^{Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Washington D. C. | by @itchyfeetdonica
Donica多 | 摄于美国华盛顿 – 越南退伍军人纪念墙}

According to an Asian proverb,

“There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people’s eyes”.

The same goes with Vietnam War, a war that has made a huge impact in countries like Vietnam and USA. In this post I’m going to show you some photos I took when I visited the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D. C. of US and the War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City of Vietnam.

I was neither in the War nor from any of the 2 countries, so I don’t feel like commenting on it with my limited knowledge and experience. What I want to do here is just displaying the different scenes I witnessed from 2 corners of the world.

Feel free to tell me what you think about the photos, about the war, or about anything popping up to your mind.

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总在路上，难免会被问到旅行的意义，所以我也偶尔思考这个问题🤔，上帝啊请你别发笑。

陈绮贞唱的看过许多美景、看过许多美女也不错。你说这是装逼？对呀，谁会虚伪否认装逼也是旅行的意义之一？但这不是目的只是途径而已。举个栗子🙋‍🌰：在智利工作时先后遇到过两个保加利亚姑娘，一听说我去过她们那游客不太多的祖国，甚至她们那鸟不拉屎的家乡时，都是二话不说，立马加我为好友。另外一个阿尔巴尼亚姑娘也是这么落入了我好友的圈套，而我都没有主动把妹 别误会，我其实是直的啦，虽然觉得弯的也没什么不好🏳️‍🌈 (你看，这又是旅行的意义之一，让你敞开心胸接纳各种不同的观念和行为)。

当然，靠旅行经验来把妹/撩汉只是旅行很小的一部分意义，今天要聊的是更加深刻的意义（摆出严肃脸 😏 害怕hold不住）。扯了半天，其实就是给我要写的“城事影像”活动征文铺垫（💈 广告时间：这个活动很有文化内涵，主办人@aaronli最近又被黑账户被盗资产，所以大家都来支持一下吧~ 比如参加活动让他惊喜，得到奖金后再捐还给他让他双重惊喜……）。这期的主题是“黑暗”，这…… 似乎有悖于我一贯拥抱的欢快主旋律啊~。

但是，勇敢的我没有畏缩。有个词叫“见多识广”不是吗？这在当今各国主流媒体/价值观盛行的情况下，还真让广泛的旅行显得有那么些意义了。至少可以看到同一事件的不同侧面，有比较才有鉴别。扩展到日常，生活也多了很多其他选择，这点例子太多，以后再扯。=)

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所以，今天我打算通过自己的有限经历和照片，来从两个不同侧面呈现越南战争这一“黑暗”时期的一小部分。当然，我既没有参加越战，又不是生活在主要参战方所在国，只是去了越南和美国，看了看两个越战纪念馆/碑而已，难免片面。这两地分别是美国首都华盛顿的越南退伍军人纪念碑，和越南胡志明市的战争遗迹博物馆。1975年4月，越南共和国首都西贡（如今的胡志明市）沦陷，越南统一，这场旷日持久的战争终于结束。

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关于这场战争，维基百科的中文版是这样说的：

>越南战争（1955年－1975年），简称越戰，又称第二次印度支那战争，其本质为受美国等反共主義阵营国家支持的南越（越南共和国）對抗受苏联等共產主義国家支持的北越（越南民主共和国）和“越南南方民族解放陣線”（又稱越共）的一場战争。其发生在冷战时期的越南（主战场）、老挝、柬埔寨，是二戰以後美國參戰人數最多、影響最为深远的戰爭，最终美国在越南战争中遭受严重损失，综合国力随之削弱，冷战的优势逐渐为苏联占据。

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历史是个有趣的东西，其本质似乎是客观的，但曾客观存在的人都已作古，只能任由后人评说。正经的评说一般要结合史料记载和考古发现之类的。而载入史册的资料就是绝对客观的吗？🧐 有人说历史是由胜利的一方书写的。就连每次看百度百科和维基百科，反映的历史都是不同的，更别说各国编写的历史教科书这个任娘打扮的小姑娘了。除了广泛游历，这也是多学一/几门语言的好处，看世界看人生 – “啪啪啪”，一下多打开了好几扇窗~

比如，我们熟悉的抗日战争（War of Resistance Against Japan），在国际上是被称作第二次中日战争（Second Sino-Japanese War）的。就像下面要出现的越南战争的名称，在越南是叫抵美救国抗战（Resistance War Against America，可惜我不懂越南语，只能放个英文名称以便比较），而在国际上是越战（Vietnam War）或者第二次印度支那战争 （Second Indochina War）。

历史经由不同个体呈现的表象是复杂的，不易辨别。建立这两个战争纪念馆/碑的两国人也是站在不同的主观立场上。一千个人眼中有一千个越南战争。我这个局外人更加不明就里，只能通过这些展出的片段看到一些拼凑的表象，所以我不想妄加评论。然而，战争的黑暗给了我们黑色的眼睛，我们却可以用它来寻找光明天啊~好深刻。有一点可以肯定的是，战争是无比残酷和黑暗的，不管哪个国家的平民都是渴望和平和光明的。

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall | Washington D. C., USA
越南退伍军人纪念墙 | 美国华盛顿

先来看看美国首都华盛顿的越南退伍军人纪念墙。这面墙由華裔建筑师林璎设计，主要部份于1982年完工，是纪念碑的三个部分之一，用来纪念在越南战争中服役的美国士兵。虽然是著名建筑师林徽因的侄女，虽然设计了这一感染力强烈、一反惯常英雄纪念碑的独特V字形纪念墙，林璎的亚裔身份在当时却使得她的作品饱受严格的审查和争议。

我去的时候碰上几个学校的师生来这个爱国教育基地参观，很多学生在老师的带领下献上鲜花、自己写的信、画的画等来缅怀曾在他乡逝去的同胞先烈。估计是因为美国的爱国教育，“自由”、“自由斗士”是他们很喜欢用的一/两个字眼，尤其是涉世不深的学生。下面的照片里就出现了好几次。无辜的平民士兵在战争中失去生命很令人痛惜，而他们在为“自由平等”而战的同时，越南的国民也是大量伤亡。对比后面胡志明市的战争遗迹博物馆里展出的几枚炮弹，对着墙上的美国独立宣言和死伤民众照片，让人深思。

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War Remnants Museum | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
越南战争遗迹博物馆 | 越南胡志明市

而在这一黑暗战争的发生地 – 越南，战争遗迹博物馆里呈现的又是另外一番景象。花了一下午，看完几层楼的室内陈列和露天展览，很沉重，很难过，想哭却又哭不出来，一种刺痛淤积在胸口，持续了好久。

展馆室外的美军飞机等装备武器：

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关于战争与和平的海报和书籍：
Posters and books about war & peace:

各地区的声援海报和宣传：

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橙剂是一种高效落叶除草剂，越战期间美军用飞机大规模喷洒于南方越共游击队藏身的林木植被。这种除草剂中含有毒性极强的二恶英化合物，在自然和人体中要耗费9到14年才能消解。这些化合物残留导致各种病变，同时破坏生育和遗传基因，造成越南超过百万的残疾儿童。越战中曾在南方服役军人的子女出生缺陷率高达30%。

我当时在展馆看到众多受橙剂污染致畸的儿童照片，触目惊心，不忍拍照，只拍了下面这张受害者参加国际会议，还有一位当年23岁的越南二代受害者写给美国总统奥巴马的信。战争的黑暗不仅造成当时巨大的伤亡，还给接下来的几代人带来如此可怕的身体上的摧残和心理上的阴影。

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2 famous photos from the Vietnam War:
两张出自越战的比较有名的摄影作品 – 暗无天日的战争岁月中苦苦挣扎的平民们：

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Robert Capa，这个二十世纪著名的战地摄影记者，葬身于越战前线的地雷：

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虽然我没有像这个法国人一样参加过越战，但在越南各地游历一番后，却对他说的话有些共鸣，这是一块很特别的土地。

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下面几张在露天展览拍到的照片反映了富国战俘监狱里的种种酷刑。建于法国殖民时期的富国岛上的这个监狱是南越政权关押北越和越共囚犯的地方。

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图文 by Donica多
Photos shot by Canon Kiss X3 & iPhone 7}

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This is the second half of Hot Air Ballooning in Cappadocia, following my last post. You can find the introduction about this place and my ride here.

I described the incredible fantastic feeling in my last post, and now towards the end of the journey, our balloon is getting lower and lower, ready for landing. At the same time, there are more and more hot air balloons appearing in the sky.

接着上半段的土耳其卡帕多奇亚热气球之旅，我们再一起来看看后半部分的空中旅途。在上一篇里，我介绍了这块神奇地貌的形成，描述了飞行的美妙感受。现在这后半段里，热气球的高度渐渐下降，为着陆做准备。在靠近地面的空中也突然出现越来越多其他色彩图案各异的热气球。

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First a throwback:

先来回忆下前半段飞行途中瞭望到的景色吧：

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This is my blue balloon, though I took most pictures of that more photogenic rainbowish neighbor: ;)

下面照片里是我乘坐的蓝色热气球。然鹅，在我照片里出镜率最高的还是一直在我们旁边飞着的彩虹色热气球。你问我为什么？除了它五颜六色的更加上相之外，主要是因为我拍不到自己热气球的全身呗~：

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Since I wasn’t be able to shoot the whole image of my balloon, here’s part of the basket, and its complete shadow:

所以，只能近距离俯瞰一下载着我的大篮子的一边，还有全身投下的迷人的影子：
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Landed… I was still alive - so excited! :D

成功着陆啦！捏了几下自己的胳膊，还有知觉地存活着，好开心~！

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After landing, the balloon was packed, and we were offered champagne and other drinks. It felt great to celebrate together and warm up after the long flight in the cold morning. Each passenger was also awarded a flight certificate, woohoo~ I know, this is probably the easiest certificate you can get in your life - you only need to stand in a small moving basket for about 1 hour. And there you go - you did a historical flight over a moon-like landscape! ;)

落地后，大气球被打包。飞行员发给我们每人一杯香槟，还颁发了飞行证书。一篮子乘客聚在一起举杯欢庆这一幸存福的时刻~ =) 这可能是最容易得到的证书了吧 – 只需要呆站在一个在空中缓缓移动的篮子里，大约一小时后，飞行证书就到手了！还是如此奇幻地飞过地球上最像月球的地貌，简直酷毙了有木有？

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感谢阅读！你的关注/点赞/留言/转发就是对我最好的支持~ 下次见！:)

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Hey fellow Steemians, in this post and the following one, I will show you my magical experience of hot air ballooning in Cappadocia, Turkey.

I visited this amazing place 4 years ago, and I only started to sort through my photos just now because I happened to see a couple of photo contests today:

• the Thursday #colourfulphotography by @juliank;
• Birds of Flight - Deranged Photography Contests by @derangedvisions;
• Shadow Photo Contest by @melinda010100, with the theme “Giant Shadows” this round proposed by @nolasco;

If you are also a photography enthusiast, check out the pages of these great Steemians and join the photo fun! =)

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I shot these photos on a hot air balloon ride above Cappadocia, a semi-arid region in Central Anatolia, best known for its unique moon-like landscape and unusual rock formations.

The formation of this strange landscape started during the third geological period, when three volcanoes located on the edges of this region began erupting frequently. Here you can also find underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks.

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在这篇博文和下一篇里，请大家跟随我的照片，来一场奇幻的热气球之旅。

卡帕多奇亚是土耳其安纳托利亚中部的一块半干旱地区，以奇特的岩石构造、岩洞和半隐居人群的历史遗迹而闻名于世。地质学上的第三纪时期，这块地区边沿的三座火山开始频繁爆发，逐渐形成这里独特的地貌。由于与月球表面类似，这里也被称为“地球上最像月球的地方”。

我是四年前去的这里，由于一直连续旅行和工作拖延症晚期，当时拍的照片就扔在移动盘里几乎没再摸过。直到今天看到几个摄影活动，比如“多彩”、“飞行物”、“巨大的影子”、“简洁风”，这些关键词让我突然想起这次难忘的热气球飞行。所以我整理了一下照片，因为太多，会分两次发出来。这次就先一起来看看飞行的前半部分吧~ :)

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I had to get up at 5am in the cold morning, but it was definitely an out of the world experience that I would never forget.

The balloon was gently drifting over the fantastic landscapes, when the orange hued rays of sunrise kissed the fairy chimneys, orchards, vineyards, pigeon houses and cone-shaped rock formations. It was a marvel with dreamlike serenity.

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虽然早上五点就得挣扎着起床，还冻个半死，但相比这场非凡的奇幻体验真的很值得！

热气球载着我和其他几个乘客在空中缓缓飞行。朝阳渐渐滑出地平线，柔和橙黄的光芒给奇异的地貌镀上一层梦幻的暖色调。

在这清晨的静谧之中， 神仙烟窗，圆锥形石柱、蘑菇状奇石，白鸽岩屋等大自然鬼斧神工下的超现实奇景，不紧不慢地在眼前徐徐伸展开来。

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Preparing for the flight:
准备升空：
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The beautiful and powerful burner:
强劲酷炫的燃烧器：
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Here are some other balloons and the otherworldly views I shot from my big basket. It’s not easy to describe that incredible surreal feeling. Come to experience it by yourself! =)

下面是我从自己乘坐的热气球篮子里拍到的高处和脚下的各种幻境。语言很难确切地形容当时美妙的感觉请原谅我词穷，总之，需要你们自己来体会！ :D

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So that’s it for the first half of my hot air balloon trip, stay tuned for the next half! :)

好啦，上半程的飞行之旅先到这里，下次继续奉上后半部分。
你去过卡帕多奇亚吗？觉得这趟热气球旅行怎么样？
如果没有去过，我真心向你安利这片神奇的土地和这个飞行项目，虽然现在越来越有名，越来越商业化。但是，相信我，你绝对不会后悔这个选择的，真的是超级独特的经历！我不是托儿 ;)

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图文 by Donica多
Photos shot by Canon Kiss X3 & iPhone 4}

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When I see the topic of the Citystory photo contest hosted by @aaronli, I’m kind of lost in choices. It is “Street Art” this week. There are various forms of street art including graffiti, posters, sculptures, stickers, urban knitting, installations, etc.. Since I lived in Latin America, my eyes got used to a feast of colorful street murals from big cities to tiny towns. Even in the hidden gems underdogs like Belgium, there are creative street comics of Tintin’s adventures. But I have to choose one from the numerous, so I’ll first go for a type of unique Asian style – the murals on a couple of back streets in Malacca, Malaysia.

Malaysia is a charming multicultural destination boasting Malay, Chinese, Indian and other cultures. I have visited a few places there and have always wanted to go back. I was surprised to see so many stunning street murals in cities like Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Ipoh and Malacca. Among those street art works, the best known one might be the mural in old town Penang – “Brother & Sister on a Bicycle” painted by the Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic.

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我看到这期的“城事影像”主题时，立马陷入选择困难症的泥沼 😆。 这周的主题是“街头艺术”，街头艺术形式多样，比如有涂鸦、海报、雕塑、贴纸、纺织装饰品、装置艺术等。光是涂鸦，这些年就见到太多，尤其是拉丁美洲那无处不在的街头壁画，大都色彩鲜艳、意象奇特、水平高超，以喷绘比较常见。就连比利时这种常被嘲笑无趣的欧洲小国，街头也有《丁丁历险记》的巨幅漫画涂鸦。 但这么多街头艺术，我选哪里来写呢？想想还是从咱们亚洲开始吧，今天就来介绍大马的马六甲一处东方风味浓郁的街头壁画。

马来西亚是个很有意思的国家，融汇了马来人、华人和印度人等的多元文化，从自然到美食都洋溢着南洋的热带风情。是一个我去了几次还总想再去的目的地。在那里时发现很多城镇的街头都闪耀或者暗藏着缤纷的涂鸦，比如首都吉隆坡、槟城、怡保、马六甲等。其中可能以槟城老城区的街头壁画最为闻名，立陶宛的艺术家恩尼斯特绘制的姐弟共骑单车的那幅画，每次经过都有游客在大排长龙等候合影。

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The street murals are also common in Malacca, this historical city rich in heritage buildings, ancient landmarks and colonial structures. With influences from different cultures like Portuguese, Dutch, British, Japanese, Javanese and Chinese ones, this is a great place to visit. I have to write about its amazing food too, but today let me first focus on the mural art. The most prominent mural art works here can be seen on both sides of the lovely canal.

And when I walked into a few small streets with my mom, I discovered more gems. :) Unlike the constant long line of visitors in front of the “Brother & Sister on a Bicycle”, only us two were here. Look at the pictures I shot: these murals are so full of life – working men and resting women, children and animals playing around, all vividly depicted in bright colors with a cheerful tone. It is fun to have a peek into the locals’ life through these lively daily scenes. At the same time, the subjects in these paintings are reflecting the multi-culture feature of Malaysia.

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马六甲的街头涂鸦也很普遍，尤其是运河两岸的建筑墙面上的书法和绘画作品很引人注目。受到葡萄牙、荷兰、英国、日本殖民以及爪洼、中华等文化的影响，这个以马六甲海峡著称的历史小城地方不大，却处处是古迹。走在那些古色古香的小巷弄间，时光仿佛都慢下了脚步~。

我带着母后逛到这条僻静的小街上，发现墙面上也有不少精致的壁画。这些写实风格的画面色调温暖、明亮欢快、生趣盎然，相较拉美流行的风格，少了份浓烈奔放，多了些质朴醇厚。那些干着体力活或脑力活的男人、窗口小憩的主妇、嬉戏玩耍的孩童，还有栩栩如生的动物们，无一不展现着真实自然的生活气息。而且涂鸦的主题和人物也和大马的国情一样，渗透着多元文化的因素。文化多元可能会带来种种问题，而这也正是它的迷人之处。

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Here are some more photos taken at the pretty streets nearby: cats are as common as graffiti:

附近的小巷是长这个样子的，很有味道对不对？除了街头壁画，喵星人也随处可见：

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I used the flower & wall picture I took here to make 2 headers in Chinese and in English. Though it’s not easy to write on screen with fingertips, I just had too much fun in playing with it ;), so I made 4 ones (see another 2 above )with the post title and my signature. What do you think of them? Perhaps I should just hand-write post titles on my photo works in future? :D

我在给这面绿墙和红花拍的照片上写了几个字做封面，虽然用指尖在屏幕上写字不容易，但写上瘾了，一口气写了四张 ，哈哈哈~ 我是不是太神经了……😅 小伙伴们你们觉得这个主意怎么样？干脆我以后就直接在照片上写文章标题算了？

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It happened to be the Hungry Ghost Festival when I was at Malacca, so I witnessed some local ethnic Chinese preparing ritualistic food offerings, and burning incense and joss paper for the visiting spirits of their deceased ancestors.

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在马六甲时正巧碰上七月半中元节（鬼节，佛教中的盂兰盆节），所以看到一些当地的华裔在为逝去的先祖准备贡品，还有焚烧香火纸钱之类的以祭奠亡灵。







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So that’s it for today’s post about the murals and some back streets in Malacca, Malaysia. Here are a few more posts I did before which are relevant to street art, check them out if interested 🙂:

今天关于马六甲街头壁画的介绍就先到这里，下面是些我以前写的跟街头涂鸦有关的旧帖：

• Caminito in Buenos Aires, Argentina 阿根廷首都的卡米尼托区

• Street Art & Sultan Mosque in Singapore 新加坡的街头涂鸦和苏丹清真寺

• Comuna 13 of Medellín, Colombia 哥伦比亚毒枭老巢的贫民窟

• Colorful Olinda, Brazil 巴西的多彩海滨小镇奥林达

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Meat skewers being roasted over charcoal on a Mangal (the grilling apparatus)
飘香的街头烤肉 ^{photo by @itchyfeetdonica, shot in Moscow
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Shashlik or shashlyk, is translated from Turkic languages as “skewerable”. It is a kind of skewered and grilled cubes of meat popular in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, Caucasus, the Baltics, and the Middle East. There are similar skewered meat in other parts of the world, like the kaochuanr in China, arrosticini in Italy, brochette in France and Catalonia, anticuchos in Peru and other Andean states…

The Cossacks borrowed the word “shashlyk” from the Crimean Tatars, and this type of food finally reached Moscow in the late 19th century and became popular across Russia. It is commonly sold as street food and cooked in outdoor gatherings, like the beloved barbie by Aussies and the churrasco across Latin America and Europe.

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题图里的烤肉串在俄罗斯街头很常见，是我在莫斯科的一个美食节上拍的。当时循着四溢的肉香，发现这位中亚装束的小哥在卖这种面包夹烤肉，就买了一份尝了个鲜，味道不错。烤肉的火候恰到好处，外焦里嫩，新鲜的面包带着芝麻的香气，一起吃到嘴里很有满足感。估计他是来自乌兹别克斯坦之类的某个斯坦国，因为在俄罗斯各地看到不少乌兹别克斯坦人开的烤肉餐馆。

这种肉串通常被叫作Shashlik，来自突厥语，意为“可以串起来的”。早在16世纪的时候，哥萨克人就从克里米亚鞑靼人那里借用了这个词，而一直到19世纪末期，这种烤肉串的吃法才传到了莫斯科，然后逐渐风靡全俄罗斯。除了街头和餐馆卖这种肉串，人们在户外聚会时也常常立起烤肉架，就像澳洲人钟爱的户外烧烤barbie和拉美盛行的烤肉churrasco一样，一边烤着吃，一边喝酒聊天，好不快活。=）

这类Shashlik在中亚、东欧、高加索地区、波罗的海各国还有中东的伊朗、以色列、土耳其等地都很受欢迎。其他国家也有类似的烤肉串，只是大小、调料、腌制方法、口味等不尽相同，比如中国的串儿写得我此刻好想撸串儿、意大利的arrosticini、法国和西班牙加泰罗尼亚地区的小烤串brochette（这两种跟中国常见的苗条娇小类肉串最相似，比较入味。个人认为这几个西南欧国家在吃方面完胜德国荷兰英国之类的中西北欧同伴）、秘鲁等安第斯地区的串烧anticuchos（有牛肉鸡肉等，以牛心最为普遍，起初我还有些抵触，觉得吃心太可怕了，后来在一些偏僻的安第斯山区实在没的吃，只能天天吃这个，发现薄薄的切片烤得挺脆嫩，其实完全没有内脏的气味，口感类似鸡胗，蘸着摊主给的辣酱，就着烤土豆吃，很是美味。可见人一旦被逼到绝境，真是什么都做的出来啊，连吃心都成了家常便饭……）。

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下面进入正题 – 预测2018俄罗斯世界杯的半决赛结果。因为不懂足球，但又不想太水，所以扯了扯更加了解的主办地和全球各地类似的美食，哈哈哈。。。想玩的小伙伴可以点下面链接看看游戏规则，一起来猜吧！:)

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Russia 2018 World Cup is coming to the exciting stage of semi finals tomorrow! Let’s move along to predict the results! Which 2 teams do you think will make it to the final? Check out the details of the contest run by @blocktrades, @anomadsoul and @acidyo to join the fun! =)

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Here’s my prediction for the semi finals:

Score	Team	vs	Team	Score
1	France	vs	Belgium	2
1	Croatia	vs	England	2

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The Venice Beach I’m going to show here is not in Venice of Italy, but one of many great beaches in Los Angeles, USA. So are you also wondering what the connection is with the Italian city?

The tobacco millionaire Abbot Kinney founded this seaside resort town in 1905, in the vision of building a “pleasure pier” in California that boasted Venetian architecture of Italy. It was originally called the “Venice of America”, in the hope that visitors could ride gondolas to tour the water town just like in Venice of Europe.

Later in 1926, Venice merged with Los Angeles, but the area kept its bohemian vibe and is known as a cultural hub today. I found it a lively and peculiar place full of strange charm. People come here for attractions like Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Recreation Center, the Venice Canals, and of course the beach.

I heard it can get packed during hot summer time, since it’s very popular among tourists as well as locals. While I visited it on a cool spring day, there’s no crowds at the beach. From late afternoon till dark, I walked the long Boardwalk to reach the famous Santa Monica Pier. I was lucky to witness the color changes of the sky along my way. The head image is my entry for SUNSET PHOTO CONTEST by @flamingirl. Enjoy the capture of these slender palm trees standing against the brilliant sky!

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这里要说的威尼斯海滩不是在意大利的水城威尼斯，而是位于美国西海岸洛杉矶大区的一处海滩。意大利威尼斯的日落我也拍了不少，多是洒满金辉的古建筑和运河，跟北美这种以自然风光见长的广袤新大陆的日落相比，又是别样的风情。

可能你会跟我一样好奇为什么这里也叫威尼斯呢？就像美国很多名字里带有“新”字的地方，比如新约克（纽约，原名新阿姆斯特丹）、新泽西、新奥尔良…… 这个北美的“威尼斯”也带着欧洲文化的印记。1905年，烟草巨贾艾伯特 · 基内建立了这个海滨度假小镇，梦想着将这里建成加州的威尼斯 – 处处是意式风情的威尼斯建筑，人们可以坐着刚朵拉小船沿着水道自由穿梭。

到了1926年，这个威尼斯小镇被洛杉矶市合并，而这块地区仍然保留了它独特的波希米亚风情，是个奇异怪趣的所在和有名的文化中心。这里的艾伯特 · 基内大道、休闲中心、威尼斯运河还有迷人的海滩总是游人如织。因为很受当地人和外地游客的欢迎，据说盛夏的时候，海滩上常常人满为患。

而我是在一个凉爽的春日来到这里，海水温度还挺低，所以海滩上并没有多少人。从黄昏前到日落，我沿着长长的海滨道一直走到了著名的圣莫妮卡码头，有幸目睹了天空和云霞色彩的渐变。废话不多说，直接看图吧~

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