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Spring is back, and the unusually warm, fine weather is only too tempting. The travel bug in me has tickled me enough to drive me into action! This year I aim to go local and see a bit more of Bavaria, the state in which Munich is situated. My first such expedition took me to Bamberg with a few friends. Bamberg is a town of living history and one of the very few places in Germany that was spared of the damage due to World War II. Many of the buildings have been standing for at least a few hundred years, if not nearly a thousand, and the very well-preserved architecture style would give everyone a good impression of what the town would have looked like in the ages past. A finest example of historical buildings in Bamberg is its Cathedral, with its four spires which are visible from anywhere in the town. The ambience inside the church is distinct from its peers of a similar age or size. Plain glass windows took the place of the fancy colourful mosaic ones, while the interior décor was a

Capturing a transient moment of the ever-changing Hong Kong 捕捉蛻變不斷的香港，這一剎那的光景 All the food that you want - made entirely of chocolate and cheese only! 令人垂唌欲滴的食物——其實是巧克力及乾酪（芝士） Free mobile broadband Internet - perfect for killing time in a traffic jam! 免費流動寬頻上網，塞車也不用怕！ The new harbour front at Central 中環海傍新貌 The new Star Ferry Pier - or more correctly, a blast from the past, from early last century 新天星小輪碼頭——其實是上世紀初的碼頭死而復生 Reclamation in earnest, for the new harbour promenade 填海正進行得如火如荼，將來變身為海濱長廊 The tallest building of Hong Kong, International Financial Centre Phase 2 (IFC2), a prominent landmark of the harbour front 全港最高的國金二期，是中環海傍的地標 The Hong Kong World Carnival near Tamar Barracks - the last year in the running, to make way for the new government precinct 香港環球嘉年華——今年最後一屆，以後原址會成為添馬艦政府總部 Views of Central (left) and the Exhibition & Convention Centre (right) from the ferris wheel 從摩天輪看到的中環（左）及會展中心（右） The older faces - some bound for oblivion, while some will never change 香港舊的一面——