【創意生活Adagio B&B in Jinguashi】緩慢民宿讓心慢下來找回那片寧靜海Slow down your heart, wait for your soul to catch up.

by 帆帆貓

緩慢民宿是薰衣草森林旗下的事業體，對於民宿風格早有耳聞，也很嚮往，目前在日本北海道、花蓮石梯坪、九份金瓜石都有民宿的蹤跡，這次帆帆貓入住的是位於九份金瓜石的緩慢民宿，平常雖然是soho族，時間也都是自己管理不用打卡上下班，但是投身部落客之後，還是每天要跟時間賽跑，常常在趕稿，有時又要飛到西、飛到東，真是異常忙碌，因此能夠到緩慢民宿放輕鬆，尋找那片寧靜海，真是一件讓我非常嚮往的事情。

Adagio is an Italian word, which means slowly. It corresponds to the idea from the two ladies Ms. Hui-Chun and Ms. Ting-Fei, who are the founder of Adagio as well as Lavender Cottage. They were inspired by the lavender fields in Hokkaido and deeply fell in love with it, and then they started their first Adagio B&B in Hokkaido. In 2009, they opened another branch of Adagio B&B in Jinguashi, which is located in the north of Taiwan. Then, three years later, Adagio B&B also opened one more in Hualien, Taiwan.

Jinguashi is notable for its historical gold and copper mines, it used to be one of the most prosperous towns in the north of Taiwan. As the mines were all gone, Jinguashi was no longer popular. In 2004, it was regenerated into a Gold Ecological Park to attract more visitors come back here. During the World War II, Jinguashi was taken over by Japanese army and used it as a prisoner-of-war camp.

這次是應創意生活產業的負責單位邀約前往，用有別於一般景點的遊玩方式，希望能夠透過這樣深度體驗的活動，將台灣在地文化特色與體驗資訊，帶給更多喜愛台灣旅遊觀光的朋友。

Adagio B&B in Jinguashi is established in the middle of a mountain, so that all the guests can see the beautiful view from their rooms. Except for the rooms, bars, and a souvenir shop in Adagio B&B, Jinguashi, Adagio study room caught my attention, it has so many book selection for guests to enjoy themselves being alone and to slow down their life pace. Being here, you can feel the place is isolated from outside of the world so that you have the opportunity to calm you mind and clear you soul.

緩慢民宿是通過評鑑認定的創意生活產業，而創意生活產業就像一座夢想列車一樣，希望能達成1.以文化創意整合生活產業 2.用體驗美感創意企業價值3.讓生活風格成為台灣最迷人的特色，這三項遠大的目標。

如果沒有開車，可以從瑞芳車站出口搭計程車到民宿，費用是300元。

一進門就會看到小台的礦車及軌道，上面還有熊熊帶著工作帽迎接我們，因為在九份這個地方，以前最主要是以挖礦、採礦為主

要進房間之前，小管家會先送上各種香味的乳液讓你試聞，有百合、玫瑰、薰衣草、馬鞭草，選擇喜歡的味道之後，房間就會送上同樣味道的備品，今天帆帆貓選的是薰衣草。

每個房間一開始都沒有設定房號，需要自己抽門牌，門牌都是以一本書作為命名，小管家說有時抽到什麼書都跟當天的心情有關，我抽到的是小鼯鼠的看法，感覺是一本滿適合我的書，桌上是金棗茶及手工餅乾。

One thing I found interesting is that the receptionists ask guests to pick room keys without arranging it in advance; each room is named by a book title. The receptionists told me that sometimes the one you picked is related to your mood on that day, I do not know if it is true, but the way they provide the room keys for guests totally surprised me.

一樓的商店除了賣薰衣草森林的盥洗用品之外，還有販賣在地文創藝術家的作品

比較特別的是這個木製的平安鈴，因為以往礦工下礦坑工作是一件很危險的事情，於是只要出坑道就會手搖平安鈴，象徵祈福平安的意思

因為那天來的比較晚，所以沒吃到下午茶，這張是帆帆貓的好友糖果貓之前入住緩慢的時候，吃到的風味下午茶，有九份招牌芋圓喔!

(感謝糖果貓提供照片)

Adagio B&B in Jinguashi has a nice restaurant that offers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner. Most of the ingredients are from Ruifang, Jiufen, which is just right next to Jinguashi.

晚餐在餐廳享用

每一道菜的擺盤都十分精美，大部分用的也是九份瑞芳在地的食材

最特別的就是用木桶盛裝不同種類的青菜，讓大家自己川燙，再加上一點肉燥，不僅好吃美味，營養滿點

角落有各式的調味醬料，讓你隨意搭配，還有又香又開胃的肉燥，淋在飯上會忍不住吃上好幾碗

晚餐吃飽之後，要上樓時，在樓梯轉角看到一隻大大的熊熊正坐在沙發上，旁邊是火爐，管家秀秀說這個火爐冬天是可以生火的喔!非常溫暖，高度做到頂樓的位置，白天光線也會從上面流瀉下來

Tanshuijun Bridge in Jinguashi, New Taipei City is a secret tourist spot, only the local people know the beauty of it. The bridge was build up between 1895 and 1945, which was the time when Japanese government occupied Taiwan. It was for transporting water from the river to water towers. The secret spot remains its original historic environment so it is called “Mines wonderland”.

二樓的慢讀區我很喜歡，緩慢民宿說這是金瓜石的"文礦"有各類適合慢活的書籍及DVD，可以在此閱讀或帶影片回房間慢慢欣賞

Four joined of Japanese-style residence was built up as a dormitory for Japanese workers’ families in Jinguashi in the colonial ear in 1930. This building is one of the well-preserved Japanese buildings in Taiwan, which is well-known for its delicate Japanese architecture so that it becomes a famous film scene.

It is located right next to the Jinshui high way in Jinguashi. The source of the waterfall are from two tunnels which carry heavy metal all the way down to the river, it is the reason why the rocks in the river are all gone rust.