After the wedding weekend in the Paris suburb and the week-long self-drive tour in Normandy, my family and relatives are now heading back to Hong Kong, Australia, and the US. But my journey does not stop here: I will be backpacking solo in the Balkans for the next few weeks, visiting four Southeastern European countries – Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, and North Macedonia. These countries were all under communist governments after WWII / during the Cold War, either as part of the socialist Yugoslavia or as a Yugoslav satellite state.
Attending my cousin Veronica’s wedding in France. // The last time we met, neither of us was more than three feet tall. I recall spending a summer with her playing silly games at my flat and laughing our heads off. Shortly after, Veronica and her family moved from Hong Kong to Australia, where she eventually met the love of her life, Alexis, a gentleman from France. // Since our last encounter we have doubled our heights, quadrupled our ages, and I too moved to a different continent. This special day of her brought our families together and we are delighted to be a part of this beautiful wedding. // 參加堂妹Veronica 在法國舉行的婚禮。 // 上次見面，我倆都未夠三尺高。 記得有一個夏天，我們在地板上滾來滾去和在我家裡玩一些無聊的遊戲，已經非常開心。那個夏天也是我們最後一次見過面。 不久之後Veronica和她的家人就從香港搬到澳洲，在那裡她也遇到了她生命中的真愛，來自法國的Alexis。 // 自從上次見面，我們的身高翻了個倍，年齡翻了四倍，我也舉家搬到了美國。 就是這個特別的日子，讓我們幾家人聚首一堂，也很榮幸成為這場美麗婚禮的一部分。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Attending my cousin Veronica’s wedding in France. // The last time we met, neither of us was more than three feet tall. I recall spending a summer with her playing silly games at my flat and laughing our heads off. Shortly after, Veronica and her family moved from Hong Kong to Australia, where she eventually met the love of her life, Alexis, a gentleman from France. // Since our last encounter we have doubled our heights, quadrupled our ages, and I too moved to a different continent. This special day of her brought our families together and we are delighted to be a part of this beautiful wedding. // 參加堂妹Veronica 在法國舉行的婚禮。 // 上次見面，我倆都未夠三尺高。 記得有一個夏天，我們在地板上滾來滾去和在我家裡玩一些無聊的遊戲，已經非常開心。那個夏天也是我們最後一次見過面。 不久之後Veronica和她的家人就從香港搬到澳洲，在那裡她也遇到了她生命中的真愛，來自法國的Alexis。 // 自從上次見面，我們的身高翻了個倍，年齡翻了四倍，我也舉家搬到了美國。 就是這個特別的日子，讓我們幾家人聚首一堂，也很榮幸成為這場美麗婚禮的一部分。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Attending my cousin Veronica’s wedding in France. // The last time we met, neither of us was more than three feet tall. I recall spending a summer with her playing silly games at my flat and laughing our heads off. Shortly after, Veronica and her family moved from Hong Kong to Australia, where she eventually met the love of her life, Alexis, a gentleman from France. // Since our last encounter we have doubled our heights, quadrupled our ages, and I too moved to a different continent. This special day of her brought our families together and we are delighted to be a part of this beautiful wedding. // 參加堂妹Veronica 在法國舉行的婚禮。 // 上次見面，我倆都未夠三尺高。 記得有一個夏天，我們在地板上滾來滾去和在我家裡玩一些無聊的遊戲，已經非常開心。那個夏天也是我們最後一次見過面。 不久之後Veronica和她的家人就從香港搬到澳洲，在那裡她也遇到了她生命中的真愛，來自法國的Alexis。 // 自從上次見面，我們的身高翻了個倍，年齡翻了四倍，我也舉家搬到了美國。 就是這個特別的日子，讓我們幾家人聚首一堂，也很榮幸成為這場美麗婚禮的一部分。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Attending my cousin Veronica’s wedding in France. // The last time we met, neither of us was more than three feet tall. I recall spending a summer with her playing silly games at my flat and laughing our heads off. Shortly after, Veronica and her family moved from Hong Kong to Australia, where she eventually met the love of her life, Alexis, a gentleman from France. // Since our last encounter we have doubled our heights, quadrupled our ages, and I too moved to a different continent. This special day of her brought our families together and we are delighted to be a part of this beautiful wedding. // 參加堂妹Veronica 在法國舉行的婚禮。 // 上次見面，我倆都未夠三尺高。 記得有一個夏天，我們在地板上滾來滾去和在我家裡玩一些無聊的遊戲，已經非常開心。那個夏天也是我們最後一次見過面。 不久之後Veronica和她的家人就從香港搬到澳洲，在那裡她也遇到了她生命中的真愛，來自法國的Alexis。 // 自從上次見面，我們的身高翻了個倍，年齡翻了四倍，我也舉家搬到了美國。 就是這個特別的日子，讓我們幾家人聚首一堂，也很榮幸成為這場美麗婚禮的一部分。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Attending my cousin Veronica’s wedding in France. // The last time we met, neither of us was more than three feet tall. I recall spending a summer with her playing silly games at my flat and laughing our heads off. Shortly after, Veronica and her family moved from Hong Kong to Australia, where she eventually met the love of her life, Alexis, a gentleman from France. // Since our last encounter we have doubled our heights, quadrupled our ages, and I too moved to a different continent. This special day of her brought our families together and we are delighted to be a part of this beautiful wedding. // 參加堂妹Veronica 在法國舉行的婚禮。 // 上次見面，我倆都未夠三尺高。 記得有一個夏天，我們在地板上滾來滾去和在我家裡玩一些無聊的遊戲，已經非常開心。那個夏天也是我們最後一次見過面。 不久之後Veronica和她的家人就從香港搬到澳洲，在那裡她也遇到了她生命中的真愛，來自法國的Alexis。 // 自從上次見面，我們的身高翻了個倍，年齡翻了四倍，我也舉家搬到了美國。 就是這個特別的日子，讓我們幾家人聚首一堂，也很榮幸成為這場美麗婚禮的一部分。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Mont-Saint-Michel, a monastery on an island in Normandy. The unique position of its fortifications made it accessible to pilgrims at low tide, while defensible against the English invaders at high tide during the Hundred Years War between France and England. 位於諾曼第一個島上的聖米歇爾山的山頂是一所修道院，其獨特位置使朝聖者在潮退時可安全進入，在潮漲時可抵抗英法百年戰爭中的英國侵略者。 @Normandy諾曼第
Mont-Saint-Michel, a monastery on an island in Normandy. The unique position of its fortifications made it accessible to pilgrims at low tide, while defensible against the English invaders at high tide during the Hundred Years War between France and England. 位於諾曼第一個島上的聖米歇爾山的山頂是一所修道院，其獨特位置使朝聖者在潮退時可安全進入，在潮漲時可抵抗英法百年戰爭中的英國侵略者。 @Normandy諾曼第
Mont-Saint-Michel, a monastery on an island in Normandy. The unique position of its fortifications made it accessible to pilgrims at low tide, while defensible against the English invaders at high tide during the Hundred Years War between France and England. 位於諾曼第一個島上的聖米歇爾山的山頂是一所修道院，其獨特位置使朝聖者在潮退時可安全進入，在潮漲時可抵抗英法百年戰爭中的英國侵略者。 @Normandy諾曼第
Mont-Saint-Michel, a monastery on an island in Normandy. The unique position of its fortifications made it accessible to pilgrims at low tide, while defensible against the English invaders at high tide during the Hundred Years War between France and England. 位於諾曼第一個島上的聖米歇爾山的山頂是一所修道院，其獨特位置使朝聖者在潮退時可安全進入，在潮漲時可抵抗英法百年戰爭中的英國侵略者。 @Normandy諾曼第
Mont-Saint-Michel, a monastery on an island in Normandy. The unique position of its fortifications made it accessible to pilgrims at low tide, while defensible against the English invaders at high tide during the Hundred Years War between France and England. 位於諾曼第一個島上的聖米歇爾山的山頂是一所修道院，其獨特位置使朝聖者在潮退時可安全進入，在潮漲時可抵抗英法百年戰爭中的英國侵略者。 @Normandy諾曼第
Old Mill and château. 老磨坊與城堡。 @Vernon弗倫
Old Mill and château. 老磨坊與城堡。 @Vernon弗倫
Omaha Beach was the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Often refered to as D-Day or the Normandy landings, the operation began the liberation of France from Nazi control and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe. // The Allied forces landed on different beaches along the Normandy coast: The American on Omaha and Utah, the British on Sword and Gold, and the Canadian on Juno. 奧馬哈灘是第二次世界大戰期間盟軍入侵當時被德國納粹軍占領法國的地方。 通常被稱為諾曼第登陸，這行動標誌著解放從納粹控制中法國的序幕，以及納粹佔領歐洲終結的開始。 // 盟軍當時降落在諾曼第海岸不同的海灘上：美軍在奧馬哈灘和猶他灘，英軍在劍灘和金灘，加拿大軍在朱諾灘。 @Normandy諾曼第
Omaha Beach was the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Often refered to as D-Day or the Normandy landings, the operation began the liberation of France from Nazi control and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe. // The Allied forces landed on different beaches along the Normandy coast: The American on Omaha and Utah, the British on Sword and Gold, and the Canadian on Juno. 奧馬哈灘是第二次世界大戰期間盟軍入侵當時被德國納粹軍占領法國的地方。 通常被稱為諾曼第登陸，這行動標誌著解放從納粹控制中法國的序幕，以及納粹佔領歐洲終結的開始。 // 盟軍當時降落在諾曼第海岸不同的海灘上：美軍在奧馬哈灘和猶他灘，英軍在劍灘和金灘，加拿大軍在朱諾灘。 @Normandy諾曼第
Omaha Beach was the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Often refered to as D-Day or the Normandy landings, the operation began the liberation of France from Nazi control and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe. // The Allied forces landed on different beaches along the Normandy coast: The American on Omaha and Utah, the British on Sword and Gold, and the Canadian on Juno. 奧馬哈灘是第二次世界大戰期間盟軍入侵當時被德國納粹軍占領法國的地方。 通常被稱為諾曼第登陸，這行動標誌著解放從納粹控制中法國的序幕，以及納粹佔領歐洲終結的開始。 // 盟軍當時降落在諾曼第海岸不同的海灘上：美軍在奧馬哈灘和猶他灘，英軍在劍灘和金灘，加拿大軍在朱諾灘。 @Normandy諾曼第
Omaha Beach was the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Often refered to as D-Day or the Normandy landings, the operation began the liberation of France from Nazi control and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe. // The Allied forces landed on different beaches along the Normandy coast: The American on Omaha and Utah, the British on Sword and Gold, and the Canadian on Juno. 奧馬哈灘是第二次世界大戰期間盟軍入侵當時被德國納粹軍占領法國的地方。 通常被稱為諾曼第登陸，這行動標誌著解放從納粹控制中法國的序幕，以及納粹佔領歐洲終結的開始。 // 盟軍當時降落在諾曼第海岸不同的海灘上：美軍在奧馬哈灘和猶他灘，英軍在劍灘和金灘，加拿大軍在朱諾灘。 @Normandy諾曼第
Omaha Beach was the site of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France during WWII. Often refered to as D-Day or the Normandy landings, the operation began the liberation of France from Nazi control and marked the beginning of the end of Nazi occupation in Europe. // The Allied forces landed on different beaches along the Normandy coast: The American on Omaha and Utah, the British on Sword and Gold, and the Canadian on Juno. 奧馬哈灘是第二次世界大戰期間盟軍入侵當時被德國納粹軍占領法國的地方。 通常被稱為諾曼第登陸，這行動標誌著解放從納粹控制中法國的序幕，以及納粹佔領歐洲終結的開始。 // 盟軍當時降落在諾曼第海岸不同的海灘上：美軍在奧馬哈灘和猶他灘，英軍在劍灘和金灘，加拿大軍在朱諾灘。 @Normandy諾曼第
Family dedicated driver and photographer for the week. 在法國的一週我成為了御用司機和影相佬。 @Normandy諾曼第
Le Normandy Hotel. 諾曼第酒店。 @Normandy諾曼第
Monet Gardens, the former home of French impressionist painter Claude Monet. 莫奈花園，已故法國印象派畫家莫奈的故居。 @Giverny傑弗妮
Monet Gardens, the former home of French impressionist painter Claude Monet. 莫奈花園，已故法國印象派畫家莫奈的故居。 @Giverny傑弗妮
14th-century astronomical clock on a Renaissance arch. 十四世紀的天文鐘與文藝復興時期的拱門。 @Rouen魯昂
The interior of Catholic Church of Saint Joan of Arc. Like Mulan, Joan put on male armor in order to fight in the military. 聖女貞德天主教堂。 像花木蘭一樣，貞德披上男性裝甲以參軍作戰。 @Rouen魯昂
Foie gras pie. 鵝肝餡餅。 @Paris巴黎
Foie gras. 鵝肝。 @Honfleur罕法
Honfleur, a neighborhood known for its old port and slate-covered house frontages. Looks sort of like Copenhagen. 罕法是一個以舊港口和石板屋而聞名的區域，有點像丹麥的哥本哈根。 @Honfleur罕法
My cousin has unbelievable cooking skill and he cooked for all of us during our stay in our Normandy Airbnb. 我表哥有了不起的烹飪技巧，在我們入住諾曼底Airbnb期間的每一晚晚餐都是他親自下廚。 @Normandy諾曼第
My cousin has unbelievable cooking skill and he cooked for all of us during our stay in our Normandy Airbnb. 我表哥有了不起的烹飪技巧，在我們入住諾曼底Airbnb期間的每一晚晚餐都是他親自下廚。 @Normandy諾曼第
Beautiful Airbnb in the Paris suburb. 我們在巴黎市郊漂亮的Airbnb。 @SaintGermainEnLaye聖日爾曼
Notre Dame de Rouen, which has similar French gothic architectural style as Notre Dame de Paris. The latter is more famous, but was severely damaged by fire back in April. 魯昂聖母院，與更著名但受大火嚴重破壞的巴黎聖母院有著同樣的哥德式建築風格。 @Rouen魯昂
Notre Dame de Rouen, which has similar French gothic architectural style as Notre Dame de Paris. The latter is more famous, but was severely damaged by fire back in April. 魯昂聖母院，與更著名但受大火嚴重破壞的巴黎聖母院有著同樣的哥德式建築風格。 @Rouen魯昂
Mona Lisa behind bulletproof glass in Louvre. 在防彈玻璃後的蒙娜麗莎。 @Paris巴黎
Mona Lisa behind bulletproof glass in Louvre. 在防彈玻璃後的蒙娜麗莎。 @Paris巴黎
