of Taiwan. But the population is much fewer. No matter how crowded it is, the market is always the busiest place in the 'city'.

儘管這是張澳洲明信片，但以收件當時來說，則是個國內信件。不過寄件者很興奮的跟我分享他的國際旅行，值說有一天我應該去看看。每個旅行都會有興奮之處，在外遊歷時，就像是幫朋友看、幫忙聽，或是幫忙吃。而在短短兩三百字把見聞、吃喝貼切的寫完，和朋友分享則是件很巧妙的個人藝術。我最後並沒有去塔斯馬尼亞，留下了再訪澳洲的原因。這張在澳洲最小的州，最大的城市裡的市集，應該會保持到我去拜訪吧！

有時候旅行有些許空白，不見得是種遺憾，更有想像之美。

posted on 22/03/09 13:09

Revenge Postcard / 復仇女神的明信片

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Date: 6, November, 2006
Sender: r CHEN, and his girlfriend

來自：柬埔寨吳哥窟
日期：2006年11月6日
寄者：陳r，與其女伴

Chen was going to graduate from medical school in the following summer vacation. His girlfriend graduated one year earlier than him. They went to Cambodia to for the last summer vacation. Chen wrote:
I sometimes got your postcard from somewhere in the world. Now it is my turn to send you one. This is goddesses in Angkor Wat. I guess goddesses are welcome in every culture.
Good job, Chen. My postcard makes Chen to take his revenge by traveling.

陳r和女朋友一起去吳哥窟玩。寄來了這張吳哥窟的仙女石雕。他說：總是收到我的明信片，這次總算換他了。他想仙女不管在哪都是受歡迎的，我應該會以歡。
我喜歡陳r用明信片來的「報復」。現在要改口稱他為陳醫生了，仙女也讓有情人終成眷屬。今年(2009)要在我生日那天結婚，真為他們高興。

posted on 25/03/09 14:35

Rich Decoration / 雕樑？畫棟！

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Wellington, New Zealand
Date: October, 2006
Sender: R. C. WANG

來自：紐西蘭威靈頓
日期：2006年10月
寄者：王C

My housemate Wang had studied in UVic Wellington. He went back from Sydney to go for an interview. Because he had not left the school for a long time, he went back that familiar place and sent me another university postcard. Look at that chapiter. 

又是一張大學明信片。室友王回威靈頓面試一個工作，又回到離開不久的大學。大學建築在實用之外，又有種學術的象徵。這張明信片看不到精美的屋樑，但是傳統柱頭和彩繪玻璃也展現了辦學者百年樹人的期許吧！

posted on 22/03/09 05:35

Don't Forget the Nature Beauty / 帥哥，別忘了美景

From: Penghu, Taiwan
Date: 20, 25 October, 2006
Sender: h CHEN

來自：臺灣澎湖
日期：2006年10月20,25日
寄者：陳h

h discharged from the military. He was competent in the discharge of his duties. It was thime to start to appreciate the beauty of Penghu. He must be familiar with the left scene. I got these two on the same day, and could see the change from a commissioned officer to civilian. Cheers to back to ordinary!

陳呴呴退伍了，終於可以不用在美景中怨懟而過。這兩張分別是以最後五天的主官和老百姓的心境寄來，想必心情應該大不同。左邊這張是他工作的場域，身為局內人總是可以體會到每景之下的洶湧暗潮。責任卸了之後，突然來了右邊這張，乍看之下還以為來了什麼大告白...。再想想似乎是種「脫團」宣言吧！可惜了澎湖的少女，陳呴呴要回臺灣啦！不過陳呴呴雖然比我早一步回臺灣，也沒有提早得到幸福，帥哥還是可以慢慢追的囉！

posted on 22/03/09 05:45

Library Business / 糊口飯的地方

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 18 September, 2006
Sender: Y. TS'AI

來自：臺灣臺北
日期：2006年9月18日
寄者：蔡Y

I worked in this building. It was the general library of my university. It used to be a popular place for students. But now only staff of library and some researchers work in it. Some space remains warehouse of library, some turns into the gallery of university history, and the rest is for college of liberal art. Well, the gallery is organised by librarians, so most of places are still library business.

我曾經在這裡工作過。這是學校的舊總圖書館，學生匯集的場所。不過現在只有圖書館的員工和一些研究員才在這裡工作。有些空間保持為圖書館的書庫，有些變成校史館，剩下的則給文學院用。校史館也是圖書館在負責，所以大部分還是圖書館的業務囉。

posted on 22/03/09 05:16

Every Library Represents Its University / 什麼樣的圖書館什麼樣的大學

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Rochester, USA
Date: 15 September, 2006
Sender: p TS'AI

來自：美國羅徹斯特
日期：2006年9月15日
寄者：蔡p

'The library is the heart of the university' is a clichés to all my fellow classmates. I do not want to discuss how important it is or where it should be located. Scholars are not sparing with money to build the library. Therefore, libraries are usually good representatives of universities. I guess every university which issues postcards at least has one of the library.

「圖書館是大學的心臟」對我們科系來說真是老生常談。我並不想討論圖書館到底有多重要還是到底該建在哪裡。只是學者們通常都不吝惜金錢來蓋藏書樓。蔡跟我說這是他們如皇宮般的圖書館。因此，圖書館常是大學的代表。我猜每間有出明信片的大學，至少應該都會有一張圖書館的吧。

posted on 22/03/09 04:06

Cantonese to the Universe / 中國還是世界

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: 1 September, 2006
Sender: L. LU

來自：臺灣臺北
日期：2006年9月1日
寄者：陸L

People from Hong Kong mainly speak Cantonese. After the Handover, they restart to build up their Chinese identity and their new local identity. On the other hand, Hong Kong is a global city. While Taiwan is a place for people from all over China mixed up, Hong Kong is a showcase for the westerns to know Chinese. Hong Kong people now are world citizens.

香港的語言主要是廣東話(粵語、廣府話)。主權移交後，他們重新建立中國認同還有新的地方意識。另一方面，香港又是個世界級都市。當台灣真正融合了中國各省人口保存中華文化時，香港倒掌握了中華文化對西方的發聲管道。香港人也更成為世界公民。

posted on 22/03/09 03:36

Castle on the Cloud / 夢幻城堡

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Füssen, Germany
Date: 31 August, 2006
Sender: L. LIN

來自：德國菲森
日期：2006年8月31日
寄者：林L

Lin traveled in German for a month.  She enjoyed travelling a lot (who does not?) and thought travelling broadens one's horizon. Long term travelling, however, is like a castle in the air to a working person. She seized the last summer vacation and saw this beautiful castle on the rock. Thanks her encouragement of travelling, so I did a lot travelling in Australia.

林在德國遊歷了一個月。他非常樂在其中(誰不是呢？)而且認為旅遊可以擴展視野。然而長期旅遊對上班族可以說是癡人說夢。他把握了最後一個暑假所以可以見到這個夢中之屋。我在澳洲有這樣多的遊歷，也該把他的鼓勵列在感謝清單之中。

posted on 21/03/09 01:52

Who Wants to Leave / 只緣身在此山中

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Tateyama-Kurobe, Toyoshina, Nagano, Japan
Date: 25 August, 2006
Sender: R. LIU

來自：日本長野縣豊科町，立山 黑部
日期：2006年8月25日
寄者：劉R

Mr. Liu, a government employee, spent his summer vacation in Japan. He compained to me about the short vacation on the day before going back to Taiwan. Who wants to go back to work if s/he travels to this beautiful place? Is going to a toure a relaxing thing or a restless journey? It depends.

公務員劉先生，跑到日本放暑假。在要回臺灣的前一天，他對我抱怨假期太短。若是身在這種美景之中，誰會想要回去工作呢？旅遊的效果是放鬆壓力還是縱放心靈呢？取決於心吧！

posted on 20/03/09 21:37

Ticket to Home / 來自家鄉的車票

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Taoyuan, Taiwan
Date: 2 August, 2006
Sender: Y. CHEN

來自：臺灣桃園縣
日期：2006年8月2日
寄者：陳Y

The sender said, 'although this train ticket postcard can not take you back home, but I wish your life in Australia is like the characters "to success."' I like the thickness of this postcard.

來信說：雖然這張車票沒辦法載你回臺灣，不過住你在澳洲的生活追分成功。我喜歡這張車票明信片的厚度。

posted on 20/03/09 21:17

Azalea overdue / 過季杜鵑

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: NTU, Taipei , Taiwan
Date: 26 July, 2006
Sender: Y. HUANG

來自：臺灣台北市
日期：2006年7月26日
寄者：黃Y

This postcard should be sent in springtime. But I was in the Southern Hemisphere. It arrived in wintertime. Azalea is th flower of my university and usually bloom in early March. Huang bought this at the fair of Azalea and sent in midsummer. Although the flower dropped, the friendship is lasting.

這張應該在春天寄來的。但是我在南半球，所以是冬天收到的。杜鵑花是我大學的校花，通常都在陽春三月綻放。黃在杜鵑花節時買的而到仲夏才寄來。雖花以謝，但友誼仍隨明信片飛至。

posted on 20/03/09 20:37

Beauties in Beautiful River City / 麗江麗人

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yunnan , China
Date: 22 July, 2006
Sender: L. CHEN

來自：中國雲南虎跳峽
日期：2006年7月22日
寄者：陳L

Miss Chen spent her holiday in China again.

It seems that she has already been to China several times and her travel preference is  wildness and frontier. Where she goes is still popular tourism places though. Because I read some articles about Lijiang in geography magazines, and I learned Chinese music, I know Nakhi unique culture is a treasure of the world. Every person enjoys different things in travel. This interesting culture may make someone feel bored and old-fashion. However, I always have a open mind to feel the taste of every trip.

陳君又去中國玩了，總覺得他好像去了很多次。

而且他好像比較愛曠野邊疆那味，但他去的還是多屬熱門地區就是了。我曾經在地理雜誌上看過麗江的介紹，也因為學習民族音樂而知納西族人獨特的文化，是世界的瑰寶。每個人在旅遊中觀察的重點都不太一樣，這些異文化的趣味，也有人覺得沉悶、古板。而我總是以開放的心，體會每段旅程不同的況味。

posted on 19/03/09 22:06

Paint Real Feelings / 彩繪真情

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
Date: 27 May, 2006
Sender: c CHANG

來自：日本東京品川
日期：2006年5月27日
寄者：張c

I had no idea about Chang's trip to Japan. But after sending a few postcards from Australia, I got this in autumn. She wrote that compare with real photo, she likes painting postcard more. She had affections towards the works of this painter. Well, I have no Tokyo scene, but Chang's feelings.

我一點也不小的張去了日本。但是在從澳洲寄出一些明信片後，我在秋天收到了這個。他寫到：比起寫真照片，他比較喜歡畫畫的明信片。他和這位畫家的作品有共鳴。嗯，我沒有東京的景致，卻得到了張的感受。

posted on 19/03/09 21:14

Postcard Year, Lonely Year 2006 / 寂寞的一年，明信片的一年 2006

2006年，我自己一個人在澳洲生活，寄了許多明信片給臺灣的好友們。一個人生活並不困難，但是偶有孤獨之感。然而排遣孤獨不一定需要好友相伴，寫寫明信片分享旅遊時的所見所聞也是一種抒發。短短的隻紙片語，雖不知收到的人是否天涯共此時，但是可以假裝海外存知己。好朋友有時是聽他講，有時是講給他聽。而旅遊風景明信片，又總在愉快的時光中寄出，總覺得已經不負這些收信人。

至於是否真的是知己呢？在單方面吐露完心事後，可以再聽到這些人的故事，非常謝謝大家！

In 2006, I lived alone in Australia, and sent a lot of postcards to friends in Taiwan. Living alone is not difficult, but sometimes makes me feel lonely. To solve this problem, a companion is not always necessary, however. Writing postcards to share some experiences in travel is also a good expression. A piece of paper is probably not able to make the receiver to know the feelings, but I pretend they are my true friends and do know me. A good frineds is sometimes a listeners, and sometimes I listen to him/her. Travel postcards are always sent at happy moment. So I think I make them feel good.

Well, are all receivers really good friends? After my one-way expression, I can get all these postcards. I have to say thank you very much to all!!

posted on 19/03/09 19:00

Camels do not carry post / 駱駝不送信

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Xinjiang , China
Date: 11 September, 2005
Sender: L. CHEN

來自：中國新疆伊寧
日期：2005年9月11日
寄者：陳L

My last postcard in 2005.  I got a postcard each month from July to September. Chen said she did ride a camel, but did not see the desert. Desert looks surely beautiful, but it is hard for living. For a tourist, it is not easy to understand how tough it is.

2005最後一張明信片。從七月到九月，每個月各收到一張。陳說：他有騎駱駝，但是沒有看到沙漠。沙漠確實美麗，但是在那生活倒是困難。對觀光客而言，要了解生活的困頓，並不容易。

posted on 19/03/09 15:25

Anyone in Shangri-La? / 有人在嗎？香格里拉

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Tibet, China
Date: 22 August, 2005
Sender: c KUO, k CHANG

來自：中國西藏拉薩
日期：2005年8月22日
寄者：郭c、張k

Does this looks like Shangri-La? Look at the smooth surface of the lake. It is Rawo Tso Lake in Tibet. Kuo and Chang traveled in Tibet before they started their internship. Instead of some tribe people postcards, they sent this to me. Shangri-La is a mystery of human beings. Maybe no one is there in the real Shangri-La. But Tibet must be a good place to visit before they start to explore in the medical world.

這張看起來有像香格里拉嗎？看看這平靜的湖面。這是西藏的然烏堰塞湖。郭和張在他們開始實習前，去西藏旅遊。他們寄了這張給我而不是一些部落人民的明信片。香格里拉是人類的一個迷，或許真正的香格里拉裡一個人都沒有。但是在他們展開探索醫學的世界前，西藏真的是個旅遊的好地方。

posted on 19/03/09 15:18

Reward From Canada / 加拿大的報酬

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Toronto, Canada
Date: 11 July, 2005
Sender: T. TS'AI

來自：加拿大多倫多
日期：2005年7月11日
寄者：蔡T

Miss Ts'ai is a hard-working student. She went to summer school in Toronto a year later than me. She asked me some questions before going. So I guess this postcard is my reward. The words in the postcard showed her diligence and impressed me again. Of course, it is printed in Canada; it is biligual.

蔡同學是個很認真的學生。他在我去多倫多後一年也去了。之前他問了我一些問題，所以我想這張明信片是我的回報吧。他的文字所展現的勤奮又再次讓我印象深刻。當然，這張加拿大印製的明信片，解說同樣也是雙語。

Canada's Natural Beauty‧Splendeurs naturelles du Canada
The American Falls at night as seen from Canada.
Vue de nuit, depuis le Canada, des chutes américaines. 

posted on 19/03/09 14:13

Paris Icon / 巴黎標誌

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原由 Dodd Lu 上載

From: Paris, France
Date: 4 Febuary, 2005
Sender: L. KO

來自：法國巴黎
日期：2005年2月4日
寄者：戈L

Bonjour de Paris. Europe, my dream travel destination. Postgraduate school classmate Miss Ko visited her undergraduate classmate, who was doing her exchange study, in the Netherlands in winter vacation. She sent this iconic postcard of Paris to me and promised me to show her pictures to me after her  tour. But I have not seen anyone yet.

巴黎，你好！歐洲，我夢想中的旅遊景點。研究所的戈同學去拜訪在荷蘭當交換學生的同學。他寄給我這張巴黎的地標明信片，還答應我回來要給我看拍到的照片。但是到現在都還沒看到一個影子。

posted on 19/03/09 03:09