"What? You want to travel around Europe?" At the dinner table, the fat man was so surprised when he heard Yang Jing's words that he didn't even eat his meal.
"Yeah, I've been in the UK for two years, but I've never been to the European continent." Yang Jing nodded and said, "I didn't have money to travel before, but now I have money. If I don't travel around, I'll be sorry for myself. What do you think, Fatty?"
The fat man nodded and said, "That's right. Otherwise, I won't be able to brag to my old classmates if I go back, right? Go ahead, go ahead. I support you! When I finish everything here, I'll call you and go find you."
Fatty's major is one of the top majors of Royal Holloway College, Media, so his graduation thesis is much more complicated than Yang Jing's thesis of management major. He is currently working on a project with his supervisor. After completing this project, his final thesis defense is just a formality. So Fatty is still quite busy during this period.
"Well, that's fine. While I'm away, you should take care of your only son."
"Damn, this is what I'm afraid of. I've been eating the meals you cook for the past two years, and I've basically lost interest in food outside. Oh my God, if you leave, what will I do alone?" said the fat man with a sad face.
"It's a good opportunity to lose weight!" Yang Jing said with a smile.
The fat man added a chicken leg angrily and stuffed it directly into his mouth. His big mouth smacked a few times and he soon spat out a whole chicken leg bone. The meat from the chicken leg was swallowed down.
Wiping the corners of his mouth with a satisfied napkin, the fat man asked, "Then do you know what you need to travel to the European continent?"
Yang Jing said: "I was just about to ask you this."
The fat man picked up another piece of hazel mushroom with chopsticks and put it into his mouth. While eating, he said, "The UK has not signed the Schengen Agreement. So even though the UK is a big European country, if you want to travel to other countries on the European continent, you still need a visa. But don't worry, you are an international student holding a UK long-term residence visa, so it is relatively easy for you to apply for a Schengen visa."
Britain is really a magical country. It may be that the people in this country have different thinking processes from people in other countries, so Britain often does things that make people feel incredible.
For example, the UK withdrew from the EU, and the UK has insisted on not signing the Schengen Agreement.
Of course, this may have a lot to do with the arrogance in the British. After all, they were once the most powerful empire in the world, but now they are ranked behind. The British are certainly unwilling to accept this reality, but they still want to be the boss of Europe, so they usually do such incredible things to show their uniqueness.
The fat man swallowed the hazel mushroom in his mouth and continued, "First of all, you must have enough money in your bank card. You need a deposit certificate to go to a European country that has signed the Schengen Agreement. I remember it was 60 pounds a day. For example, if you go to Germany for ten days, you must have at least 600 pounds in your bank card. The same is true for other countries in the Schengen area. Of course, your current deposit certificate is absolutely fine. People like you who have a deposit of 200,000 pounds are welcome in those Schengen countries. It is easy to get a visa for multiple entries for half a year or even a year."
After a pause, the fat man said helplessly: "This is a damn capitalist country, everything is about money!"
Yang Jing smiled and said nothing.
The fat man continued, "With the savings, you don't have to worry about anything. Just take a copy of your passport and a photo and apply online. It usually takes about a week for others to apply for a Schengen visa. Since you are so rich, it should take about three days."
"Damn capitalist country!" the fat man added indignantly.
"Well, even this delicious chicken stewed with mushrooms can't stop you from eating it, come on and eat it, if you don't, I'll eat it all!"
"Don't offer. I'll be angry with you if you eat it all!" The fat man opened his arms and took the pot of chicken stewed with mushrooms, like an old hen protecting her chicks, as if he wanted to monopolize the dish and not let you eat it.
Yang Jing did not take it as an offense. He picked up his bowl, walked to the pressure cooker, scooped two spoonfuls of chicken soup from the pressure cooker, and then slowly returned to his seat to drink the chicken soup.
After eating and drinking, the fat man went to clean up the dishes. Yang Jing went downstairs to copy his passport, then found two two-inch color bare-headed photos from the drawer, turned on the computer and started applying for a Schengen visa in the evening.
As the fat man said, rich people are efficient in getting things done in Britain.
Three days later, Yang Jing got a Schengen visa, of course, a French visa. As long as he got a French visa, he could go to any of the 24 European countries that had signed the Schengen Agreement. Yang Jing's first stop was to visit Paris, France.
The fastest and most convenient way to travel from London to Paris is undoubtedly the Eurostar train.
The day after getting the visa, Fatty drove Yang Jing to St. Pancras Station, which is located between the British Library and King's Cross Station. In October 2006, after eight years of renovation, the station finally became the London departure station for the Eurostar train.
Yang Jing did not book the tickets online in advance, but with his current wealth, he didn't need to care about the discounted tickets.
Eurostar fares are still very expensive. The most expensive one-way ticket for luxury first class is as high as 360 euros, which is even more expensive than flights from London to Paris.
However, if you book in advance online, you can even book tickets at an ultra-low price of 39.5 euros. Of course, those are second-class tickets.
Yang Jing had only been thinking about traveling to the European continent for a few days. How could he have the time to book a ticket in advance? To book a ticket at a super low price, you need to book it at least three months in advance, and the time of this ticket is not very good, either the early train or the late train...
Yang Jing had money in his pocket now, so he naturally didn't need to save money on this aspect. He spent 290 euros extravagantly to buy a first-class ticket, and after hugging the fat man, he passed the security check and got on the bus directly.
The Eurostar is very comfortable, has good service and is quite fast. Although not as fast as the domestic high-speed rail, it only took 2 hours and 22 minutes to reach Europe's busiest train station, Paris Nord Station.
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