Niu Niu Yunluo at the end of the forest hike. During the hike, Niu Niu Yunluo and An Chuyu finally took a picture of the front church! Niu Niu Yunluo and An Chuyu had some fun in the quiet. A foreigner helped Yunluo and An Chuyu take pictures. From this, Yunluo and An Chuyu found that the photography style of foreigners is different from that of Yunluo and An Chuyu. They tend to take portraits and are not good at taking pictures with the scenery.
This kind of portrait photo is very suitable for hanging at home! Finally reached the end, and saw this small waterfall that couldn't be any smaller! Does it look like the home of an elf? Well, the King's Lake is over here. The scenery is very beautiful. Because King's Lake is surrounded by mountains, it is easy to have an echo. Someone even played a song while the cable car was moving.
Let Yunluo and An Chuyu feel the charm of echo, it's very good, but you have to pay, how much you pay is up to you, haha. The next day Yunluo and An Chuyu went to Jena Peak, the Jena Peak cable car station is the station before King Lake. As for Jena Peak, the locals all take the hiking route, it is recommended to go up and down for an hour, Yunluo and An Chuyu thought about it.
Forget it, Yunluo and Anchuyu are going at this speed, maybe they can only get up the mountain at night, haha, so they took the cable car, and only after taking the cable car did they realize the charm of the cable car! The first cable car started at half past one, and there were very few people when Yunluo and Anchuyu went there early in the morning, and the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist that morning. I thought I wouldn’t be able to see anything even if I went up the mountain.
Unexpectedly, when the cable car was halfway up, the fog suddenly disappeared. You can see that the bottom is still covered by fog, but the sky is clear above. That feeling is really beautiful. Because Jena Peak is relatively high, the cable car time is also relatively long, it takes minutes to reach the top of the mountain, and the fee is EUR per round trip. The lake halfway through the Jena Peak cable car at the top of the mountain is the foggy King's Lake.
Yunluo and An Chuyu met at Jena Peak! Hehe, no matter how conceited, there is a place to eat next to the cable car station. You can also buy souvenirs there. Yunluo and An Chuyu bought some good ones. The town below Jena Peak. Some people go skydiving from Jena Peak. The quiet town. The leisurely birds. After visiting Jena Peak, Yunluo and An Chuyu are going back! Return to Munich.
Returning to Paris from Munich. I thought everything was going well, but! Berchtesgaden is building another railway! The train has stopped running! Are Yunluo and An Chuyu really going back to Salzburg? Salzburg is a little far from Munich, what can they do! At this time, an angel descended! A German native. He speaks very good English.
He said he also wanted to go back to Munich, and asked Yunluo and An Chuyu to just follow him. Oh, that's right! Because the train was out of service, a bus was opened to take everyone to the nearest train station, and then transfer to another train to Munich, so Yunluo and An Chuyu didn't have to worry about it, and just followed the young man. Along the way, Sanjian and the young man talked a lot.
Both of them spoke excellent English, but Yunluo's English was terrible. As a result, the young man couldn't understand anything Yunluo said, so he just shut up and listened to them. On the way, they asked him if he had been to China, and he said no, because he thought the air tickets to Europe were too expensive. When they asked him what he did for a living, he found out that he worked as an accountant after graduating from university.
In fact, this job should be considered to have a decent income in Germany, but the air tickets to Europe are still expensive for him. It can be seen that the lives of ordinary people in Europe are not as beautiful and rich as Yunluo and An Chuyu thought. They also need to save and weigh their money before going abroad. He asked Yunluo and An Chuyu a lot about China.
Because of the different systems, many things are hard to understand. He could only say that Yunluo couldn't understand it, but Westerners did one thing very well. They were unwilling to judge other countries. They felt that everyone had their own way of life, and other people shouldn't judge if they didn't understand it. So he just said that he couldn't understand it, but didn't judge whether it was good or bad.
This guy climbs Jena Peak once a week. It only takes him half an hour to climb from the top to the bottom! He gets up at 10:00 a.m. every Friday morning. He takes the train to Berchtesgaden, then climbs up and down, and returns on Saturday. Oh my god! It's amazing. When asked about overtime, he said that Germans have to work efficiently because overtime is not allowed.
You can only work 24 hours a week. If you work more than that, the union will talk to you. If the workload is too much, they will tell the company to hire more people. Uh. Uh. Okay. Europe uses the Schengen visa. The difficulty of applying for a Schengen visa varies from country to country. For example, it is more difficult to apply for a Schengen visa in Germany and Northern Europe. Many countries in Northern Europe require you to cancel your visa after returning.
In comparison, France is much simpler. Now France promises to issue visas within hours. Yunlu applied for a visa on Friday and got it on Monday. You only need to refer to the materials required by the embassy. The French visa is outsourced to China-France Visas, and you need to pay an additional service fee, although the French Embassy's official website states that you can pay it yourself.
But Yunluo didn't find out how to pay it by herself-_-. The earliest you can apply for a visa at the embassy is two days in advance. This time Yunluo and An Chuyu didn't provide any personal property related (real estate certificate, driving license, because they didn't have it-_-!!), but it was not mentioned in the materials required by the embassy, and the visa was approved smoothly. The China-Zhili-French visa agency only helps you determine whether the materials are complete.
They won't ask you too much. Because French visas are simpler, there are many people who apply for European Schengen visas from France. The same number of people who apply for visas from China, Chile, France, Switzerland and Germany is much less. If you don't want to wait, you can consider these two countries. Visa fees are constantly changing, so you can always pay attention to the China, Chile, France and embassy websites.
Yunluo and An Chuyu spent about RMB RMB to apply for visas. Transportation: Paris Metro The Paris Metro is very convenient and well connected. There are many types of metro tickets, including one-day tickets (large circle, small circle), N-day tickets, etc. In fact, except for the Palace of Versailles which is in a very suburban area and needs to buy a separate ticket, the others are basically within walking distance.
The attractions are relatively concentrated, but if you really walk, you need to walk a lot, haha, but you can look at your personal route. If you can walk a short distance, you don’t need to buy a day ticket. The price of a day ticket is Euro, and the price of a subway trip is Euro. You can calculate which one is cheaper. Yunluo and An Chuyu live in the inner city.
The transportation is very convenient, and Yunluo and An Chuyu's schedule is basically on the same line, which can be reached by walking. If they are tired, they can take the subway for one stop. Therefore, Yunluo and An Chuyu did not buy day tickets, but bought subway tickets as they walked. There are self-service ticket machines or manual ticket offices in subway stations. The automatic ticket machines accept coins or credit cards.
Credit cards are a little slow to respond. Don't rush to pull out your credit card after you see the prompt. Wait until the ticket comes out and you are prompted to pull it out before pulling it out. Yunluo pulled out the card too quickly once, resulting in two deductions (actually one failed, but Yunluo received a deduction text message from the credit card bank). Later, I asked the staff to check the machine and found that the deduction was not successful.
Their staff are very nice. Although their work efficiency is low, they are very enthusiastic about solving every customer's problem. Don't worry if there is a problem. Just go directly to their staff. The Paris subway is divided into RER,,,, and other subway lines. The operating hours are basically from 1:30 am to 1:30 am.
RER is used to connect the suburbs. For example, you need to take the RER when you come from the airport, go to the Palace of Versailles, or go to the shopping village outlet. The RER ticket is quite expensive. It costs about EUR/person to get from the airport to any city center. When buying tickets, please note that if you are just strolling in the city, you do not need to take the RER.
You only need to buy a t-ticket (no need to enter the station name), 10 euros per person. If you want to take the RER, you need to buy an RER line, and then you need to enter your RER station name, and then there are different prices according to your station name. You need to check your ticket when you exit the RER station, so you must keep your ticket. You don't need to check your ticket when you exit the station with a t-ticket.
If you buy an RER ticket, you can get on and go back from any non-RER station without paying extra. German Railway Yunluo and An Chuyu mainly use trains in Germany. Therefore, this post only introduces German railways. When traveling in Europe, European railways are very convenient (driving in cities is inconvenient because cities are relatively old).
The streets are relatively narrow, and Europeans drive fast. If you are not familiar with the roads, it is recommended to take the European Railway + Metro. There are two websites for purchasing European Railway tickets: the official website of Deutsche Bahn (which can be used to purchase tickets for DB-related trains). Each website has its own advantages and disadvantages, which will be introduced later. European Railway tickets are divided into express and slow trains, and the ticket and seat reservation fees for express trains are separate.
So when buying a train, pay attention to whether it requires a seat reservation fee, because the seat reservation fees vary for different routes, and sometimes the total cost can be very expensive. Slow trains generally do not require a seat reservation fee, and you can get on the train at any time. Sit when there is a seat. Some slow trains in Germany that start with M or S allow you to stand, which is actually more like the urban rail that Yunluo and An Chu met.
There are many stations where slow trains stop. Someone has opened a post on Douban about Germany's railway transportation, which you can learn more about. With this knowledge, you can basically buy tickets in Germany without any obstacles. The price of buying tickets on the official website of China will be more expensive, and there is a ticket issuance fee. Each ticket costs EUR, if your train is not direct and you need to transfer in the middle.
It costs n* euros, which is actually quite expensive. The point-to-point tickets on the official website of China (not open point-to-point, open point-to-point also requires additional seat reservation) include the reservation fee. If you are not sure about this, you can communicate with the official website service staff before buying. Although the price is generally expensive. But occasionally there will be super special tickets.
Yunluo bought two super discounted cross-border tickets this time. From Paris to Heidelberg, the price per person is Euro, and from Munich to Paris, it is Euro/person. Both are express trains + first-class seats, so you can compare more when buying tickets, but discounted tickets are often non-refundable and non-exchangeable, so once your itinerary is finalized, you can grab them.
Buy tickets on the official website of Deutsche Bahn. In fact, there are many versions of Deutsche Bahn tickets for many countries, including the United States and the United Kingdom. You can search "Deutsche Bahn + country" on Baidu and compare more. Yunluo is lazy and just chose the official website of the United States + Germany to compare. In the end, he found that there was not much difference, so he bought it on the German official website.
The ticket purchase method of the German official website can refer to the Douban link listed above by Yunluo. This is the most comprehensive and basically covers all of Yunluo's needs. There are two ways to get the ticket after purchase, one is to print it at home, and the other is to mail it. It is said that the receipt rate of mailing is about %. Yunluo thinks it is safer to print it, haha.
After getting on the train, you only need to take out the printed ticket for verification. There is no ticket issuance fee. The official website of Deutsche Bahn has a creditcard number to indicate your identity. This has nothing to do with the credit card used for payment. When checking the ticket, you need to show the credit card used for identity verification, so you must bring this with you.
To be on the safe side, you might as well use a credit card, but you must show it when you get on the bus. When the ticket inspector asks for your ID, you should show this credit card instead of your passport:-), Deutsche Bahn Pass or State Ticket The Eurail Pass is for those who stay in Europe for a long time, because the European pass is actually more expensive.
And they are all unavailable. If you want to take an express train (some cross-border trains are express trains), you need to book an additional seat reservation fee. Therefore, when considering whether to buy a pass, you should make an overall calculation. A pass is not necessarily cheap. In addition, there are many states in Germany that can use state tickets (state tickets are day tickets), and the more people there are, the more cost-effective it is.
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In the case of Bavaria (applicable to Munich + King's Lake + Neuschwanstein Castle + Füssen + Berchtesgaden + Salzburg), the price is Euro/person/day. If you add one more person, you only need to add Euro, that is, if two people travel together, you only need to pay Euro/person/day. The state ticket can be used on any bus, subway, or slow train in one day (there is a way to identify whether the state ticket can be used.
Select localtransport on the Deutsche Bahn website. You can use state tickets for anything that is displayed. If you travel far or take many trips, you can calculate whether the state ticket or the Eurail pass is more cost-effective. The overall consumption in Germany is relatively average. A meal costs EUR/person, a bus trip costs about EUR/person, and a museum costs about EUR/person.
Therefore, transportation is actually a big expense. If you buy a state ticket, you only need to spend this much every day, and you can get on the train at any time, regardless of the time, as long as the state ticket is valid. State tickets can be bought on the bus or at the ticket office or ticket vending machine at the train station. You can buy them at any time, no need to buy them in advance.
Accommodation in Paris is more expensive than in Germany, about 100 euros, and it is a relatively ordinary accommodation. This time in Germany, because of the Munich Oktoberfest (once every October), the accommodation price soared to 100, so I had no choice but to go to Salzburg to sleep. It only takes 10 minutes to get from Munich to Salzburg by slow train, and you can use the state ticket.
Salzburg is about + RMB to stay in a good place, and other places in Bavaria such as Neuschwanstein Castle and King's Lake Fussen are relatively cheap, about -. However, this season is the peak season for King's Lake and Neuschwanstein Castle. In addition to Chinese people, people from all over the world and all over Germany will go there, so you need to book accommodation early.
Later, the King's Lake and Neuschwanstein Castle were fully booked. It was crazy. As mentioned earlier, if you eat in a restaurant, it is about 10 euros per person, but if you buy it yourself, it is much cheaper. Buying a large bottle of Evian water is 10 euros! 10 euros can buy two meals for two people. After Yunluo and An Chuyu finally discovered this.
Yunluo and Anchuyu bought their own food. Europeans only eat luncheon meat, bread, water, cola and beer. They bought and made their own sandwiches, which saved a lot of money. However, the macarons in Paris were great. Yunluo liked them very much, but Yunluo's family members didn't like them very much because they thought they were too sweet.
This varies from person to person. The price is about 10 euros for a large macaron (as big as Yunluo and An Chuyu's big buns, which is still good), and about 10 euros for a small one. It's really not cheap, but it's still much cheaper than in China. Students who like macarons must eat enough when they go to Paris! Yunluo and An Chuyu are not interested in food and beverage.
I won't introduce it much, I don't like eating anything anyway, haha. Shopping I once mistakenly thought Paris was the fashion capital and shopping capital, until this shopping experience, I was seriously hurt, I really can't praise the shopping atmosphere in Paris. Paris is a good time to shop during the annual discount season, it is indeed cheap and beautiful.
But these two seasons (July and September) are not domestic holidays, so for Yunluo and An Chuyu, the time they can go to Paris is not a discount season. Yunluo went to two stores in Paris for shopping, Galeries Lafayette and Lavallee Village Outlet. The price of the outlet is about 10% of the normal price of Galeries Lafayette, and there is a VIP% discount card.
Everyone can get it at the Welcome Center, so the price is about the same as the discount at Galeries Lafayette. Let's talk about Galeries Lafayette first. There are a lot of Chinese people at Galeries Lafayette, and it's very noisy. After going around, your ears will be deaf-_-. In fact, the real crowds at Galeries Lafayette are only at the first-tier big brands on the first floor, the Chinese tax refund reception desk, and the globalblue early tax refund office.
When I went to the second floor to buy clothes and the like, I didn't see any Chinese people. Galeries Lafayette has a wide range of products. Yunluo took a look around and talked about the prices. Chanel, LV, and Longchamp are the places with the longest queues. Everyone has several of these things in their hands. There are so many rich people. Chanel's price is Euro and above (not including tax refund).
I asked about a few YSL models I liked, one was priced at Euro, one was priced at Euro, and I didn’t ask about the other models’ prices. They were all first-tier brands, and the prices wouldn’t be too different. I didn’t ask about LV because I wasn’t interested. Longchamp was priced at Euro. Some of them were more expensive, but Yunluo and An Chuyu’s most common basic models were priced at this price. For clothes, Levis was around Euro. (~^~)