學英語環遊世界

Life is short and the world is wide. 生命很短暂，然而世界很大。In winter 2018, I was working hard on a promotion for my travel business and trying to achieve my ambition of winning a financial prize. Due to the time difference between Spain and China, I started working as soon as I got up and often worked through the day. I frequently forgot about lunch and was often exhausted in the evenings. By Christmas Eve, I had hit my goal for that promotion but I felt sad. I was sick and lying in bed. I decided to book a trip to Prague in February, where my friend Sonia had invited me earlier. After booking the trip, I started to look forward to it and the next day I felt so much better. So I think the antidote to my sickness and boredom was definitely a vacation.Then I got another invitation to Iceland in January 2019. While there, I met Palli who was a local marine engineer. We liked each other and wanted to get to know each other better. Although we were both unable to make a commitment due to the long distance, we met in different countries for vacations that year. Palli would work really hard at sea for two to three weeks and then had one week free which was great for him to fly to see me. In between those meetings, I felt so restless and excited about our next meeting that I decided to fill gaps in my schedule with more trips and adventures. I was in Europe, Asia and even flew to South America that year. Even when I was back in Barcelona, I had decided to open up my apartment for couchsurfers just to immerse myself in travel vibes and keep my life busy. That decision opened up so many opportunities to deepen some of the most important friendships in my life. Elia, who was also from Taiwan, was the first couchsurfer I hosted in my apartment and became my assistant for my business. Another guest was Hallvard, a young Norwegian musician, who stayed alone the first night before returning back to visit and stay with me with his two tall roommates from Oslo. We ended up meeting again in his home in Oslo, when they became my hosts. Pablo, a sweet Argentinean traveler, came to stay with me for two nights in Barcelona and then we met up again in Bratislava while he was having a working holiday during my Eurail journey. I also had a couple of really successful podcasting meetups and workshops in my apartment, however the stress of growing a physical business in Barcelona and an existing online business which allowed me to see the world more freely was becoming overwhelming. It reached a point where I had to renew my entrepreneur residency which was a complicated and time-consuming process. To make matters worse, there were political riots in Barcelona at the time and the political situation had become very heated. While all this was going on, I was eager to see Palli however we were not ready for a full blown relationship. There was an important decision to be made; should I stay in Europe or should I leave? I had been offered a tempting publishing contract in China which I was very excited about and also had discovered my desire to make up with my father back in Taiwan. Ever since splitting up with my ex-husband a few years ago, we hadn't talked much. As time went by, I started to better understand his perspective and wish to protect his daughter. He was going to turn 80 years old the next year and I thought that I would feel regret if I missed celebrating it together. So, I made up my mind to exit Europe, and then bought a two month Eurail pass to enjoy it before I went back to Taiwan. I made a plan to see all the cities I had always been wanting to visit before sharing the routes and plans with my students online to make some extra money to cover my expenses. Thank God moving out of my two-bedroom apartment in Barcelona was pretty smooth too. I gave away most of my belongings and sold my furniture online. I had my last podcasters’ meetup in my almost-empty apartment, and afterwards my podcaster friends took all my trash down to the garb

Life is short and the world is wide.生命很短暫，然而世界很大。

In winter 2018, I was working hard on a promotion for my travel business and trying to achieve my ambition of winning a financial prize. Due to the time difference between Spain and China, I started working as soon as I got up and often worked through the day. I frequently forgot about lunch and was often exhausted in the evenings. By Christmas Eve, I had hit my goal for that promotion but I felt sad. I was sick and lying in bed. I decided to book a trip to Prague in February, where my friend Sonia had invited me earlier. After booking the trip, I started to look forward to it and the next day I felt so much better. So I think the antidote to my sickness and boredom was definitely a vacation.

在2018年的冬天，因為想要得到我旅游生意團隊競賽的獎金，我很努力在推廣並且想要達到我的野心目的。因為西班牙和中國的時差，我總是一起床就開始工作一直到晚上。我經常會忘記吃午餐，而且在晚上的時候感覺到精疲力竭。在聖誕節的前夕，我達成了推廣目標，然而我卻覺得很難過。我生病了，在床上躺著。所以我決定二月要去我的朋友Sonia先前邀請我去的布拉格之旅。在預定了那場旅行之後，我開始期待著，並且隔天我的身體立刻感覺就好多了。所以我認為我生病和無聊的解藥就是一場旅行。

Then I got another invitation to Iceland in January 2019. While there, I met Palli who was a local marine engineer. We liked each other and wanted to get to know each other better. Although we were both unable to make a commitment due to the long distance, we met in different countries for vacations that year. Palli would work really hard at sea for two to three weeks and then had one week free which was great for him to fly to see me. In between those meetings, I felt so restless and excited about our next meeting that I decided to fill gaps in my schedule with more trips and adventures. I was in Europe, Asia and even flew to South America that year. 

然後我在2019年的一月又被邀請去冰島。在那裡我認識了當地的海洋工程師Palli。我們喜歡彼此，也想要多認識對方。雖然我們因為遠距離無法作出感情上的承諾，但是那一年我們一起在不同的國家度假。 Palli會在海上辛勤工作兩到三個禮拜，然後當他有一星期假期的時候，他就會飛來看我。在等待下次見面的心情讓我好興奮，我總是感覺坐不住，所以我就決定要在不見面的時候多安排旅行和冒險活動。那年，我人不僅在歐洲、亞洲，我甚至去了南美洲一趟。

Even when I was back in Barcelona, I had decided to open up my apartment for couchsurfers just to immerse myself in travel vibes and keep my life busy. That decision opened up so many opportunities to deepen some of the most important friendships in my life. Elia, who was also from Taiwan, was the first couchsurfer I hosted in my apartment and became my assistant for my business. Another guest was Hallvard, a young Norwegian musician, who stayed alone the first night before returning back to visit and stay with me with his two tall roommates from Oslo. We ended up meeting again in his home in Oslo, when they became my hosts. Pablo, a sweet Argentinean traveler, came to stay with me for two nights in Barcelona and then we met up again in Bratislava while he was having a working holiday during my Eurail journey. 

甚至再回到巴塞羅那的時候，我還決定開放我的公寓給世界各地的沙發客們，讓我可以沉浸在旅行的感覺中也讓我的生活一直忙碌。那個決定卻打開了好多機會讓我可以更加深許多在我生命中重要的友誼。 Elia，來自台灣，是我第一個在我公寓裡接待的沙發客，她後來成為我生意上的助理。另外一個客人是來自挪威年輕的音樂家，Hallvard原先來我家住了一個晚上，後來又帶著他在奧斯陸，兩個高大的室友來我家再住一晚。後來我們又在他們奧斯陸的家相遇了，那次變成他們接待我。還有一個非常貼心的阿根廷遊客，在我巴塞羅那的家住了兩晚，後來我因為火車旅行到了斯洛伐克的首都布拉提斯拉瓦，他人剛好在那裡的青年旅社進行打工換宿，我們又見面了！

I also had a couple of really successful podcasting meetups and workshops in my apartment, however the stress of growing a physical business in Barcelona and an existing online business which allowed me to see the world more freely was becoming overwhelming. It reached a point where I had to renew my entrepreneur residency which was a complicated and time-consuming process. To make matters worse, there were political riots in Barcelona at the time and the political situation had become very heated. While all this was going on, I was eager to see Palli however we were not ready for a full blown relationship. There was an important decision to be made; should I stay in Europe or should I leave? I had been offered a tempting publishing contract in China which I was very excited about and also had discovered my desire to make up with my father back in Taiwan. Ever since splitting up with my ex-husband a few years ago, we hadn't talked much. As time went by, I started to bette

Life is short and the world is wide. 生命很短暂，然而世界很大。在2018年的冬天，因为想要得到我旅游生意团队竞赛的奖金，我很努力在推广并且想要达到我的野心目的。因为西班牙和中国的时差，我总是一起床就开始工作一直到晚上。我经常会忘记吃午餐，而且在晚上的时候感觉到精疲力竭。在圣诞节的前夕，我达成了推广目标，然而我却觉得很难过。我生病了，在床上躺着。所以我决定二月要去我的朋友Sonia先前邀请我去的布拉格之旅。在预定了那场旅行之后，我开始期待着，并且隔天我的身体立刻感觉就好多了。所以我认为我生病和无聊的解药就是一场旅行。然后我在2019年的一月又被邀请去冰岛。在那里我认识了当地的海洋工程师Palli。我们喜欢彼此，也想要多认识对方。虽然我们因为远距离无法作出感情上的承诺，但是那一年我们一起在不同的国家度假。Palli会在海上辛勤工作两到三个礼拜，然后当他有一星期假期的时候，他就会飞来看我。在等待下次见面的心情让我好兴奋，我总是感觉坐不住，所以我就决定要在不见面的时候多安排旅行和冒险活动。那年，我人不仅在欧洲、亚洲，我甚至去了南美洲一趟。甚至再回到巴塞罗那的时候，我还决定开放我的公寓给世界各地的沙发客们，让我可以沉浸在旅行的感觉中也让我的生活一直保持忙碌。那个决定却打开了好多机会让我可以更加深许多在我生命中重要的友谊。Elia，来自台湾，是我第一个在我公寓里接待的沙发客，她后来成为我生意上的助理。另外一个客人是来自挪威年轻的音乐家，Hallvard原先来我家住了一个晚上之后，又带着他在奥斯陆，两个高大的室友来我家再住一晚。后来我们又在他们奥斯陆的家相遇了，那次变成他们接待我。还有一个非常贴心的阿根廷游客Pablo，在我巴塞罗那的家住了两晚，后来我因为火车旅行到了斯洛伐克的首都布拉提斯拉瓦（Bratislava），他人刚好在那里的青年旅社进行打工换宿，所以我们又见面了！在我的公寓里，我举办了几场成功播客见面会还有工作坊，然而建立一个在巴塞罗那的实体事业还同时拥有已经让我有更多自由看世界的线上生意的压力，实在让我招架不住。然后到了我必须要续签我的创业居留证，整个过程复杂又耗时。更糟糕的是，在巴塞罗那那时发生了政治暴动，整个情况变得激切。在这一切都在发生的同时，我很想见Palli，然而我们两人都没准备好要开展一段认真的感情。所以我必须要做一个重要的决定，我是要留在欧洲还是离开呢？中国那边给我一个可以出版我的书籍的诱人机会，还有我也发现我想要和我在台湾的父亲和好，自从我和我前夫在几年前分手后，就没什么讲话。随着时间的过去，我开始可以了解他想要保护女儿的心情。在隔年他就要80岁了，所以我想如果没有一起庆祝的话，我一定会感觉非常后悔。所以，我就下定决心要离开欧洲，然后在回去台湾前，我买了环欧通行证准备用两个月好好的去享受欧洲风情。我做了一个计划去看所有我曾想要去的城市，还有和我的学生们分享路线和计划去弥补我的支出。感谢老天，搬出我在巴塞隆纳两房的公寓也非常的顺利，我把我大部分的东西送出去，还有在网上卖掉我的家具。我在我几乎要空的公寓里举办了最后一次的播主聚会，然后结束之后让我的朋友们帮我把垃圾拿下楼丢掉。几个朋友也来帮我修理，还有重新的粉刷过我录音间里的被我用隔音棉毁掉的墙壁。之后，我的公寓就像我刚搬进去的一样新！有天晚上在我几乎要空的公寓里，我以为我犯下了一个错误。我开始对接下来的旅行感到退缩，因为我一直讨厌在冬天旅行，以我所见，欧洲的冬天总是很阴郁，然后我害怕我会生病然后无法继续我的旅行，“如果现在不去，就永远不会去了！“当我快要被我的恐惧吞噬和准备要放弃的时候，有个鼓励的声音就忽然冒出来了！然后我把钥匙交给房屋中介，开始了我的第一个旅程，当我开始在路上的时候，我的恐惧就立刻瓦解了。敬请期待，还有好多故事呢！下一集我会和你分享我在西班牙火车旅行中碰到的遗憾、感动和浪漫***本系列会将中英的版本分开录制，想要进行更深入的英语听力学习或训练，可以听伴随在中文版本的下一集。得到本集节目的中英文文本，预定环欧火车旅行的资讯和网站，当时的照片和影片甚至路线图，请关注公众微信IFLYCLUB，回复文字“环欧火车2”

Life is short and the world is wide.生命很短暫，然而世界很大。

In winter 2018, I was working hard on a promotion for my travel business and trying to achieve my ambition of winning a financial prize. Due to the time difference between Spain and China, I started working as soon as I got up and often worked through the day. I frequently forgot about lunch and was often exhausted in the evenings. By Christmas Eve, I had hit my goal for that promotion but I felt sad. I was sick and lying in bed. I decided to book a trip to Prague in February, where my friend Sonia had invited me earlier. After booking the trip, I started to look forward to it and the next day I felt so much better. So I think the antidote to my sickness and boredom was definitely a vacation.

在2018年的冬天，因為想要得到我旅游生意團隊競賽的獎金，我很努力在推廣並且想要達到我的野心目的。因為西班牙和中國的時差，我總是一起床就開始工作一直到晚上。我經常會忘記吃午餐，而且在晚上的時候感覺到精疲力竭。在聖誕節的前夕，我達成了推廣目標，然而我卻覺得很難過。我生病了，在床上躺著。所以我決定二月要去我的朋友Sonia先前邀請我去的布拉格之旅。在預定了那場旅行之後，我開始期待著，並且隔天我的身體立刻感覺就好多了。所以我認為我生病和無聊的解藥就是一場旅行。

Then I got another invitation to Iceland in January 2019. While there, I met Palli who was a local marine engineer. We liked each other and wanted to get to know each other better. Although we were both unable to make a commitment due to the long distance, we met in different countries for vacations that year. Palli would work really hard at sea for two to three weeks and then had one week free which was great for him to fly to see me. In between those meetings, I felt so restless and excited about our next meeting that I decided to fill gaps in my schedule with more trips and adventures. I was in Europe, Asia and even flew to South America that year. 

然後我在2019年的一月又被邀請去冰島。在那裡我認識了當地的海洋工程師Palli。我們喜歡彼此，也想要多認識對方。雖然我們因為遠距離無法作出感情上的承諾，但是那一年我們一起在不同的國家度假。 Palli會在海上辛勤工作兩到三個禮拜，然後當他有一星期假期的時候，他就會飛來看我。在等待下次見面的心情讓我好興奮，我總是感覺坐不住，所以我就決定要在不見面的時候多安排旅行和冒險活動。那年，我人不僅在歐洲、亞洲，我甚至去了南美洲一趟。

Even when I was back in Barcelona, I had decided to open up my apartment for couchsurfers just to immerse myself in travel vibes and keep my life busy. That decision opened up so many opportunities to deepen some of the most important friendships in my life. Elia, who was also from Taiwan, was the first couchsurfer I hosted in my apartment and became my assistant for my business. Another guest was Hallvard, a young Norwegian musician, who stayed alone the first night before returning back to visit and stay with me with his two tall roommates from Oslo. We ended up meeting again in his home in Oslo, when they became my hosts. Pablo, a sweet Argentinean traveler, came to stay with me for two nights in Barcelona and then we met up again in Bratislava while he was having a working holiday during my Eurail journey. 

甚至再回到巴塞羅那的時候，我還決定開放我的公寓給世界各地的沙發客們，讓我可以沉浸在旅行的感覺中也讓我的生活一直忙碌。那個決定卻打開了好多機會讓我可以更加深許多在我生命中重要的友誼。 Elia，來自台灣，是我第一個在我公寓裡接待的沙發客，她後來成為我生意上的助理。另外一個客人是來自挪威年輕的音樂家，Hallvard原先來我家住了一個晚上，後來又帶著他在奧斯陸，兩個高大的室友來我家再住一晚。後來我們又在他們奧斯陸的家相遇了，那次變成他們接待我。還有一個非常貼心的阿根廷遊客，在我巴塞羅那的家住了兩晚，後來我因為火車旅行到了斯洛伐克的首都布拉提斯拉瓦，他人剛好在那裡的青年旅社進行打工換宿，我們又見面了！

I also had a couple of really successful podcasting meetups and workshops in my apartment, however the stress of growing a physical business in Barcelona and an existing online business which allowed me to see the world more freely was becoming overwhelming. It reached a point where I had to renew my entrepreneur residency which was a complicated and time-consuming process. To make matters worse, there were political riots in Barcelona at the time and the political situation had become very heated. While all this was going on, I was eager to see Palli however we were not ready for a full blown relationship. There was an important decision to be made; should I stay in Europe or should I leave? I had been offered a tempting publishing contract in China which I was very excited about and also had discovered my desire to make up with my father back in Taiwan. Ever since splitting up with my ex-husband a few years ago, we hadn't talked much. As time went by, I started to bette

The only trip you will regret is the one you don't take. 

你唯一會後悔的旅行是你沒有去的那一個。

Hello and welcome to the Fly with Lily Podcast. I'm Lily Wong and in the following episodes I will take you on a journey around Europe. In this journey, we will meet a varied cast of people and look at both some of the highlights and challenges of travelling solo. These podcasts cover many different topics and work best when I hear your thoughts, comments and ideas. So please comment, subscribe and share; I always love hearing from my listeners, wherever you may be. 

歡迎來到Fly with Lily的播客，在接下來的幾集我會帶你進行一場環遊歐洲的旅行。在這趟旅行中，我們會見到不同的人物，還會來看一個人旅行的好玩的地方和挑戰之處。這些播客將涵蓋許多不同的主題，你們的心聲、評論還有點子會幫助我做的更好！所以請你們不要吝嗇評論、訂閱或者是分享；我喜歡接到我在各地聽眾的意見。

So, how did it all begin? Why did I pack my bags for a European rail trip? It all started one night in Shanghai in 2015 when I was listening to a talk given by a man who had travelled around Europe with a ukulele and visited five countries on the train in one month. When he talked about the people he had met, I dreamt that I too could have an adventure like this one day. Having lived in Spain for almost three years with an entrepreneur visa, I had become used to the convenience and low cost flight tickets easily available and had forgotten about my dream of travelling in Europe by train. It was when I finally decided to leave Spain that I realised just how many countries I hadn't visited! I didn't know when I would next come back to visit so this seemed like the perfect moment to buy a Eurail pass for two months. Starting from Spain, the countries which I originally planned to visit were France, Monaco, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Poland , Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, and finally Italy. Poland, Bosnia and Greece did not happen, including because of winter train timetables however I did get to Sweden. 

所以，一切是怎麼開始的呢？為什麼我會帶上行囊去用火車環遊歐洲呢？用火車環遊歐洲的想法其實是在2015年婦女節的時候，在上海聽了一場演講（後來我也邀請了主講人Alan上我們學英語環遊世界第162集的節目），大受鼓舞，主講人用一個月的時間用火車環遊了5個國家，當他談到路上遇到的有趣的人事物的時候，讓我對火車環歐旅行充滿嚮往，那時我就在心裡默默許願，有機會到了歐洲也要這麼壯遊一場。後來因為拿到創業簽住在西班牙將近三年的時間，由於來往歐洲各國的飛機十分的便宜便利，讓我都差點忘了曾經擁有的夢想！就在我決定離開西班牙回來亞洲定居繼續旅行的時候，才想到歐洲還有好多地方沒看過，而下次回來不知道什麼時候了，我在歐洲鐵路官網上買了一張兩個月的火車通票（Eurail Pass），從西班牙啟程，原先規劃路線從法國、摩納哥、瑞士、奧地利、德國、丹麥、波蘭、匈牙利、斯洛伐克、克羅地亞、波西尼亞、希臘，然後最後一站意大利。因為火車時間表的關係，我最後沒有去成波蘭、波西尼亞還有希臘，然而我卻去到了瑞典。

This was my last adventure before leaving Europe in 2019 and I departed from Spain in November when the weather was getting colder. I used Couchsurfing to stay in strangers' places and get to know people in the cities I was visiting. In two months, I was in twelve countries across Europe. Originally it felt like a mission impossible, and I almost chickened out of it in the middle. The constant long distance travel was a huge test for my mind, body, and soul, however, I gritted my teeth and kept going in the face of challenges. Although the pandemic has been slowing down globally, in Taiwan the infection rate has gone up. At this time, I am living in a hillside village in Taiwan and this has given me the calmness and space to begin writing. I wrote the English version first and edited it with the assistance of my English teacher Oliver, before translating it into Chinese. So listeners, get yourself a drink of your choice, make yourself comfortable and buckle up because we're flying offon our European tour with Lily! 

這是2019年我在離開歐洲的最後一個冒險，我一個人坐火車在開始要變冷11月的時候從西班牙出發，並且用沙發衝浪的方式住在陌生人家中然後認識當地人，用了兩個月去了歐洲12個國家，起初感覺是不可能的任務，甚至害怕會中途退縮，一直長途在路上旅行真的是對身心靈非常大的考驗，但是我還是咬牙達成了！直到最近全世界的疫情較為趨緩，然而在台灣卻感染案例不斷，我搬到了台灣山坡上的小村子，得以靜下心後，我才開始用英文寫下了這個火車環歐旅行還有沙發衝浪的故事，然後請我的英語老師Oliver協助修改，我再自己親自翻譯而成！所以聽眾們，準備好一杯你喜歡的飲料，讓自己坐得舒服些，綁好安全帶因為我們即將和Lily一起飛到歐洲進行一場奇幻之旅！

Stay tuned...there's much more to come! 

In the next episode I'll be taking a closer look at reasons why I decided to leave the beautiful country of Spain and how I overcame the fear associated with this departure.

敬請期待，還有好多故事呢！

下一集我會告訴你我為什麼離開西班牙這個美麗的國家，還有我是如何克服出發伴隨的各種恐懼。

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本系列會將中英的版本分開錄製，想要進行更深入

The only trip you will regret is the one you don't take. 

你唯一會後悔的旅行是你沒有去的那一個。

Hello and welcome to the Fly with Lily Podcast. I'm Lily Wong and in the following episodes I will take you on a journey around Europe. In this journey, we will meet a varied cast of people and look at both some of the highlights and challenges of travelling solo. These podcasts cover many different topics and work best when I hear your thoughts, comments and ideas. So please comment, subscribe and share; I always love hearing from my listeners, wherever you may be. 

歡迎來到Fly with Lily的播客，在接下來的幾集我會帶你進行一場環遊歐洲的旅行。在這趟旅行中，我們會見到不同的人物，還會來看一個人旅行的好玩的地方和挑戰之處。這些播客將涵蓋許多不同的主題，你們的心聲、評論還有點子會幫助我做的更好！所以請你們不要吝嗇評論、訂閱或者是分享；我喜歡接到我在各地聽眾的意見。

So, how did it all begin? Why did I pack my bags for a European rail trip? It all started one night in Shanghai in 2015 when I was listening to a talk given by a man who had travelled around Europe with a ukulele and visited five countries on the train in one month. When he talked about the people he had met, I dreamt that I too could have an adventure like this one day. Having lived in Spain for almost three years with an entrepreneur visa, I had become used to the convenience and low cost flight tickets easily available and had forgotten about my dream of travelling in Europe by train. It was when I finally decided to leave Spain that I realised just how many countries I hadn't visited! I didn't know when I would next come back to visit so this seemed like the perfect moment to buy a Eurail pass for two months. Starting from Spain, the countries which I originally planned to visit were France, Monaco, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Denmark, Poland , Hungary, Slovakia, Croatia, Bosnia, Greece, and finally Italy. Poland, Bosnia and Greece did not happen, including because of winter train timetables however I did get to Sweden. 

所以，一切是怎麼開始的呢？為什麼我會帶上行囊去用火車環遊歐洲呢？用火車環遊歐洲的想法其實是在2015年婦女節的時候，在上海聽了一場演講（後來我也邀請了主講人Alan上我們學英語環遊世界第162集的節目），大受鼓舞，主講人用一個月的時間用火車環遊了5個國家，當他談到路上遇到的有趣的人事物的時候，讓我對火車環歐旅行充滿嚮往，那時我就在心裡默默許願，有機會到了歐洲也要這麼壯遊一場。後來因為拿到創業簽住在西班牙將近三年的時間，由於來往歐洲各國的飛機十分的便宜便利，讓我都差點忘了曾經擁有的夢想！就在我決定離開西班牙回來亞洲定居繼續旅行的時候，才想到歐洲還有好多地方沒看過，而下次回來不知道什麼時候了，我在歐洲鐵路官網上買了一張兩個月的火車通票（Eurail Pass），從西班牙啟程，原先規劃路線從法國、摩納哥、瑞士、奧地利、德國、丹麥、波蘭、匈牙利、斯洛伐克、克羅地亞、波西尼亞、希臘，然後最後一站意大利。因為火車時間表的關係，我最後沒有去成波蘭、波西尼亞還有希臘，然而我卻去到了瑞典。

This was my last adventure before leaving Europe in 2019 and I departed from Spain in November when the weather was getting colder. I used Couchsurfing to stay in strangers' places and get to know people in the cities I was visiting. In two months, I was in twelve countries across Europe. Originally it felt like a mission impossible, and I almost chickened out of it in the middle. The constant long distance travel was a huge test for my mind, body, and soul, however, I gritted my teeth and kept going in the face of challenges. Although the pandemic has been slowing down globally, in Taiwan the infection rate has gone up. At this time, I am living in a hillside village in Taiwan and this has given me the calmness and space to begin writing. I wrote the English version first and edited it with the assistance of my English teacher Oliver, before translating it into Chinese. So listeners, get yourself a drink of your choice, make yourself comfortable and buckle up because we're flying offon our European tour with Lily! 

這是2019年我在離開歐洲的最後一個冒險，我一個人坐火車在開始要變冷11月的時候從西班牙出發，並且用沙發衝浪的方式住在陌生人家中然後認識當地人，用了兩個月去了歐洲12個國家，起初感覺是不可能的任務，甚至害怕會中途退縮，一直長途在路上旅行真的是對身心靈非常大的考驗，但是我還是咬牙達成了！直到最近全世界的疫情較為趨緩，然而在台灣卻感染案例不斷，我搬到了台灣山坡上的小村子，得以靜下心後，我才開始用英文寫下了這個火車環歐旅行還有沙發衝浪的故事，然後請我的英語老師Oliver協助修改，我再自己親自翻譯而成！所以聽眾們，準備好一杯你喜歡的飲料，讓自己坐得舒服些，綁好安全帶因為我們即將和Lily一起飛到歐洲進行一場奇幻之旅！

Stay tuned...there's much more to come! 

In the next episode I'll be taking a closer look at reasons why I decided to leave the beautiful country of Spain and how I overcame the fear associated with this departure.

敬請期待，還有好多故事呢！

下一集我會告訴你我為什麼離開西班牙這個美麗的國家，還有我是如何克服出發伴隨的各種恐懼。

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本系列會將中英的版本分開錄製，想要進行更深入

You carry so much love in your heart, give some to yourself.

你的心裡有好多的愛，拨出一些給自己吧。

如果你也很想要交往外國男女朋友，昨天在我的微信公眾帳號IFLYCLUB發佈了一篇原創文章，一定要看，這篇文章的名字是《3個快速和老外交朋友的秘訣》，你也可以在公眾號回覆“外國人”得到這篇文章！7.5 我們的《跟Lily說英語去旅行》的訓練營也開始招生了，同樣，妳可以在公眾微信帳號IFLYCLUB上面可以回覆：訓練營，得到報名的入口。

另外我的和老外用英語交友聊聊天的直播課程也正在預售中，預計報名滿20人就會開課！目前已經有9個朋友報名了，感謝在微信上報名的Hitomi、Carmen、林子、Joey、劉翠、Lu，還有在FB上的Elie、玉珍、之瑜，已經先報名預售課，懇請大家多多支持！這樣我得以繼續用我的冒險經驗來服務你們，還有做更多公益的事情！

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我的解藥 果真還是他

充滿眼淚的下午，我提起最後ㄧ絲絲可以與生活對抗的力氣，在失聯後的第十天，

傳了簡訊給他。

"I guess I still can't bear this alone. I am too lonely.

I know we aren't compatible. But I still need you to be

there for me a lot. Please don't see me as a substitute.

Crying...I've been too down for too long." （我猜我沒有辦法自己承受，我真的太寂寞了。我知道我們不合適。但是我仍然非常需要你支持我。請不要講我視為替代品。哭哭，我真的低潮太久了。）

我ㄧ邊打手機簡訊一邊哭泣，這是我內心最孤單的聲音...

他傳來，

"I've been missing you a lot this past week. There have

been so many times I wanted to call but I thought you can't

bear to hear my voice. I am here for you." （過去這個禮拜我真的很想你，有好多次我想打給你但是我想你應該不想聽到我的聲音。我在這裡支持你。）

此時我的線上廣播正好播放Gnarls Barkley的"Crazy"，這首歌，

我ㄧ直記得有一天在他去美國之前，我在他的房間，當時房間很暗，

只有電腦螢幕亮著，他抱著我，介紹這首他最近喜歡的ㄧ首歌，而這次

卻是我第二次再聽到這首歌....

"我們很像電影的人物。" 我說。

"這就是我的生活。"他笑笑說。然後他用著他"尚未開發的嗓音"跟著音樂

接著唱"I think you are crazy~ Just like me.."

正在看著他簡訊的我，大笑...這已經是我這十天來第一次因為生活的巧合驚喜而笑...

正想傳簡訊告訴他這件事時，電話響起來...是他。

我按下了通話鍵，我們的對話變得很生疏，

"你好嗎？"他說，

"我還好。"我接著說。"我好寂寞"。

我告訴他剛剛在看他簡訊時，廣播剛好播放Crazy這首歌。

"好巧喔！"他用他很可愛的中文說。

我想這一切都很像是命中注定，命中注定你怎麼都甩不開這個人，分離了偏偏又還是會相聚，

我們在完全沒有對方的聯絡方式下巧合碰了四次，成為朋友後在路上老是碰到我們認識的人，

ㄧ連串的巧合讓我們感情更緊密，隨著感情的加深，伴隨的卻是不知所措的忌妒和痛苦，

當你體認到，只有跟這個人在一起時的自己最快樂時，你真的...只有手足無措。

"妳要不要出來?" 他問。

我說，"我不知道我八點跟別人吃晚餐。"

他說，"沒關係我可以去找妳。""我想讓妳開心點。"

"你不用讓我開心。" 你要讓你自己開心...我心裡這麼想。

"恩。但我想跟妳說話。"他說。

我們約在101見面，當我抬頭仰望101大樓，他出現了...

還好只是十天沒見面而已並沒讓我忘記他長得什麼樣，只是

他的嘴唇上方好像被刮鬍刀狠狠的刮上一刀，

"你怎麼了?" 這是我們見面的第一句話。

"我有故事要告訴妳。"他一如往常把我當做愛聽故事的小女孩跟我說他這瘋狂的一個星期。

這一個禮拜他都在君悅飯店，他們美國公司的人來台灣，

他負責接待，顯然這個禮拜他派對過多，而且酒也喝了太多，

對於他嘴巴上的傷，其實他也不知道怎麼來的。他所能記得的

最後ㄧ件事就是那天有人帶了一瓶伏特加到Party上。還有他

在計程車上寫電話給一個女生，可是他卻在紙上一直劃圈圈。(笑)。

醒來發現幸好還在自己家裡，只是嘔吐物滿地，搞得全身髒兮兮的。

還有，他喜歡的女生下決心要嫁給他的男朋友，還拍了婚紗照。

"你應該寫一本書才對，一定很多人會喜歡，你的生活。" 我開玩笑的說。

很高興聽到他跟同事之間的關係變熱絡了，很高興聽到他的生活這麼有趣熱鬧。

"妳呢?我相信妳也活得跟我一樣瘋狂。"他微笑的正等著我跟他說我的"故事"。

"我快無聊死了。"我說，"我的生活好無趣。"

真的。如果大家的生活集合起來，可能不會比他經歷的一半"有趣"。

他因為他的台灣女朋友來台灣，經過掙扎後，還是分手了。

之後他愛上這個令他癡迷的同班同學，他曾經認為他遇到完美的另一半，

像被拋在天堂那般的快樂，後來這個女生卻給他地獄般的痛苦；

他身邊圍繞著許多愛慕他的女生，很顯然的，他也很喜歡和這些女生"玩"，

每天玩不完的大小PARTY。但是他的心，就是很單純很真心的喜歡那個

韓國女生。雖然我"曾經"打敗他心儀的對象，晉身為他的"女友"。但是呢！

他還是很喜歡她。我想這就是他摩羯座最固執的一面。><

我的生活雖然有夠無趣了，但是我這個人，實際上就是一個書蟲，

我只愛看電影跟逛書店，沒有什麼野心理想，只想作一個對生活上都感到

快樂滿足的人，夢想未來的生活可以環遊世界，開一家小書店，寫寫文章，

當別人的心靈導師。對於我這個腦子裡充滿白雪公主式的夢幻理想的人，

他對我來說就像是一本驚奇有趣的小說，有時又扮演白馬王子把我從無趣

寂寞的生活拯救出來。

說實在的，有時候我也真的很討厭他。舉他的缺點可能比說他優點還要輕鬆容易；

說他壞話比說他好話更花時間。他的固執自大自滿悲觀憤世嫉俗愛抱怨花心可以把

我弄哭心碎很多次。但是他卻可以有辦法讓我停止傷心哭泣。所以，如果當我的毒藥

解藥都是同一人，我就只有陷入。

"我決定要跟你媽講你的壞話。"他又惹我生氣，我說。怒。

"喔！她也會跟妳說我壞話，妳們可能要花六個月講。"他調皮的說。

"我的家人都討厭我，他們會說我很多壞話。" (其實這不是真的，據我所知，他家人很愛他。)

"才不會呢！你這麼'可愛'"

"我是'可憐沒人愛'！" (昏倒~那時他的中文已經這麼好)

我想，他永遠贏。

你沒辦法討厭他，

你只會越來越愛他；

他不是壞習慣，

因為你根本沒有方法把他戒除。

他不會對你太NICE，

他只會對你過度體貼；

他很常說謊，

你不會相信他；

他不會表現忌妒，

他會顯示他的在乎；

他不會愛妳，

因為妳要愛妳自己。

（寫於2006.6.13）

**What would you do with your life if money wasn’t an issue? 如果錢不是問題，你會用你的生命做什麼？

If money wasn’t an issue, I’d get on the road and travel! 如果錢不是問題，我就會上路去旅行。

節目接著休息幾天，7.7會再開始分享我在2019年環歐火車旅行沙發衝浪的故事！

我的微信公眾帳號：iflyclub（貴旅特），我的Line/IG/FB：@flywithlily

為台灣疫情祈福 X 聽Podcast學英語環遊世界，現在7.1前用你的IG帳號 Tag （@flywithlily）你在Apple Podcast 五星評價留言，就可以得到一張手寫台灣造型的明信片！

Life is too short. 生命太短暫

So love your life, be happy and keep smiling. 所以愛你的人生，要開開心心的還有保持微笑。

Before you speak, listen. 在你說話之前，先去傾聽。

Before you write, think. 在你寫字之前，先想一想。

Before you spend, earn. 在你花錢之前，先去賺錢。

Before you pray, forgive. 在你禱告之前，先去原諒。

Before you hate, love. 在你仇恨之前，先去愛。

Before you quit, try. 在你放棄之前，先去試試看。

Before you die, live. 在你死之前，先好好地活一場。

“每次打開都能聽到舒服的聲音，內容即能得到知識和一些想法，更重要的是不會有要用力聽才能聽清楚的壓力。”

Cafe58 via Apple Podcasts · Taiwan · 06/26/21

親愛的大人物先生（Mr. B)，

這是我最難寫的一封信，在你出差的21天，我每天都想你。

我想念你的毛毛手，我想念你的dirty blond hair（金褐髮）,我想念你的ㄧ切。

當你在LA出差的時候，你用中文手寫的訊息，說你好想我，我好開心...讓我有了精神繼續我新上任的工作。當你在IDAHO跟父母在一起時，你打來長途電話，讓我很開心。

你在機場打給我告訴我你錯過班機，我也好開心，我真的不得不承認，我真的好喜歡你想到我，打電話給我。

接你飛機的前一天，我好累又興奮的趕到你家，請你的室友Sandra幫我開門，讓我住在你家，

我想買些東西給你吃，預備好給你ㄧ些小驚喜。那天我真的好想念你，但沒想到你的班機竟延遲了十六個小時，讓我等待你的時間加長了，我倒數著距離你下飛機的小時數，雖然公司出了突發狀況，我必須要工作，但是我卻一點也不覺得辛苦，我想我真的好興奮能見到你。

在機場見到你，感覺你好像變胖了一些，看到我後你把我手上零零碎碎的東西一一卸下，把我抱起來。

回到家後，我們一起吃著泡麵，我覺得好幸福。你給我的小禮物，我真的很喜歡。也很受寵若驚，我想我知道我在你心裡的重量。

你知道嗎？我真的覺得我好喜歡你，雖然我怕我說出這句話之後你就消失不見了，那天晚上，我跟你說，"I think I like you"（我想我喜歡你） "I think it's more than like" （我想應該比喜歡還要多）我講不出來...我想說的其實是 I love you.......我已經在心裡喊了好幾百遍了...我好想對你說這句話without thinking about if you love me or not.....（不要想你是否愛我）但是我卻步了...我好害怕...我真的好怕.....沒想到愛一個人的快樂尾隨的是恐懼。

在我最難過的時候我找不到你...在最難過的時候，你在約會...我真的很難過....

今天希望你快樂的我，卻變得不快樂......

我真的希望你快樂啊，但我應該怎麼作?我真希望我可以不要感覺這些感覺...真的很複雜......

寫於2006.6.1

What would you do with your life if you had a guarantee of success? 如果你有成功的保證，你會用你的生命做什麼？

If I had a guarantee of success, I’d travel the world, own my business and start a family.

如果我有成功的保證，我會環遊世界，擁有我自己的生意，然後組建家庭。

明天我們會來探討這個問題：

What would you do with your life if money wasn’t an issue? 如果錢不是問題，你會用你的生命做什麼？

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I’m afraid you won’t love me anymore. 我害怕你不再愛我。

I’m afraid I’m going to lose you.我害怕我將失去你。

I’m afraid you’re going to replace me and find someone better than me. 我害怕你會找到比我更好的人取代我。

I’m afraid someone can make you happier than I can. 我害怕有人會比我更會逗你開心。

I’m afraid you will lose interest in me, in us. 我害怕你會對我和我們不再感興趣。

這張圖片是不用用他新寵兒的掌上型電腦UMPC畫圖傳MSN給我，收集的圖片。

嘻嘻，他一定是知道我會展示出來獻寶。

至於他為什麼要畫一個小內褲在那邊...ㄟ...聽說他好像到了為"維多利亞的秘密Victoria Secret"幫我買了一個東西吧！這傢伙，算他狠，我跟他說叫他也買ㄧ件丁字褲給自己啊！回來我們來開內衣PARTY好嚕！

嘻嘻~他快回來嚕!好期待唷!!

What would you do with your life if you had no fear? 如果你沒有恐懼，你會用你的生命做什麼？

I’d travel as far as I could and share everything I experienced on the road if I had no fear. 我r如果我什麼都不怕，我會盡可能去遠方旅行，然後分享我在路上所有體驗到的東西。

***What you want is on the other side of the fear! 你想要的都在恐懼的那一端。

明天我們會來探討這個問題：

What would you do with your life if you had a guarantee of success? 如果你有成功的保證，你會用你的生命做什麼？

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“If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.”― Madonna

這是"先苦後甘"的英文，

在Madonna的新歌Get Together聽到很有感覺。

我常常覺得，每個人一生中吃的苦頭大多差不多，

但有分先吃完晚吃完之分，所以啊，如果現在眼前有一大堆的困難挑戰，

不要輕易放棄這個可以磨練自己砥礪心智的機會。

我很開心現在接的這個工作這麼有挑戰性，雖然最近真是忙翻了沒什麼睡，

但是想到可以學的事情好多，可以發展的很多，就覺得十分興奮。

最重要是主任也很支持我鼓勵我，聽我的看法和意見。

縱使我知道前面的路很艱辛，很辛苦，但是我相信我們一定可以咬緊牙關度過。

還有目前，在地球兩端的我們...

昨天在螢幕前看他用手寫訊息傳過來的中文"我好想你"。

整個人要凍結了...很感動，真的，不管是真的是假的是安慰是思念...

我想把這些感動，都收藏起來。一種無法言喻的Bittersweet…（苦中帶甜的）

（寫於2006.5.13）

If you had 5 minutes and the whole world was forced to listen, what would you say? 如果你有五分鐘，讓整個世界都強迫聽你說話，你會說什麼？

I would talk about love, forgiveness, and life purpose. 我會談論愛、原諒、還有生命的目的。

明天我們會來探討這個問題：

What would you do with your life if you had no fear? 如果你沒有恐懼，你會用你的生命做什麼？

請訂閱關注收聽Part 8！

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