travel starts with photography

373 Halloween

Now it's as if no one is a cultural person.

Ugh.

Chen Xing sighed because he didn't pretend to be this far, turned his grief and anger into appetite, and ordered an extra serving of hairy belly and cod.

There are many kinds of cod on the market, the one that Chen Xing ate in domestic hot pot restaurants is the cheapest, estimated to be only 30 yuan a catty, and it is still quick-frozen, because it is difficult for Chen Xing to eat the best cod in Rongcheng. Fresh seafood.

The cod near Iceland is about two grades higher, and the price is estimated to be more than 200 a catty.

The key is that it is fresh.

Reykjavik is far from the sea, even if you walk for an hour, it is said that there are fewer fish parasites in the sea than in rivers and lakes, so can the fish in the Arctic be hugged and gnawed directly?
Anyway, when eating cod along the coast, it tastes sweet and has no fishy smell.

While they were happily eating hot pot, Iceland's daily news network also spent a lot of time introducing the ending of the S game finals. After all, Iceland has not been so lively for a long time, and this time it has attracted so many people with games. Young people come to travel, which is also a great benefit to the local economy.

Chen Jiaqian, who is well-known in Iceland, also appeared in the picture.

This competition is all foreigners from the competition group to the contestants, so Chen Jiaqian can be regarded as one of their own. There will be a lot of shots just for this point. By the way, Chen Xing, who seems to have a good relationship with Chen Jiaqian, is also introduced. .

I don't know where they got the news from. Even the players who were with Chen Xing didn't know the identity of his photographer, only the Icelandic news.

"The success of this competition is also very grateful to Ms. Jiaqian. She is still beautiful in the picture. At the same time, I would like to introduce to the residents of Iceland. Standing next to Ms. Jiaqian is the famous photographer Mr. Chen Xing. I I believe that although you don't know this photographer yet, you must have seen his works on the street..."

Chen Xing was eating, but he seemed to hear his name on the TV. He looked up and found that it was him on the TV, and the picture next to a host was his life photos taken in school.

"What's going on?" Chen Xing asked Chen Jiaqian who had been watching TV.

"Just what you see, don't worry, I'm praising you."

"But why do you praise me? What kind of program is this? A talk show?"

The host had an easy-going face, and he smiled humorously while talking, but it was an embarrassing smile for someone like Chen Xing who couldn't understand Icelandic. Is it a good thing or a bad thing for me to appear in this kind of show? ah.

I'm not a star, so I was passively on a talk show and couldn't give myself an appearance fee?

"This is Iceland's daily news, which is the same as our seven o'clock news. It is official news."

"what?"

"What are you? Icelandic news is sometimes like this. There are very few things in this country, and there are few crimes. They don't care much about foreign affairs, but the news is always broadcast every day, right? So you can see me here There are a lot of trivial things, just wait a few more days and get used to it."

"But I don't know Icelandic, and I can't get used to it after a few days."

Chen Xing shook his head and stopped talking about it.

If his image appeared on the [-]:[-] news in China or the [-]:[-] noon news in France, he would be happy to call his parents to share about it, or share it with Zhou Peng.

Forget about the group of classmates, Chen Xing was afraid of being beaten.

Everyone used to play so well, but now Chen Xing heard from Zhou Peng that many of these students no longer chat in their own large groups, and they don't pull themselves in small groups. Alas, the relationship of several years has dissipated so quickly.

Sighing silently, turning grief and anger into appetite.

Chen Xing ate a lot this meal, and Tie Wei could hardly bear it any longer, and his stomach was visibly enlarged by the naked eye.

This was originally a living room with a TV and a sofa. After eating, Chen Xing and Jiaqian sat on the sofa to rest. The foreigners at the other table left after eating. When it was over, I collected the money and went downstairs to accompany my wife.

Jiaqian and Chen Xing talked a lot about Iceland.

For example, the night in Iceland is different from other European countries. There is nightlife here. Every Friday and Saturday, everyone does not go to work. On this day when they have time, people will go to the bars on the street to relax after dinner. .

“Nightlife in Iceland? Such a small place.”

Chen Xing didn't believe it. He thought that sister Jiaqian went to too few places?
There is no need for Chen Xing to say more about domestic nightlife. Even the food stalls at three o'clock in the morning are very lively. The smell is very tempting when walking along the road. Not only are there people, but there are also a large number of stray animals in this place. Sleepless all night.

This is real night life.

France doesn't have it, can Iceland have it?

But Jiaqian nodded affirmatively: "Because Iceland is small, everyone knows each other, and the locations of bars are relatively concentrated, and they are only a few steps away from each other. Bars do not charge entrance fees, and there are not many people in line. There is no dress code."

"Oh, acquaintance bar..."

That's true, this kind of bar will open very late, Chen Xing has been to this kind of bar before in France, or in Norway before.

"Don't look at the lack of people on the streets, the bars in Reykjavik are absolutely crowded on weekends. I'll take you to see them tomorrow night. Oh, by the way, this is just an ordinary weekend. Now that Halloween is here, the hot scene can be overwhelming. It is directly proportional to the current environment in Iceland, and it is very lively."

Then you really have to get to know it.

When he was abroad, he didn't go out much at night. This is also a habit he developed in France. Even if he was in the safe zone, what if some lunatic ran to the safe zone in the middle of the night?This is also not sure.

There are still such lunatics in China, let alone foreign countries where they are not familiar.

Chen Xing is still willing to try it in Iceland. After all, this is one of the safest countries in the world. There will not be more than five crimes in a year, and the crime rate is about [-]%. Even the police here From time to time, news about ducks will also be on the world's hot searches.

The French laughed at the police here for not doing their job, and not even carrying guns when patrolling.

None of them thought about why people dared to patrol the streets without guns. Isn't it because of the country's good law and order?In a place like the United States, who would dare to patrol the streets without taking guys?

After resting for a while, the stomach felt better, and the two were ready to go back.

Sister Jiaqian's husband, Chen Xing, also saw it. He drove here to pick her up. He was a tall and thin Icelander, and said he would send Chen Xing to the hotel.

Chen Xing searched for the name of the hotel on the navigation, and found that it was just around here, just a few minutes' walk away.

He said, "I'll just walk over by myself."

Walk along this street for a while, then turn into an avenue, the hotel is on the main shopping street, Laugavegur.Chen Jiaqian smiled and said, "Your street is the one I mentioned. Even if it's not a weekend, it's still lively. You can look out the window at night."

As the vehicle pulled out, Chen Xing waved at them.

Looking back, he saw the owner of this small souvenir shop run by a Chinese looking at him.

Seeing Chen Xing turning around, the aunt said, "Your surname is also Chen? Are you a relative of Jiaqian?"

"No, they are just ordinary friends."

There is no harm in traveling the world and making more friends. If my travelogue can be published in Norway and Iceland, it will also allow these two well-known writers in their own countries to help promote themselves.

By the way, Sister Jiaqian also said that her travel notes are selling well in China, but I haven’t heard of them?
Go back and inquire with the publishing house, and ask them to send a few books over by the way.

Anyway, New Year’s Day is not too far away, so it’s no problem to give a few copies to my friends. I even have the original manuscript of Carl’s sixth book, My Struggle.

Just about to leave, I was stopped by my aunt.

The aunt is from the Northeast, and she spoke very interestingly. She stopped Chen Xing and said:

"Boy, this is for you to play with. We don't have anything else in the store. Come and play when you have time. Neither of us can speak Icelandic. It's boring to open a store here."

At their age, when they go abroad for a long time, most of them are only children who have settled down here. They come here only at the request of their children or because they are worried about their children, and their language skills are indeed poor.

However, as long as you live in such an environment, you can learn much faster than in school.

What my aunt gave Chen Xing was a Kongming lantern. The thin paper on the outside is red. After the fire inside is lit, the red color will definitely become more prominent. When it is placed in the sky, the red lantern will have the taste of ancient China. up.

Chen Xing liked this gift very much, and said, "Thank you, how much is this?"

"Forget about the money. There are relatively few Chinese people in this country. It is a kind of fate to meet each other. My old man likes to be lively. It would be best if you come to us to eat more when you have nothing to do, haha."

"Then I will definitely come here often." Chen Xing also said with a smile.

He will stay here until Christmas is over a month later before returning to China. It should be Chen Xing's luck to find a gourmet restaurant with pure Chinese flavor during this time.

Back to the hotel.

Chen Xing put the Kongming lantern on the table, and found something to keep him from flying around. He wanted to find a place to release the lantern on the eve of Halloween tomorrow night, to match the material recorded during this time Can also water a video.

I took quite a lot of photos today, just taking random shots of the streets of Iceland is a work, it’s too much.

Night scenes are the favorite style of many photographers. The polar night in Iceland turns the daytime scenery into night scenes. This style is probably only found in cities near the Arctic Circle. Although there are cities near the polar night in China, but Those cities are relatively small.

There is also a group photo with professional players.

Chen Xing found a few photos and posted them in Moments.

"EDG! Awesome!"

He still vaguely remembers a few years ago in the dormitory when he yelled that IG was awesome with his friends. It was a scene that he would never see once in his life. The lights in the entire dormitory building were turned on, and then everyone got dressed and went downstairs Jump and jump.

The hostess thought the boy was crazy.

Today I opened Moments and saw that there are still all EDGs in it.

Chen Xing posted this late.

After he finished his meal, it is now 11 o'clock in Icelandic time, and in China it is [-] o'clock in the morning of the next day.

As soon as this circle of friends was posted, his friends immediately boiled over.

"Everyone says EDG is awesome, why is yours different from ours?"

"Did you go to the scene? Did you take a photo with them?"

"envious!"

"Brother Xing is awesome!"

"Your background can't be in the backstage, right? Wori, Brother Xing is getting more and more awesome. If you want to go backstage in the S game, go backstage! I admire, admire!"

"You haven't slept yet?"

The next few posts were posted by a few internet-addicted teenagers from EDG, and they were still awake. Chen Xing felt that it would be difficult for them to fall asleep tonight, and the excitement in his heart would last at least two or three days, or even longer.

When Chen Xing won the Grand Prix at the Arles Photography Festival, he didn't sleep well for a few days.

At this time, the downstairs was also bustling. Chen Xing opened the window and looked out. Sure enough, there were many young men and women downstairs. He also saw some people embracing each other in a dark place opposite.

Alas, the world is going downhill.

He watched it for a long time before going back to bed to sleep, and found that the holy gun brother had a group chatting.

Chen Xing also chatted with them about other games, such as DNF, Yuanshen and so on. The popular game in the past two years is Everlasting, but Chen Xing hasn't played this one yet, and he fell asleep when talking about this topic .

A good night's dream.

The next day was Halloween, the sky was still so dark when I woke up, only a little light appeared in the afternoon, but the sun would soon set.

Generally, the sun rises from the east and sets in the west, but in the polar night, even if the sun comes out, it doesn’t have much energy.

But today is not the same as usual, the streets are full of ghost-style decorations.

Chen Xing is very afraid of China's A Piao, and usually doesn't even dare to watch more ghost movies, but he has no fear of these foreign ghost stories. Western horror and Asian horror seem to be on the same line.

The pumpkin head in the shopping mall opposite is not scary at all.

It's just annoying all the time.

He watched the people outside setting up the environment from the window. There was a wine company not far away. Their door was an iron gate. Now a person was hanging a skull mask and a cloak on the iron gate. He was busy for a long time. something that moves.

This kind of thing is okay to scare children, Chen Xing thought to himself.

That's enough, don't read it, today he is going to go shopping on the famous black sand beach in Iceland.

Chen Xing made an appointment with the interpreter he met during the competition yesterday. Today's itinerary is to go to the black sand beach first, then go to see Skogafoss on the way back, and finally return to Reykjavik at about two or three o'clock in the afternoon .

After a short break, you can continue to feel the atmosphere of Halloween in Reykjavikli.

Chen Xing put a lot of thought into today's outfit. If he can score 90 points for his usual appearance, he can score 95 points for himself today, and leave the last five points for a better self in the future.

Chen Xing took the bag and went downstairs when he received the call from the foreign student interpreter.

By the way, I also put the Kongming Lantern in the bag. If you have a chance, let the Kongming Lantern go on the black sand beach.

(End of this chapter)