哥哥首次交換學生之旅 ~ Day 10 Cliff House+Cliff House Ocean Beach
+Seal Rock+St. John+Stonestown Galleria
Day 10 2014/05/04
哥哥，這是你到美國的第二個星期天，也就是說，再過五天你就要準備搭機
回家了。這幾天，home媽寄給我的照片越來越多，文字越來越豐富，字裡
行間不難看出，已對這外國來的孩子產生了一份莫名的情感，努力寫下每分
每秒，為他留下許多美好的回憶。
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This morning I let everyone slept in. I booked the 10am brunch at the Cliff house
for all of us including Kayo. I finally woke the kids up at 9:30am. Eason told me
that Rusty is so... cute. And if he were to get a dog, he would also adopt a mix
breed dog. He said the pure breed ones are expensive and have genetic faults.
I told him both his parents work so he should not get one yet. He can play with
Rusty as much as he wants while he's here.
9:30am起床後，通常哥哥梳洗後的第一件事~和Rusty一起玩。他真的很想有一
隻自己的狗，不過，台北人都是住在大樓裡，讓狗狗住在一個不大的空間且主
人沒空溜狗的環境中，似乎對狗狗會有些殘忍。
第一站~Cliff House 【Cliff House 官網】
The Cliff House is right on the cliff with a view to the Seal Rock. It is famous for its
weekend brunch and I have to make reservations weeks before.
這家餐廳在舊金山是相當有名的，因為，在這兒可一邊用餐、一邊觀賞舊金山最
美的海景，真的很感謝home這樣熱心款待，若非您在兩週以前訂位，我想，哥哥
也無法在這吃到這樣好的餐食。
The Cliff House used to be a bath house. In the olden days, bath means taking
a dip in the sea. It was an activity only for men.
Cliff House的海灘邊，有一個已廢棄的建築物，這以前是游泳池，據說，以前游泳是
有錢人的活動，之後有位富翁在海邊蓋了座泳池讓窮人也可以來游泳，只是，後來不
幸被大火燒了......
古時候泳池的示意圖
Here's the buffet table. Fruits!
開始用餐囉!! 我的媽呀!! 這水果也擺盤的太漂亮了吧!!
Cold entrees.
Hot food.
The boys picking what they want.孩子拿自己想要吃的東西。
This is what I got for me appertizers. home媽為自己拿的開胃菜。
兩位帥哥，你們兩位髮型也太特別了，一看就知道頭也沒梳就出門的吧!!
Cheers. Welcome to Eason and happy birthday to Ling.
乾杯!! 他們熱情的歡迎哥哥，也一起祝福home爸:生日快樂!!
The dessert table. 天呀! 看到這些甜點，我完全無法招架呀!!
Doesn't it look cute?! 看到上面寫"butter?" 我至少一次拿兩個!!
哥哥能到他們家，真的是他的福氣呀!!
My dessert plate. Eason really liked the chocolate mousse in the glass. He had 2.
home媽的點心，她說，哥哥超喜歡"巧克力mousse"，一次拿兩個呢!!
There was live music with a lady playing the harp.現場還有豎琴演奏。
第二站~Cliff House Ocean Beach
After a very filling brunch, we're ready to go play in Ocean beach.
用完餐後，當然是要去運動一下啦!! (這海水是東太平洋)
Ocean beach is just next to the Cliff House. You can the both the Cliff House and
the Seal Rocks very clearly in this photo.
由這張照片中，可清楚的知道為何這家餐廳叫" Cliff House"，在 Cliff House可
清楚的看到有名的"海豹岩"，據說，每到夏季時分，會有許多海豹在石頭上休息
Woo... the water is cold. Eason said he doesn't like to play in water much....
這海水還很冷喔! 我家哥哥不是很喜歡被水弄濕.....小心翼翼地玩著......
The waves are coming...run! 浪要來囉~~~
快跑!! 哈哈!! 這次沒被弄濕~~
No way! The waves are faster.....we're trapped!
媽呀! 一整個來不及跑! 半身都弄濕了啦!! 大家笑得真的好開心!!
After about 15 mintues of play, I told them to come back. They were all wet
from waist down. The last one reaching the car will get no ice cream!
在海邊玩個15分鐘後，要準備上車嚕!!最後一個到車上的，就吃不到ice cream囉!
Once home, I hose them off in the garden before allowing them in the house.
回到家後，先將身上的沙沖下來。
第三站~ST. John School
After a short rest, the boys went to play table tennis at Sydon and Ethan's club.
回家換完衣服後，1:00PM就開始上兩個小時的桌球課。
The session is focused on training.
Smash! round robin competition from3:30 - 5:30pm. Eason decided to only join
the training so that he had time to go shopping.
3:30PM開始是比賽時間，我家哥哥打累了，HOME媽帶他去逛逛街~~
第四站~Stonestown Galleria
I took him to Stonestown, the nearest shopping mall from us.It has Macy's
and Nordstrom and a lot of other smaller shops.
home媽帶他來這裡逛逛，買一些要送給親戚的禮物。
Eason spend 2 happy hours shopping. We came home to record his purchase
and write his postcard. 逛了兩個小時後，回家開始記帳，也寫了明信片.....
I helped him record his spending. He is very careful with his money.
這記帳原來是念給home媽聽，home媽幫他寫柳?! home嗎說，他用錢真的是
很小心、很小心.....對! 很小心買他的東西啦!!
晚餐時間到囉!! 又到了哥哥最開心的時刻!!
今天的晚餐~broccoli and cauliflower salad with miso dressing (which Eason lilkes).
Grilled rib eye steak. 肋眼牛排!!
Mashed potato with gravy.
And Eason's favourite soup Boudin's clam chowder. They have it in
Stonestown in cans
配在一起~~將將將將!!!
After dinner my boys have to practice music and Eason joined Ethan at the piano.
Both boys were teaching each other what they know.
晚餐後，哥哥陪BUDDY一起練鋼琴.....
BUDDY的哥哥在後面寫作業
After practice, we had Ling's birthday cake...
哇! 幫BUDDY的爸爸慶祝生日耶! 我好懷疑，這時我家哥哥會說出怎樣的祝福話?!
Ling got cards from all the boys. 孩子們都準備好要送給爸爸的卡片耶~
我最喜歡這個時候，好溫馨的感覺喔!!
It's time for shower and bed cause there's school tomorrow.
洗澡上床睡覺前，HOME讓哥哥再與Rusty玩一下~~
They couldn't resist playing the pencil lead holder game Eason invented. Lights
off at 9:30pm and I'm off to bed too. Was up till 1am last night so it's early night f
or me. Good night!
筆....芯....盒....遊....戲....!! 它又出現了!! 每次我看到哥哥教buddy玩這樣幼稚的遊
戲，我總覺得有些汗顏，想不到，buddy也居然愛上這個遊戲了.....
哥哥，媽媽知道你是一個用錢小心(小氣)的人，能夠將一筆筆錢記下來，不是件
容易的事。別忘了出國前媽媽交待的事~要買多一些禮物給妹妹喔!!
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