大清早大巴排排隊在 Pan Pacific Hotel 的陰影下，表示今天有大船入港。機場接送、city tours, excursions, etc. 都少不了它們。 响午港口風平浪靜、萬里無雲，信步閒晃來到水邊 ~ ~ Coal Harbor 西看 Canada Place and pier, Vanterm high cranes … 地標『Drop』西望水上飛機碼頭、Stanley Park, costal mountains …

Vancouver Convention Center (left) & the Canada Place on the right. At the tip one sees the “Drop”, which was imported from Germany .

Canada Place Way 街旁看到法輪功人士抗議布條 (匪夷所思，慘絕人寰，但非首聞！) … 布條後頭正好是 free shuttle bus to North Vancouver Capilano Suspension Bridge, 嘻！免錢的，真好！ 這有如無料的 international flight to Budapest or Amsterdam on certain European river cruisers (羊毛長在羊身上). 轉個身就看到 Canada Place … Street view of Canada Place

廣場有若干訊問亭子或售票亭子，還有一些招攬旅遊的仲介，西邊一旁就是 ”CANADA150”, July 1st 夜晚在它背後曾施放過超級大型煙火秀，慶祝 Canadian “July 4th 150 Year BD”。

Canada Place’s west promenade 這個小看版是天天換的。今天的大隻船是: “NORWEGIAN SUN” and “BREMEN” 兩條。 Left promenade north and south Five sails viewed from the promenade Above the ship sign there is a maple leave composed with various Canadian fauna and flora, as well as Eskimo artifacts. I love the emblem in standing of the Nation. Looking south from the sign is the Burrard street scene.

NORWEGIAN SUN-IM0 92181 The NORWEGIAN SUN docked and been logistically supplied Making sure every patio door window is sparking clean … Sitting by the cruiser ship concentrating on her i-phone … The departing ship

MS BREMAN- IM0 89074 BREMEN docked at the north-western side of the pier Sorry, nicht fliegende deutsche Flagge! 楓葉旗一定有，紅色旗先前行(航)家已介紹過，這天起航全船飾萬國旗迎賓。 BREMEN been logistically supplied Ship’s stern reveling her name and owner …

人生到處知何似，應似飛鴻踏雪泥； 泥上偶然留指爪，鴻飛那復計東西。 詩人表達對人生來去不定，聚散無常，起落難料，用“雪泥鴻爪”作比喻。人生如此，船舶與我的邂逅也如此，而船舶己身的際遇、遭逢又何嚐不是？ BREMEN 清晨悄悄地出現在眼前，下午近我身觀覽，傍晚又默然離去。我懷疑這些日子竟然與這船塢建立了『身同感』，船來了就有子女返家的喜悅，船去了便有『空巢』情的寞落。BREMEN 漸行漸遠終於消失在公園與大橋的身後，此時竟然無緣無故感到一絲淡淡的悵惘和眷念。鄧小姐唱著”何日君再來？” 也許一年之后吧！而一年之后的此刻自己又會身在何處？BREMEN 也許是年年來訪的候鳥，我則是迷途亂飛的漂鳥，相逢是有期還是無期我想都是吧！ 盛夏將去，秋意漸濃，溫哥華的郵輪季剩兩個禮拜。臨別這個海港的心情真像古人說的句子:『關山難越，誰悲失路之人；萍水相逢，盡是他鄉之客』; 又『勝地無常，盛筵難再。蘭亭已矣，梓澤丘虛。世事無常，人生難測 ~~~』

BREMEN 是五星級的豪華客輪，有破冰船體，適合繞行地球走極地線。通常航程遠、時間長，招攬有閒、有錢、喜愛極地風情與天象的旅者。 (船公司網路圖片)

意見主題：【One Mid-Summer Afternoon in Canada Place and Vicinity】

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