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From mid-July I went on a month-long work trip with a colleague to Europe and the USA. Although in the last couple of years I have to jet off two or three times a year, but this trip is on another level with a much more intense schedule and a more hurried pace. I can finally appreciate what typical business trips are like. 七月中跟一個同事到歐洲和美國公幹一個月，雖然我近兩年每年都要外出公幹兩三次，但這次性質不同，行程也緊湊得多，而且很多時候都風塵僕僕，令我體會像一般人的商務公幹究竟是甚麼一回事了。 The purpose of this trip was to visit the manufacturers of a particular instrument that a university wishes to purchase as well as the laboratories using that instrument. My colleague and I spent one to three days at any one place (apart from the end of July when I spent one and a half weeks in Munich for my own lab work). Fortunately it was my colleague who took on the onerous task of contacting the many hosts to co-ordinate and organise the whole itinerary of the trip. It was particularly demanding as one of the companies kept changing its date on the lab visit in Heidelber

After the conference, I spent two sunny days (1st and 2nd June) touring Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) and the surrounding mountains. 會議開完後，在陽光充沛的兩天中（6月1日至2日）蹓躂日內瓦湖和附近的高山。 I stayed at a bed & breakfast in Montreux for those two days. The road to the house was not the most easy one especially when dragging luggage, as it took me about 10 minutes to walk halfway uphill to the entrance of the residence then climb a rather steep path through the garden before reaching the house. But all the hardship was forgotten when I turned around and saw the view of the colourful garden, tranquil waters of Lake Geneva and the French Alps across the lake. I even asked the host if there was wi-fi available so that I could upload a photo of the view for my friends! 那兩天我住在蒙特勒（Montreux）的一家民宅，在火車站下車後走了十來分鐘上半山，到了民宅的入口，再翻過其斜斜的花園，才到達房子，但當我回頭望到花園的景緻、恬靜的日內瓦湖和對岸法國的山脈時，剛才一切的辛苦就忘記得一乾二淨，我還問房東有沒有無線上網，好讓我馬上把眼前美景載上網跟大家分享呢！ Views from the garden of the B&B  民宅花園的景色 I was anxious to start my