Name: 我在蘇格蘭的一週書香生活 (A Bookish Week in My Life in Scotland)
Uploaded: 2025-04-05T13:42:43.000Z
Duration: 43 min

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Mum and I travelled up to Edinburgh on the Caledonia sleeper train, which is an overnight train.

我和媽媽乘坐喀裡多尼亞臥鋪列車前往愛丁堡，這是一趟過夜列車。

And they had this little club cart where you could go and get tea and drink.

他們有一個小俱樂部車，你可以去那裡喝茶和飲料。

I know I've been raving about this for years.

我知道多年來我一直對它讚不絕口。

The Caledonian sleeper journey of a night time.

實際上，我們睡覺的時候並沒有把門打開。

There's going to be the lowlands, loads of greenery.

那裡將是低窪地帶，綠樹成蔭。

The train left at 11.30, so we got into our pyjamas and I chose a book to read.

火車 11 點 30 分出發，我們穿上睡衣，我選了一本書來看。

And when we woke up the next morning, we were in Scotland.

第二天早上醒來時，我們已經在蘇格蘭了。

We got a taxi to the hotel. We were staying at the Kimpton.

我們乘計程車前往酒店。我們住在金普頓酒店。

We are now here in Edinburgh and we've just checked into the room and it's so nice.

我們現在在愛丁堡，剛住進房間，感覺非常好。

Like, this hotel is stunning. So beautifully decorated.

比如，這家酒店太迷人了。裝飾得如此精美。

So, mum is just looking over the itinerary.

This is the room. There are these beautiful pictures here.

這就是房間。這裡有這些美麗的照片。

There are just so many nice little unique...

Oh my gosh, look! They've got an HG Wells book here.

哦，天哪，看這裡有本威爾斯的書

I had a pumpkin spice cold brew, which was really good.

我喝了一杯南瓜香料冷飲，真的很不錯。

And we just drank our coffees whilst walking around the city.

我們一邊喝咖啡，一邊在城市裡散步。

So we were just walking along and we spotted this ginormous monument.

我們走著走著，發現了這座巨大的紀念碑。

And it turns out that this is one of the largest monuments dedicated to any writer in all of the world.

原來，這是世界上最大的作家紀念碑之一。

And it's to Sir Walter Scott, who is of course one of the greatest Scottish writers.

這是獻給沃爾特-司各特爵士的，他當然是蘇格蘭最偉大的作家之一。

So we're going to go round and have a look.

Sir Walter Scott was a greatly revered novelist, poet and historian.

沃爾特-司各特爵士是一位備受尊敬的小說家、詩人和歷史學家。

And according to Henry Coburn, Scotland never owed so much to one man.

據亨利-科本（Henry Coburn）說，蘇格蘭從未欠過一個人這麼多。

Since he reignited an appreciation for Scottish life and culture.

從那時起，他重新激發了人們對蘇格蘭生活和文化的熱愛。

His books were read and enjoyed all over the world.

他的書在世界各地被閱讀和喜愛。

And Goath, who was funnily enough one of Scott's favourite writers, called him a genius who does not have an equal.

有趣的是，斯科特最喜歡的作家之一戈斯稱他為 "無與倫比的天才"。

We went to Urban Angel for brunch, which had loads of very good vegan and vegetarian options.

我們去 Urban Angel 吃早午餐，那裡有很多非常不錯的素食和純素選擇。

We ended up going for this hummus and chickpeas on toast, which was amazing.

我們最後選擇了鷹嘴豆泥和鷹嘴豆吐司，味道非常棒。

So we headed up this staircase to this courtyard where the Writers' Museum was.

於是，我們沿著樓梯來到作家博物館所在的庭院。

And on the paving stones were engraved these quotes from great Scottish writers.

鋪路石上鐫刻著蘇格蘭偉大作家的名言。

I care to live only to entice people to look at nature's wonders.

我願意活著，只為吸引人們欣賞大自然的奇觀。

They had rooms dedicated to Robert Louis Stevenson, Walter Scott and Robert Burns.

他們有專門為羅伯特-路易斯-史蒂文森、沃爾特-司各特和羅伯特-伯恩斯準備的房間。

And we spent most time in the Walter Scott room.

我們大部分時間都待在沃爾特-斯科特的房間裡。

So these are things from Walter Scott's writing desk.

這些都是沃爾特-司各特寫字檯上的東西。

And look, there's a little candlestick holder and stuff there.

看，那裡還有一個小燭臺和其他東西。

Still got some of the feather left, which is incredible.

羽毛還剩下一些，真是不可思議。

And I think here we've got, oh, it's a silver letter seal.

我想我們這裡有，哦，這是一個銀色的字母印章。

My dear, be a good man, be virtuous, be religious, be a good man.

親愛的，做個好人，有道德，有信仰，做個好人。

Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to Lyon.

當你來到里昂時，沒有任何其他東西能給你帶來安慰。

接下來，我們前往國家圖書館。

If you know me, you know that I can't resist the library.

如果你瞭解我，就會知道我無法抗拒圖書館。

And they had this really cool exhibition on, which was about pen names.

他們舉辦了一個很酷的展覽，是關於筆名的。

Oh, and I was just taking some notes of things that I found interesting in my notebook, wherever we went.

哦，無論我們走到哪裡，我都會在筆記本上記下一些我覺得有趣的事情。

We also did a little bit of shopping this day.

We found some really great vintage shops, actually.

事實上，我們發現了一些非常棒的古董店。

Most of the locations we were going to were totally literary, though.

不過，我們要去的大部分地點都是完全文學化的。

Mum and I are currently in Canongate Kirkyard, which is a cemetery and church.

我和媽媽現在在坎農蓋特教堂（Canongate Kirkyard），那裡既是墓地也是教堂。

And this apparently is the churchyard which inspired Charles Dickens when he was writing A Christmas Carol.

這顯然就是查爾斯-狄更斯在創作《聖誕頌歌》時受到啟發的教堂墓地。

Dickens frequently visited Edinburgh, and he got the name for Scrooge on a gravestone in this churchyard.

狄更斯經常造訪愛丁堡，他在這座教堂墓地的墓碑上給史古治取了這個名字。

The name on this gravestone was Ebenezer Lemmick's Scrooge.

墓碑上的名字是埃比尼澤-萊米克的《守財奴》。

And on the gravestone, it described Scrooge as a meal man.

墓碑上寫著史古治是個吃飯的人。

But Dickens read this as mean man, and this is what inspired him to create Scrooge.

但狄更斯卻將其解讀為刻薄的人，這也是他創作史古治的靈感來源。

The gravestone is sadly lost now, though, so we weren't able to see it.

遺憾的是，墓碑現在已經遺失，所以我們沒能看到。

And I went for an iced oat milk dirty chai latte, which I've never tried before.

我點了一杯冰燕麥牛奶髒髒拿鐵，這是我以前從未嘗試過的。

This was a bit too sweet for me, so I think next time I'd ask for it without sweetener, but I think I'd like it otherwise.

這對我來說有點太甜了，所以我想下次我會要求不加甜味劑，但我想我還是會喜歡的。

So we're just going to walk to the bookshop now, which two different people have recommended actually.

我們現在就去書店，其實是兩個不同的人推薦的。

We were quite tired then, so we headed back to the hotel and got ready for dinner.

我們當時已經很累了，於是回到酒店準備吃晚飯。

We ate at Baba, which was in the Kimpton Hotel, and it was all mezze food, loads of flatbreads and hummus and salads, and it was just delicious.

我們在金普頓酒店內的 Baba 餐廳用餐，那裡的食物都是mezze，有很多扁麵包、鷹嘴豆泥和沙拉，非常美味。

And also the decor, again, is so well done.

It's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and it's got a lot of flowers, and also the decor, again, is so wonderfully vintage.

它有很多花，有很多花，有很多花，有很多花，有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花，還有很多花。

After dinner, we went for a walk, and as you can see, the sky was just such a gorgeous colour.

晚飯後，我們去散步，如你所見，天空的顏色真是絢麗多彩。

But we got back to the room quite early, at about 8.30, because we were just so tired from the whole day.

但我們很早就回到了房間，大約是 8 點半，因為我們一整天都太累了。

It was like mezze platters, and we've walked away with some good ideas of recipes to try at home.

這就好比是 mezze 拼盤，我們從中得到了一些好點子，可以在家裡嘗試。

And now we're just going on a walk, and it's lit up so, so beautifully.

現在我們正在散步，這裡的燈光非常非常漂亮。

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