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First night in Iceland.

It's a bit uncomfortable.

Since it was still dark when he woke up the next day, Chen Xing couldn't even estimate what time it was, and he was a little depressed, and his head was a little confused.

It is a feeling not far from vertigo.

Picking up the phone to check the time, I went out to wash my face.

It was not yet light, but many people started to walk in the streets downstairs, and there were many lights on the streets, which made Chen Xing find the feeling of being on some domestic streets in the early morning, and this feeling lifted Chen Xing's spirit , picked up the camera and went out.

On the way, Chen Xing saw a lady with a two- or three-year-old baby standing under the lamp. Chen Xing felt that this scene was very sacred.

Just after adjusting the exposure to highlight the effect of the beam of light, and then picked up the camera, Chen Xing saw the lady looking at him with dissatisfied eyes, and blocked the baby in a place where Chen Xing couldn't take pictures. .

This……

He also had no choice but to return a smile, as if there was no such thing.

They are beautiful and well-dressed, and they can be photographed several times on the streets of Paris, but the Nordic people don’t like this kind of interaction between strangers, but it’s not because of their conservative style, it’s just that they really Very reluctant to make a new friend.

Especially these adults.

For the rest of the time, Chen Xing stopped taking pictures of people, and mainly took pictures of the streets and buildings in Iceland.

Due to historical reasons, the architecture of this place is a little more primitive than Oslo. It should be the same as most European capitals. The appearance of the building is not allowed to be changed too much, so the house is still in the old style.

But modern people who pursue individuality will paint these old houses in different colors.

Chen Xing saw red houses, pink houses, and rather than painting their own walls, they seemed to prefer to make their roofs into various colors, colorful, standing on a high place and looking into the distance, that is Unobstructed color, like a fairy tale world.

He came out this time for no purpose. The semi-finals of the S game ended a few days ago, but he didn't have a ticket for the semi-finals, so he only came to watch outside, which wasn't interesting.

The time for the finals will not be until tomorrow afternoon.

So today Chen Xing was not in a hurry to find his way, and just walked towards the building that could be seen even on the edge of the city.

Reykjavik Cathedral.

This should be the only city in the world where you won’t get lost even if you don’t know how to read, don’t ask for directions, don’t look at the navigation, and you don’t have a companion. This church can be seen anywhere.

Then just keep walking in this direction.

Walking from these streets to the direction of the church, all the way is uphill. When you get to the church, you can already see the roofs of some houses. Looking at this church again, compared with the churches Chen Xing saw in other places in Europe, It's pretty plain here.

It is a building shaped like a rocket, as high as a nine-story building. This kind of building is definitely the tallest building in Reykjavik, which has an average of only two or three floors. It is even built on the top of the mountain.

Isn't this the only landmark in this city?Chen Xing thought to himself.

The locals seem to have used all the best things to build this church, whether it is the central location of the city or the top of a small hill, these conditions are very good, but they think this is not enough, and even built the shape of the church like a rocket.

More than 30 meters high, let alone in this city, you can see this rocket-like building from the sky.

Open the door and enter. Like other churches, it is a nave. There is no one on the high altar, and the environment of the entire nave is relatively quiet.

But there are many people.

The nave is the large room with many seats on both sides of the church. It is usually at the entrance of the church. When the teaching staff on the high altar preach, the believers sit on it and listen to the lectures.

Chen Xing knows that some small churches still accept weddings and funerals, but I don't know if this church has these functions.

He didn't dare to make mistakes here, and put away the camera. After all, it is a religious place.

Speaking of this, Chen Xing has been to many Buddhist temples, and he has seen many churches in Europe, but he has never seen a Taoist temple after traveling for so long. Interests such as coming and God add up are great.

Who doesn't want to be a chic Daoist?
No one wants to be a monk at a young age, right?

No, no, no?

There are a lot of people here, Chen Xing thought there was some program for today, quietly stayed in the church for a long time like these people, and watched the time for at least an hour, but the people inside came and went, the high altar in front The position has never been played.

I want to ask what's going on, but I'm worried that these people can't understand English.

Forget it, slip away.

Together with some curious tourists who came and sat, Chen Xing also walked out of this place quietly, and the person who walked out in front of him was also very quiet, but as soon as he came out, he began to say in French:

"I thought there would be singing and prayers, but there is no priest. This church doesn't have priests, does it?"

"Maybe there is something today?"

"Don't talk about it, what if this is the custom of others? Hey, look, there is an aurora over there!"

When Chen Xing heard the aurora, he also looked over curiously. There was a green line on the horizon, indeed... a bit like the aurora?

It's just a bit similar, but the straight line is obviously artificial.

Chen Xing hadn't communicated with anyone since the plane landed yesterday, and said, "That should be the lighthouse."

"Is this what the lighthouse looks like?"

"Don't be kidding, is this a lighthouse? Which country are you from? Have you ever seen a lighthouse?"

"My friend, you speak French very well."

The person who called out that it was Aurora was a little bit dissatisfied with Chen Xing's words, and insisted that it was Aurora, but Chen Xing didn't continue talking to him, and everyone else agreed after seeing this, and finally coaxed this person over.

Chen Xing just saw that he was mediating and thought that this person was pretty good, but when the dispute was put on him, would he still be unreasonable?

"Ugh."

Chen Xing sighed, and didn't get to know these French tourists deeply. After thinking about it, he walked towards the direction where the light came from.

The movement of this lighthouse is very slow, and it is hard to tell which side is the starting point with the naked eye, but it can be judged from the brightness. The brighter end in the sky must be closer to the starting point, which is correct.

Chen Xing walked this way.

Anyway, the city is so small, even if it's the end of the road, it probably won't take much time to take a taxi back to the hotel.

Walking from the church to the direction where the green light appeared, he quickly saw a lake. This lake was a little small, more like a larger pond. The surrounding street lights were bright and there were many people walking.

The most beautiful ones are the houses on the other side of the lake. Each house is very bright, as if a small light bulb is embedded in each brick on the wall, white lights, yellow lights, and red lights... …

Their bright reflections also appeared in the calm lake water, with trailing shadows, psychedelic and beautiful.

A small half of this lake has been frozen, and there are waterfowl and ducks in the place where the lake is not frozen. It is winter now, and the ducks are sitting and sleeping by the lake. These Nordic animals are used to living in human cities. The life inside seems quite comfortable.

There are also many tourists here, throwing bread at the ducks that are not sleeping.

Chen Xing also went to buy a piece of bread, but he didn't throw it to the ducks, but ate it himself. He was already very hungry because he hadn't attended other people's wedding lunch in the church before, so he tore open the bag of bread and ate it.

Just beware of the seagulls flying in the sky. If you don’t pay attention, they will fly down and snatch the bread from you.

Chen Xing saw a person just threw a whole piece of bread out to feed the ducks, and when the bread was still flying in the air, a seagull flew by and took it away. Chen Xing almost choked from laughing, and coughed several times. Voice.

A white hand appeared in front of Chen Xing, holding a bottle of water.

"Drink?"

Huh?Chinese, fellow.

Chen Xing looked up, she was a sister wearing a blue down jacket, she looked like she was in her thirties, but she was only 20 years old in her smile, with two braids, she looked very young.

Chen Xing took it subconsciously.

There are also girls who are courteous, and they are used to it.

Now is not the time to say thank you, Chen Xing quickly opened the lid and drank a few mouthfuls of water, finally swallowed the piece of bread stuck in his throat, and then said to the sister:
"thank you."

She was happier when she heard Chen Xing speak Chinese, and said, "You're welcome, I can tell you are from Huaxia at a glance."

Chen Xing smiled, and said, "It doesn't matter if it's a monster, what's your name?"

"My name is Chen Jiaqian. You are so young, you will definitely not suffer from calling me Sister Chen."

"..."

Chen Xing looked at her relatively plain clothes, and could see that the down jacket was a domestic knitted sweater, as well as the two conspicuous braids... This was obviously not the kind of sister Chen Xing expected.

He really wanted to say, Sister Chen, that I don't want to work hard anymore, but reality doesn't give him a chance.

I have already made a name for myself, why haven't I met this kind of sister yet?

"I'll call you Miss Sister."

"It's fine." She felt indifferent to the title, and asked again, "Are you here to watch the game?"

At this time in Iceland, I saw this kind of student who is obviously in his twenties, so you don’t need to ask, he must be someone who came here to watch the game, especially this year, EDG made it to the finals, domestic piggies are laughing to death in the toilet up.

She didn't pay attention to this game before, but because this year's game was held in Iceland, as a person who has a little influence in China and lives in Iceland for a long time, she was invited to participate in the recording of many programs about this game.

"Almost." Chen Xing said.

The purpose of his coming to Iceland is of course to travel first, and then to watch the final of the S race and Ai's bicycle race, both of which are competitions.

For the rest of the time, Chen Xing didn't know what to do, anyway, let's talk about it when the time comes.A fresh country, a fresh city, there are still many places waiting for Chen Xing to explore. Even after visiting Reykjavik, he can go to other places in Iceland.

Well, when the time comes to write a book "Travel is a kind of life - Iceland travel travel notes"

Thinking that my travel notes will be published, I am inexplicably happy.

The corners of Chen Xing's mouth turned up suddenly, and he ate the piece of bread mixed with water in a few mouthfuls, and said to the young lady, "Knowing is fate, not to mention that we are still in the same family, and my surname is also Chen, let me treat you to a meal, Chen sister."

After Chen Jiaqian heard this sentence, she looked at Chen Xing's face. She was young and handsome, and suddenly sighed and said, "But I'm already married."

"what???"

Sister, you think so beautifully.

"Then call the elder brother together."

Chen Jiaqian said: "Forget it, maybe we can meet tomorrow during the competition, and I will definitely give you a surprise then."

It's kind of family-friendly.

Chen Xing didn't force it, shook the drink she gave her, and said again: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." She also replied.

After this episode, Chen Xing continued to walk towards the place where the green light appeared, and he saw the ocean after a short walk.

It's the real sea, not the fjord sea of ​​Oslo.

Under the dim light, he could only see the water surface in front of him clearly. Compared with the tropical ocean, the ocean here was still relatively calm, but the waves still kept coming, and the people standing on the shore could hear the waves. sound of water.

The ocean beat against the shore, and the sound of hitting stones was crisp and pleasant.

There was the sound of a whistle in the distance, and a small light appeared on the surface of the sea, probably a ship. Is the whistle of the ship so loud that I can hear it from so far away?
Those who live near here are really unlucky, how can they sleep listening to such voices every day.

Looking further into the distance, the green light shines from the depths of the ocean. At first it was a green line, which did not spread around at all, and then the light came towards Reykjavik, which became bigger and bigger, and then blurred It looks like there is an aurora around.

"I said it was a lighthouse, hum."

Chen Xing said this to himself, he couldn't remember what the person he wanted to argue with looked like now.

Whoa!

A big wave was brewing in the sea, and the stone resisted the provocation from the sea without moving, and beat the sea water into countless small splashes flying everywhere like a counterattack.

Chen Xing felt a chill on his face.

So cold.

He took out his phone and checked the time, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening.

Anyway, I have confirmed that this green light is a lighthouse, so there is no need to stay by the seaside. I am afraid that these clothes will not be able to withstand the wind.

Looking back, Chen Xing saw purple and green mixed 'silk' appeared in the sky

Stretching from the edge of the city, it seems to want to network the entire city.

This is the real aurora.

………………

At the same time, Chen Jiaqian, who is at home, is editing a video. She is a writer and a grandmother who shares her life on Bie.com.

Big data unknowingly affected her.

People who have never watched Chen Xing's video, unexpectedly saw Chen Xing's appearance on the homepage of the website.

It must be him. This face is so recognizable that it is hard to forget once you see it.

No way, such a coincidence?
This video does not seem to be sent by himself, because the title is called - "Come in and wash your eyes, a collection of photographer Chen Xing's works in 2023"