I feel that the protagonist Quasimodo loves deeply, foolishly, and even more magnificently. Although the novel ends with a love tragedy that happened in Notre Dame de Paris, but - but - but there are still people who take wedding photos in this tragic place. Well, I wish you all the best and hope you will grow old together. You can buy a ticket to visit Notre Dame de Paris and climb to the top to see the view of Paris.
Yunluo was not interested, because she was going to the best place to see the view of Paris next - the Montparnasse Tower. The ticket to the top was 15 euros, a little expensive, but considering that it was the highest observation tower in the central area of Paris, she went up. I met a little girl on the rooftop of the Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe. She was so cute. I wish Yunluo could give birth to such a cute little girl.
I couldn't help but take a few more photos. After seeing the city view of Paris, I was very tired, so I took the subway back. The trains on the light purple Line 8 of the Paris Metro are very advanced and unmanned. But the trains on the light green Line 6 are very backward, and you have to manually pull the handle to open and close the door. Haha, this generation gap is a bit big.
Some lines have English announcements, but most of the lines Yunluo took did not. He had never heard Chinese announcements (of course). But what surprised Yunluo was that although there were no Chinese announcements, the speakers repeatedly played reminders in Chinese, English, and Japanese: "Please keep your belongings safe and beware of theft.
It seems that the impression that Asians are rich has been deeply rooted in European minds. The ticket machines in the Paris Metro are very interesting. You use the roller to select up and down, and then use the red and green buttons on the left and right to confirm or cancel.
Today's mission is to see the real scene of "Jason Bourne 1": the Grande Arc de Triomphe. It is just outside the terminus of Metro Line 1, La Defense. In the drama, Bourne walked from this direction to the Grande Arc de Triomphe. Behind Bourne is the CBD area, where the ancient Paris shows the modern charm of her international metropolis.
Here is a screenshot from Jason Bourne. Bourne is walking towards the Grande Arche from this angle. I will walk there and take a photo of it. The Grande Arche is actually a building. Behind Bourne is the CBD area. I took a photo of the CBD. The weather was not good today, so I can only take a photo like this. Please forgive me.
I really tried my best. Standing under the Grande Arche, I could see the Arch from afar (see the small bulge in the distant skyline?). The road was accessible and I could walk all the way to the Arche. It turned out that walking there was a very unwise choice. It wasn't that the road was difficult to walk on, it was just that it was too long.
The Seine River is so green. After walking for 10,000 years, I finally reached the Arc de Triomphe. It is really just a gate. You can buy a ticket to visit the top. The sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe are different. They are lifelike. I hurriedly saw the Arc de Triomphe and then went to see the symbol of France: the Eiffel Tower. I really don't have the skills and confidence to walk over there.
Let's take the subway, it's not expensive anyway. It's only a few stops away. The black rectangle in the distance is the Montparnasse Tower that I climbed yesterday. Behind it is Eiffel's head. The clouds fell in the Louvre and I couldn't send it as a postcard to +^+. Fortunately, the travel guide said there is a very exquisite small post office under the Eiffel Tower where you can send postcards.
It is the place with the light yellow sticker on the left. It is inconspicuous, but it is easy to find as long as you recognize the French Post logo. Below is the French Post logo: There is a very kind uncle who teaches Yunluo step by step how to write, how to paste, and how to send. Finally, the postcard was sent successfully.
Did you receive the postcard when you read this travelogue? The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Yunluo was very tired, so he went back to the hotel. He packed up and went to Milan tomorrow. There was a Chinese restaurant next to the small hotel. The owner was from Wenzhou. Every time Yunluo went to eat, it was late, so there were not many customers.
Yunluo was eating, and the boss was cutting vegetables next to her, so they chatted for a while. Yunluo asked about the public security problem in Paris. She said that Paris is becoming less and less safe, especially because many immigrants from poor countries have ruined the public security. Yunluo said that she saw many black people here doing nothing. She said that in fact, black people do not cause any public security problems.
The worst are some Eastern Europeans and Arabs. These people are generally lazy and have bad habits. Many of them do not work and rely on government assistance or child subsidies. Many of them let their children steal and rob, and they themselves steal and rob. There are several Wenzhou bosses who have good business, but they are followed, robbed and killed by these people at night.
The police could only detain these people for 24 hours, and those children who stole could only be detained for 24 hours. Due to insufficient evidence, they were released after 24 hours and the case was dropped. Since there were many victims and they could not possess guns for self-defense, and the police were extremely inefficient in solving the case, the local Chinese had no choice but to hold rallies and marches.
The government will pay a little attention to it, but after a few days, everything will return to the old state. All this makes the local Chinese feel disappointed. Yunluo watched a French movie called "Violent District 13" before, which tells the story of the battle of wits and courage between gangs, hooligans and police in the 13th district of Paris. Yunluo has confirmed that the 13th district is indeed more dangerous.
So I asked the boss how the security was in the area where Yunluo and An Chuyu lived. The boss said it was OK. Yunluo asked if it was far from District 13. The boss said that Yunluo and An Chuyu were in District 12, and District 13 was right next to it.
I arrived at Milan's Linate Airport very early. The airport is very small and I walked out of the terminal very quickly after getting off the plane. As soon as I came out, I saw the Starfly bus written on the travel guide. It costs 4 euros per person and goes directly to Milan Central Station (milanocentral). I booked the youth hostel on the website. It is run by Chinese people and has a four-person room.
It is right next to the central train station, very convenient. It was still early after checking in, so Yunluo ordered seafood fried rice at the Chinese restaurant downstairs. After eating, I went to see the Milan Cathedral, just as a walk after dinner. Passing by the Galleria San Manuel II, it is said to be the earliest shopping mall in the world. It will look very beautiful when the lights are turned on at night.
Walking out of the arcade, on the left is the Milan Cathedral. The square is also crowded with people. The church is full of exquisite sculptures. Tickets are available for visiting the church and climbing to the top. The guards have feathers on their hats, and I don't know what they mean. Even the gates are full of exquisite sculptures. There are many people selling colorful ropes and bird food in the square.
The black people (there are many pigeons in the square) will stuff money into your hands as soon as they see tourists. Yunluo is worried about encountering the legendary trap: stuff money into your hands. As soon as you take it, they will ask you for money (many gypsies in Europe do this), so when they approach Yunluo, she immediately avoids communication and turns away.
The theme of this World Expo is: Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life. To put it simply, it is about food. Based on the queuing experience I learned while working at the World Expo in Sihai City, I got up early today. Good morning, Milan, take the red line of the subway to the terminal station Rhofiera, where there are many signs for the World Expo.
Follow the path and you will reach the entrance of the Expo Park. Yunluo bought a two-day ticket directly at the ticket window on the right side of the entrance. Arriving early, there were not many people in line, but the price was waiting at the security checkpoint for more than half an hour. It took less than ten minutes to enter the park after the security check. The consequence of arriving late was that as soon as I entered the exhibition area, I was greeted by these tall and mighty ancient warrior statues.
Upon closer inspection, their armor and clothes are made of various fruits, vegetables and breads - this World Expo is themed on food. The main exhibition area is centered on this long avenue. All the pavilions are on both sides of the avenue. There is a national flag in front of each national pavilion. The Milan World Expo also has Expo passports! 5 euros per copy, I decisively bought two.
The stamped passport is the best souvenir of the World Expo. Did you see it? "I'm busy" British Pavilion, beehive. Just like the World Expo in Sihai City. Very careless. The British Pavilion at the World Expo that year was a seed temple, with many complaints. But this time's beehive, Yunluo is too tired to complain. Shooting upwards in the beehive.
Traditional Italian drum performances, and some young men playing flags. The Swiss Pavilion shows the journey of a metal ball. The ball rolls down from the top. You have to "ride" a car and a boat. You have to "walk" through many bridges and caves. After reaching the bottom, you can "take" a cable car to the top and repeat the journey. The whole process is very smooth.
There were also some funny moments. The tourists around laughed and clapped after watching. The red one is China's Vanke Pavilion. The flower-like building in the distance is the Expo Tree of Life. The American Pavilion gave out free potato chips today. I was hungry and it was a good time to replenish my hunger. I just finished eating and was about to leave when they started giving out Coke. So...
You know what I mean, haha. The people in front are also getting chips, but they can't get chips anymore. They can only drink Coke. Russian Pavilion. There is a long eaves above the entrance, like a big mirror. Many tourists take pictures facing it from below. Speaking of Russia, how can we forget about vodka. There is a huge device in the pavilion that demonstrates how vodka is brewed.
After seeing this, I was already very hungry. Many national pavilions have their own specialty restaurants where you can eat authentic national dishes. Mr. Z from the CS department strongly recommended Yunluo to try it, so we went to the German Pavilion restaurant to eat grilled sausages. When ordering, Yunluo asked which wine had the lowest alcohol content. The waiter introduced Shandy, so I ordered a glass.
It's really low and sweet. It's the first time I drink such sweet beer. The taste is naturally quite good. Folk dance performance in front of the Iranian Pavilion. Two dancers dance with a pair of short sticks each. It's very similar to the Azerbaijan battle dance seen at the Sihai City Expo, but the Iranian one is much slower.
There were musicians playing drums and trumpets in the back. Chinese Enterprises Joint Pavilion. You can see many well-known Chinese enterprises have set up booths here, but unfortunately there is no one responsible for introducing the enterprises. Well, Yunluo and An Chuyu would not watch it anyway. In the small screening room of this pavilion, there is an animation video of a panda.
To be honest, the video was so confusing that I didn't understand it at all. It suddenly stopped during the screening, and then there was a screen saying "Thank you for watching, goodbye". Yunluo asked the staff, and they whispered that there was something wrong with the screening equipment and they would replay it. Another staff member saw that tourists were walking towards the exit one after another, so they said forget it and didn't show it anymore.
Let's go, it's not pretty anyway. Hahaha, it's really not pretty. In the Chinese Enterprise Pavilion, Yunluo met Yunluo's lucky star: a volunteer from China, she was studying here. Today she didn't go to work and came to visit the pavilion (exactly the same as Yunluo did back then). The WeChat group she joined received an invitation to an event.
The Vanke Pavilion rooftop party was jointly organized by Qyer.com and Vanke Pavilion, with free snacks and free drinks sponsored by the Sicily government and a hotel. She sent the invitation to Yunluo, so Yunluo followed her to the rooftop of the Vanke Pavilion. Before going up, everyone would receive a Qyer.com luggage tag with a number written on it for the lottery later.
The luggage tag Yunluo received was number 20. This was a speech by a government official from Sicily. The beautiful lady on the far right translated very quickly, almost immediately after the gentleman finished speaking. Awesome. During the lottery draw, a great moderator of Qiongyou.com opened the lottery and said that today was number 20, so number 20 was the first prize.
Haha, isn't that me! Yunluo then gave a speech to thank the friend who brought Yunluo to the party today, and then thanked Qyer for giving Yunluo this opportunity and the magical luggage tag, and also thanked Vanke Pavilion and the Sicily government for the sponsorship. Finally, Yunluo said that he would work hard to make money.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
A handsome guy off the court said that he would buy a house from Vanke after making money, right? Yunluo said yes. Everyone laughed. After the lottery, there was loud music and casual eating and drinking. To be honest. The wine and food were not to Yunluo's taste, but Yunluo still ate and drank with his friends. Hou Haisen was chatting when a beautiful woman in her 30s came over.
(Speaking Chinese. She should be from China, right? She was wearing a white dress. So beautiful), she said: You are not a Vanke agent, are you? Yunluo said how could it be possible! She laughed. Then, then, then Yunluo suddenly had nothing to say. Seeing that Yunluo didn't say anything, she left. Then, there was no more.
Yun Luo just watched her leave without saying anything else. Yun Luo's old habit came back. Why did Yun Luo suddenly become speechless? It would be fine if she just chatted with him! Back then, he watched a white Uruguayan beauty leave in Washington, and this time he watched another beauty in white leave. Yun Luo's nature is really hard to change. He gets scared when he sees a beauty. He deserves to be beaten.
Or maybe, as Yunluo said before, she was so beautiful that Yunluo was stunned by her beauty. Gradually, it was getting dark, and the Expo Tree of Life lit up with colorful lights, which was many times more beautiful than during the day. My friend said there would be a light show + music fountain show at night, so I took Yunluo to watch it. The combination of lights + fountain + music was perfect.
The next day, I still came to see the World Expo. In fact, I could see almost everything in one day. After all, the scale is so small, and many countries, such as Saudi Arabia, did not come to participate. When I entered the park today, I heard the broadcast saying that there was a French Pavilion or something, but Yunluo didn't pay much attention. Based on the experience of the World Expo in Sihai City, Yunluo guessed that today was the French National Pavilion Day.
Let's take a look at the China Pavilion today. Compared with the last China Pavilion, this one is not good enough to be described by the word "cuo". The picture below is the China Pavilion of the 2010 Sihai World Expo. Let's compare it. First, let's introduce the ancient history of grain planting in China. A large group of lights display different graphics with the change of lights. The whole light array looks like a field full of crops.
It took up a large area of the exhibition hall. Designer, if you don't want to show more, it's fine, but what's the point of taking up space with such a simple array? Maybe this is art, and Yunluo, an art illiterate, can't understand it, or maybe this light array has some special meaning, and Yunluo can't understand it. I guess you readers have your own judgment in your mind, right?
Then we entered a screening room. President Xi gave a speech, followed by an animation introducing the Chinese custom of returning home for the New Year. After watching the animation, the tour was basically over. On the way, we encountered a performance by a French band. Boys and girls held various food (models) and danced to the cheerful music. The Romanian Pavilion was the same as the previous one.
Another song and dance performance. Yunluo was walking on the avenue, thinking about which pavilion to visit next. A policeman came from behind and said, "Sir, please pull over." Yunluo looked back and saw a large crowd of people coming. It turned out that Yunluo's guess when he entered the park was right: today is the French National Pavilion Day, and French President Hollande is coming to visit.
Tourists stood on high places to take pictures of Hollande. Yunluo decided to take a picture as well. Yunluo had never seen a national leader before, but today he finally saw one for the first time, so close. I didn't expect he was from France, hahaha. When can I meet Premier Zhu Rongji? Hollande is in the red frame in the picture below. This bald bodyguard in a light-colored suit is so cool.
Israel Pavilion. Mainly watching videos about food. The protagonist of the video turned out to be the 1998 Miss Israel beauty pageant champion: Moran Adiyas. I found a photo of Moran on Baidu (a classic Mediterranean beauty) so that everyone doesn't know what she looks like. Yunluo once published a video in "Football Weekly" thirteen years ago (when she was still in high school).
I saw her in an article of the Israel Pavilion and was deeply impressed by her beauty. So when I saw her in the video of the Israel Pavilion this time, I suddenly felt like I had met an old friend in a foreign land. Mira, you are right, she doesn't know Yunluo, what's the point of old acquaintance? Next, we will go to the German Pavilion. There is nothing to see, just watch a few videos and then enter a hall.
Two handsome guys, one playing the piano and singing, the other using ventriloquism to imitate other instruments and bbox accompaniment. Today I went to the German Pavilion restaurant again. When I ordered, a tall and beautiful waitress said, "Hey, you're here again today?" Yunluo, you actually recognized me. Do I have such an easy-to-remember face?
As she said that, she came over to help Yun Luo order food, but she was stopped by a customer who passed by to order food, so she asked another colleague who was closer to Yun Luo to come over and order food for Yun Luo. Seeing that she was too busy, Yun Luo didn't think about chatting with her. Today, I won't eat grilled sausages, but authentic German pork knuckles with sour and sweet red pickles. (To be continued...)