Nothing ever goes as I planned!: A brief stay at Kamloops

= 2014-Sep-4 =

Had waken up in an early morning for a Greyhound Bus heading to Kamloops with my foldable bike. I appreciated the weather was so good on that day.

一大早就起來，就為了要趕上前往 Kamloops 的巴士，小摺和我都很開心要前往一個新的地方冒險。

Breathing fresh air and enjoying different views in a new place that was great. Especially, it was a sunny day. :-)

到了一個新地方享受新鮮的空氣和不一樣的景色，感覺真的超讚的，尤其是在一個艷陽天。

This was the room that I got on this trip. Isn't it great? The light from my window was so great. What a sweet room that my host offered me this time. Also, I like her drawing room. She paints her artworks at her balcony. I can image how delightful it is when she enjoys the painting and natural lights together.

很喜歡這次的沙發主提供的充滿陽光的小房間，裡面還有她的畫作，是一個很舒服而且溫暖的空間。而且，還可以把我的小摺給放進去。

另外，她通常是在陽台畫畫的，這是個充滿自然光的美好畫室，感覺在這個地方畫畫是很舒服的，很棒的。

After dropped my bag and bike, my host took me to a historical house for her artworks. It was a great artworks presentation. She has a great passion for painting. The amazing thing is that she is just a beginner of painting but I can feel the passion and the energy from her artworks. From the stories that she told me, I know it was not an easy way for her to become an artist. Some people had a few wrong judgement about her artworks long time ago but she makes her dream come true. I guess... we all need to believe that we can make our dream come true whatever how people judge it.

在放下行李和小摺之後，沙發主帶我去了一個參觀了她的美術作品，我去 Kamloops 的這天，正好是她作品展覽的最後一天。她應該是在這幾年退休之後才開始學畫畫的，作品中可以看得出來她是個新手，不熟練的手法中可以感受到其中的豐富生命力。令我佩服的是，她很有毅力的追求著夢想，期間也有不少人不看好她的努力，但是她不停地讓自己一步步地邁向成功，我覺得這是很了不起的。很開心...有機會了解她追求夢想的故事。

A nice beer for a hot afternoon that was awesome. This is a small local bar. Nothing too special but people are so nice here.

來一杯冰涼的啤酒在酷熱的午後，是個痛快的享受。是很普通的酒吧，但是人們都非常友善。

This was my host. She is a nice person. We had a short walk along the river. She told me this big rock has all the records of the water level here. That was very nice to hear some local histories about a place.

這是這次的沙發主，她人很好。帶著沿著河走了一圈，也和我分享了一些關於這個地方的歷史和發展。可以有當地人講故事給我聽，這是沙發衝浪最棒的地方。

Of course, I went to the local library here. What a cute bike rack!

晃晃當地的圖書館是一定的！入口處的單車架很可愛。

The Kamloops Art Gallery was located at the same building with library but it was in a progress of a redecoration.

當地的美術館正好也跟圖書館在同一棟大樓，但是....正好在翻修中，所以沒得逛; 不過，這個圖書館還不少東西可以看的。