去南寮看風箏

在另外的網誌之前寫的：

雁文是我第一個認識的臺灣的語言交換朋友，我到臺灣來以後，我們見過好幾次面，練習文跟英文。平常，我們在新竹市區找到一家安靜的咖啡店或是餐廳聊 聊天。我剛來臺灣時，她也幫助我買一些重要的東西，又找到重要的地方，所以現在我們可以專心的語言交換。上一個禮拜，她問我希不希望去別的地方。之前，我 們說到可以跟她的男朋友和他的語言交換朋友一起去旅行，不過這趟，我們不去很遠的地方，所以只是我們兩個人坐公車去南寮。

南寮是一個離新竹市區不太遠的海邊的地方。在那裡可以做一些別的活動，譬如說買好吃的東西，在攤子上玩一些遊戲，在一棟很大的大樓裡看一看海鮮市 場。這些活動有是有興趣，但是依我看，最厲害的是放風箏。我沒自己放風箏，不過很多人放得很好。我在瑞典跟朋友一起放一下風箏，可是跟禮拜天的風箏，瑞典 的完全比不上。可能我想要學怎麼自己放，看起來很好玩！以下有一些照片，也有一部短的電影。最後有一些別的南寮的照片。

This is a six-headed kite doing some aerial tricks. What annoys me is that before this one, there were two kites involved in some sort of competition against each other. They did not attempt to cut each other or anything, but it was obvious that they tried to down the other kite somehow. This is also cool, but not even close to being as cool as the combat.
The entrance to the main area. Colourful kites are never out of vogue.
Miscellaneous kites.
We spent perhaps half an hour looking at this kite. It is difficult do understand the tricks involved simply by looking at a photograph, but look at its tail and you will get some inkling what it was about.
Spiral. It might be difficult to grasp the scale, but I think the tail is at least 30 metres long, perhaps more.
More flying, now in company with a cool-looking five-headed kite.


It came pretty close sometimes, being hit at full speed would probably hurt a lot.


More beautiful manoeuvering.


Entangled!


Two pretty odd-looking kites. I really like the combination of the diver and the fish.


Even more odd, perhaps.



But all three together take the biscuit.


More of the same kind.


It seems like I am still alive and kicking.


The architecture is very odd. It seems like a mixture of many styles and somewhat artificial, but I still like the colours.


There is a much bigger harbour behind me, but this makes a much nicer photo anyway.


Bells, bells, bells.



An excellent example of weird a strange composition. Any classic architect probably turns in his grave because of the different kinds of orders used for these pillars.


This is more to my taste.


And this is Chanel!


The mentioned seafood market.