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感恩节放假,从旧金山飞巴黎转机到爱尔兰都柏林,到了都柏林下午不到五点天就黑了,又坐三个小时的大巴到了西边的戈尔韦Galway,将近一整天都耗在路上了。还好到了Galway青旅前台小妹推荐我去看看他们一周前刚开的圣诞市集。五彩缤纷的圣诞彩灯,节日气氛太浓郁了。Latin Quarter附近街上走两步就是个酒吧,还有街头的现场音乐表演。

第二天早上八点才日出,沿着海边一路走到Salthill Promenade。特别多的当地人在沿海跑步,竟然还看见有个专门冬泳的地方,室外气温五六度还有这么多人在冬泳,佩服啊。

在Galway吃过午饭为了消食儿继续逛,街上白天有更多的街头艺人,多为演奏唱歌的,第一次见双胞胎兄弟边弹边唱。但还遇见了个展示球技的,过往路人都不由得驻足观看,他这大冬天的只穿一身球衣在地上又滚又爬又跳的,后背全湿了,真不容易。Galway这座小城真的随处都是景,逛到爱尔兰国家大学的校园,建筑很有特色,像个城堡。

下午沙发主来接我,他开了辆1962年的老式福特轿车,但车还是没他年龄大,他今年刚刚60岁。以前我总是管六七十岁的男性叫大爷,现在相对年龄慢慢缩小,就只能称为大叔了。这位大叔是个汽车电力工程师,经常改装修理各种车辆,曾因为工作原因跟深圳杭州等地汽车零件厂商打交道,去过中国出差多次,也在菲律宾住过四年。

我上车后半天找不着安全带,他说1974年才出台车辆必须有安全带的法律,所以这之前的车是没有安全带的,没想到还有这双重标准。他用的手机也有年头儿了,是老款诺基亚。他说这款老手机用着可好使了,电量能持续五六天,现在的新智能手机虽然功能多很多,但他并不需要那么多功能。他的福特老爷车也是如此,自从他买来这么多年运行状况一直不错,质量很过关,基本没怎么修理过。反而是很多新款需要频繁修理,且配件昂贵。我们聊到在现在的消费主义时代,很多厂家制造产品时故意降低成本和质量,促使很多商品寿命减少,成了消耗品,从而导致坏了以后人们不得不频繁地买新的产品。我个人就感觉苹果手机和电脑的电池寿命越来越差劲儿。

大叔听说我是教美国人的中文的老师,他特别诧异,半开玩笑说美国人连英文都说不好,还学中文呐!?看来不光是英国人瞧不上美式英语,爱尔兰人也如此啊。我又问了他关于爱尔兰语的问题,因为这两天看到街头各种标识上都有英语和爱尔兰语两种。他说他从小在家跟他爸只说爱尔兰语,跟他妈只说英语,因为他妈是苏格兰人。爱尔兰语和德语类似,有很多喉音,他说他妈尝试学,但学不好就只跟他用英语交流了。还了解到爱尔兰语按地域分有三大方言,很多用词都不同,但互相之间大部分都能听懂。学校里学生们是必须要学标准化的爱尔兰语的,但书本里的爱尔兰语与当地人日常生活中用的方言又不太一样,所以现在年轻人说英语的越来越多,因为从书本上学到的爱尔兰语在日常生活中并不太实用。

又聊到爱尔兰的国家体育项目hurling,中文可以叫爱尔兰式曲棍球,源于古代战场上战士的训练活动。这也是最快的球场上运动,与长曲棍球类似,但不同的是木棍上并没有小网兜儿,而是一块儿小平板,更难接球控球。英国统治爱尔兰时期这项运动逐渐流行起来,这项运动的兴起表明他们想要独立、摆脱英国统治,爱尔兰民族身份的象征。

大叔家住在离Galway西北方向一个多小时的大西洋岸边Carna,方圆几百里的村里人大家都相互认识并知根知底儿,很多都是亲戚,所以大家称呼彼此都是只用名,不用姓,因为很多人都有同样的姓。他家祖祖辈辈往上十一代人都住这儿,他家石头盖的房子有五六百年历史了。最近几十年由于人口下降,年轻人搬去大城市,这里的小学里的学生也大幅减少。他的女儿也是位老师,在威尔士工作。一路开来路两旁都是农场,牛羊遍地,怪不得他说他根本不喝水,把牛奶当水喝的。

在谷歌地图上搜了半天,只找着了一个饭馆儿,一问大叔,他说“跟你说了全村的人我都认识,开这家饭馆的也是我亲戚”。果真,我们一进这家馆子,里面的顾客看到他都互相打招呼,跟老朋友一样。在酒吧喝酒可以说是整个爱尔兰的文化基础,大叔说坐在吧台旁边那两三人基本每天都在这儿喝酒,有时候周末甚至白天就来坐这儿喝到晚上。我说他们在这儿一晚上至少喝五六大杯(一大杯大概500毫升)吧,我这基本不喝酒的立马被大叔嘲笑了,服务生兼酒保路过听到也大笑说“一个小时五六大杯还差不多”。我说天啊,这得摄入多少卡路里花多少钱啊!?大叔说“你没发现咱们是这儿唯一一桌点菜的吗?一般当地人为了能多喝酒,都不吃食物了。”我心想这简直跟我完全相反啊,我不喝酒是因为我宁可留着肚子享用更多的美食。

吃着吃着,旁边一大桌人里的一个女生突然唱起爱尔兰歌曲来,歌声极其悠扬,突然整个馆子就安静了,不一会儿其他顾客也加入她,随声和了起来。是次意料之外的很有意思的当地文化体验。

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