戀家的候鳥

Our main sightseeing spot today is the Sizihwan Bay on the west side of Kaohsiung City. The bay has a beautiful sand beach and overlooks Taiwan Straight that separates Taiwan and Mainland China. We are lucky today to have ridden in MRT (mass rapid transit) with decorative painting of my favorite theme of marine world. Aside from enjoying the beach and ocean view, we paid a visit to a nearby tourist hot spot, the Takow British Consulate. 今天走的是西子灣線，我們幸運地坐到了彩繪捷運，車廂上畫著我最愛的海洋世界。除了看海，我們還拜訪了打狗英國領事館。

Takow is the old name of Kaohsiung City. The consulate was completed in 1879. A wax statue of the first British consulate official was established in this Kaohsiung cultural monument at the foot of the hill.  打狗是高雄的舊名，打狗英國領事館完工於1879年，是英國駐台灣第一個正式的領事館（1879～1925 )，目前已列入高雄的文化古蹟，山腳下還有個小型的臘像館也很有趣。

The historical British Consulate was converted to a museum with a nice snack bar. So, we had snacks for lunch as there was no better choice.  My favorite snack was a pot of fruit tea that mom had. 我們意外地將英式下午茶點心當午餐，而我最愛的是那壺媽媽點的水果茶。

On the way back, we walked alongside the harbor and saw a lot of fishing boats, some cruise ships, and a few fishermen.  Another pleasing finding was a map of the world in tile mosaic. I easily identified Taiwan and the United States.回程，我們延著港口邊的路走，看到了好多的漁船、遊輪和釣客，還在路邊發現了一個馬賽克世界地圖，我很輕易地找到了台灣和美國。