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我逗著被放在腳踏車籃裡的嬰兒，循著小路走向Kroměříž 城堡。
I played with the baby in the basket in front of a bicycle, and walked towards Kroměříž Chateau via a small path.

看到路上人家的門飾，想起遠方的兔子妹。I saw this door deco and missed my Rabbit sister in the Far East.

Kroměříž 城堡原是Olomouc主教、大主教的住所，後來更是貴族聚集之地。奧地利皇帝和蘇俄沙皇都曾來拜訪過，城堡保存之完善，也被列為UNESCO世界遺蹟。城堡之大，參觀了一個小時也走不到一半，倒是穿著毛茸茸的拖鞋﹝以保護古蹟﹞逛逛蠻刺激的。
Kroměříž Chateau was once the residence of Olomouc Bishop and Archbishop and later a gathering place for noblemen. Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I. and Russian Tsar Alexander II also visited. The complete preservation of the castle was rewarded by the UNESCO as another world heritage. The chateau was so huge that I had hardly seen half of the rooms in an hour. Nevertheless, it was rather exciting to wear furry slippers (to protect this world heritage) around.



城堡之金碧輝煌，和布拉格與Český Krumlov有的比。讓我們所有遊客驚嘆的是這一間議會廳，所有雕飾皆由真金打造，當時維也納因為革命份子充斥，議會廳向立法院一樣搭起階梯數百張座椅，1848年的奧地利皇家議會在此舉辦。
The beauty of this Chateau was equivalent to Prague and Český Krumlov Castles. All exclaimed when we stepped into this Assembly Hall. Everything was made of pure gold. When Vienna was seized by revolution in 1848, the hundreds of chairs on staircases (like in a parliament hall) was stacked in the Assembly Hall so that Austrian Imperial Assmebly was relocated here.

當踏入城堡花園就被這兩位忽略寶寶的媽媽吸引了
When I stepped into the chateau garden, I was distracted by these mums who ignored their babies.

原來她們在撿果實They were picking fruits/nuts.

城堡Podzamecka花園一共有54公頃大Podzamecka Garden at the chateau occupies 54 hectares of land.

花園也是小小動物園The garden is also a small zoo.

一開始看到一隻白孔雀，我趕快用相機捕捉牠的身影，可是牠比布拉格的害羞所以馬上溜了！我跟著牠跑，卻發現整條小河岸都是孔雀，原來這裡才是孔雀森林！
When I first saw a white peacock, I wanted to capture its beauty with my camera. He was more shy than those I met in Prague that he ran away. I ran after him and found the riverbank was full of peacocks. This is the real Peacock Forest!

除了孔雀，這裡還有養鳥、鹿，馬.....Beside peacocks, there were birds, deers and horses.

我光是要逛這花園腿都快斷了By walking around this garden, my legs were nearly palalysed.

右方的Mlýnská城門，左方為聖茉莉斯教堂
On the right was Mlýnská Gate while on the left was Church of St. Maurice

聖貞女瑪莉教堂Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary

大廣場Velké náměstí Large Square

聖約翰浸禮會教堂Church of St John the Baptist

前教士的住所Former Canons' houses.

市政廳Town Hall

猶太市政廳Jewish Town Hall.

走到郊區的Libosad花園，真覺得Kroměříž和新加坡很像，都以造景為榮。
I walked to Libosad in the suburb and felt that Kroměříž reminded me of Singapore because of their landscape gardens.

可惜天公不賞臉Too bad the weather had not been good.

Libosad花園前方有景觀花園、後方有花園迷宮，是巴洛克花園的原祖，奠定了歐洲各花園的模式
Libosad had landscape designs in front and mazes at the back. It was the origin of Baroque garden and built a foundation style fof European gardens.

這裡也被UNESCO列為世界遺蹟之一It was also awarded as another UNESCO world heritage.

花園中的八角堂已經破爛不堪了Rotunda in the middle of the garden looked rundown.

柱廊可以玩回音遊戲喔 Colonade reflected the story of echo.

通往迷宮之路Walking towards the maze.

我走回大廣場看看城堡，天氣又如我預料一樣，在我離開時又轉好了
When I walked back to the Large Square, the weather had become better as expected because I was leaving

引申閱讀Further reading: Kroměříž 城堡與花園chateau and gardens, Kroměříž官方網站Official website