Going to italia diary:scouts (part1)(中英)
Five O'clock in the afternoon. The sun was already vanishing in the sky. The road ahead became darker gradually. It was hard for me to continue the journey because the headlights of my bicycle were stolen when I was in London.
I had been riding 40 miles, but the destination was still a long way off.
I stopped by a supermarket, ALDI, looked at the red battery bar on my phone, and was thinking of:
"Hmmm..should I keep going or camp at parking area nearby tonight?"
All of a sudden, a man came toward me and nicely asked, "are you lost?"
"No. Just because the sky grows dark. I am thinking of what to do next", I replied as if I am talking to myself.
The man said, "well, if you cannot find a good place to stay, maybe you can sleep in our garden. But I have to ask my wife about this first. What do you think?"
"Yes!" I replied fast if not immediately. Although there is no much difference between staying in a car park and camping in a private garden, during the journey, it is always good to have a chance to know new friends or have the opportunity to connect with others.
After a while of conversation, we started to know each other better. He is a father of two and a coach of a Scout group. After he knew that I am a traveler who cycled from the other side of the earth to here, he friendly invited me to join their training activity. He thought my journey might be inspiring for some of the young Scouts.
In Taiwan. We have Scout activities as well, but it seems the training system is not as organised as it in the U.K. In the U.K., when a Scout accomplishes a high-level honor., he or she can earn the opportunity to meet the royal family and be bestowed with honors and reputation.
His two little girls are also Scouts. The older Scout is a gourmet queen and has a high standard of food quality. The younger Scout is always accompanied by two friends, a tortoise and a rainbow-coloured sheep. They are both made of soft cotton and brave hearts. On the table, we were five people having dinner together. The food was so delicious that I can hardly stop delivering food from the dishes to my mouth; the conversation was heart-warming; I felt belong to the family at that particular time.
On the one end of the table, there is a photo on a desk, a picture of an African boy. I was curious and asked, "did you adopt this boy?"
The father said, "yes, we donate every year and hope to make his life better, but we don't really know where he is."
As a traveler, Africa is the must-visit place on my list; therefore, I said, "if he is in Africa, probably I can go to visit him on your behalf. Would you like to deliver some message to him?"
P.S. Don't live the life that you should live, live the life that you want to live.
前往義大利日記：童子軍榮耀(上)
已經下午五點，太陽準備要下山，前面的路慢慢看不太清楚，倫敦的小偷竊取走了我重要的前燈，導致我沒辦法夜晚騎車。
今天只有騎行40英哩而已，停在ashbourne鎮外圍，離我每天的目標有ㄧ大段距離。
當我停在路上，看著即將沒電的手機
(嗯...停下來搭帳篷還是繼續走？)
突然來了一位陌生人向我說的第一句話就是
(你迷路了？？)
(不，只是晚了，我在考慮要繼續走還是停在這)
(來我家吧，外面很冷，這邊是高原，風跟雨很大，不過先讓我跟房子的女主人說一下，對，她是我老婆，我打電話給她，等我一下)
他叫麥爾斯，兩位女孩的父親
我爽快的答應下來，之後便開始互相了解，原來他是位童子軍教練，也邀請我參加今晚的童子軍練習，台灣的童子軍體系無法和英國的比較，，如果童子軍得到了一定的榮譽，皇家會邀請召見，得到更高的榮譽。
原來，兩位小女孩也參與童子軍，姊姊是挑食大胃王，妹妹吃飯一定要攜帶著烏龜跟彩色羊(但牠是狗。)的娃娃，而我，是個餓死鬼，這不解釋了。
客廳擺放了一張非洲孩子的照片
(你也領養了一位小孩嗎？)
(是的，我們真的很想去找他，但是太困難了)
(是阿，不過或許我能見到他)
可惜因為沒有地址的原因，尋找他的建議就此打消了。
ps:不要過你應該過的生活，
而是去過你想要過的生活。
