Remember that it was August 31, 1998, I have taken the first time abroad, following a foreign trade company Ningbo Zheng Jingli to attend SPOGA Fair in Cologne, Germany.
We take the Air France flight from Beijing to Paris, and then transfer to Cologne. Previously been riding many domestic flights are Boeing 737,757,777, McDonnell Douglas 80,82 and the European Airbus A320 and other aircraft, generally only take 100-300 people. But this is the Boeing 747 wide-body aircraft that can take 400 people, in 2005, the aircraft giant Airbus A380 maiden flight before it is the world’s largest passenger plane. When the Boeing 747 into the spacious cabin, I suddenly have a feeling of exposure to cinema. A smooth plane off the ground the moment, as if the body is floating to a feeling of strange and inexplicable desire to place.
From Beijing to Paris to be a continuous 11-hour flight. My seat just next to the porthole, you can easily view the scenery outside the window. TV screens showing the routes and aircraft, real-time position is under the wings of a white clouds, you can see through the cloud sewing Northwest Loess Plateau, the Mongolian steppes and the Russian lake … … 11 hours, after all, is a long time, I gradually felt faint faint Yu Shui. Fortunately, there is still time for international flights smoking room, I casually took a can of Coke, sat smoking a long time, while smoke, admiring the scenery out the window.
Plane to Europe over, the weather became clear up. Through the porthole, the following is a lush forests and plains, as well as sparse as the building blocks that like country house, as if to a fairy-tale world. As the aircraft have been flying to the west chasing the sun, we took off at 10 am from Beijing to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport when it landed at 3:00 p.m. more.
From Paris to Cologne, Germany is Europe’s Airbus A320 flight aircraft, only took an hour from its destination. Cologne airport in the middle of a forest far away from the city, and the Paris airport bare lawn in stark contrast. I do not know what was going on out of the airport customs office out of which almost 2 meters high Tingzhao bellied German police, shoulders Monrovia carrying submachine guns, Yao Li do with electric batons, one hand holding walkie-talkie pull big German shepherds, Xiong Shen pegged as per a passenger screening, as if facing a formidable enemy.
In the baggage conveyor belt, we always find their luggage. Airport staff to help to find none. Toss a few hours and watch the sky late, and ultimately they are only detected through the computer, and our luggage at the Beijing Airport, Beijing Airport was originally the staff of our negligence, there is no luggage onto a plane! Let us leave the German hotel address, and inform has informed Air France flight luggage made in the next over, they will be sent free to our accommodation.
Cologne entirely of Mercedes-Benz taxi cars, our country sell more than 100 million, only those wealthy can afford to sit the boss, but it is ordinary people in Germany, the throne, flowers can be purchased less than 100,000 marks ( 1 German mark = 4 yuan a little more), for them, that is, only a few months salary. Taxis can get going fast, the German highway no less than our road width, in a car much more than we, but not much in a moving way, with little traffic jam phenomenon. Taxis are also very cheap, from the airport to the downtown bank for marks, to the hotel only took more than 50 marks, and the Shanghai Pudong Airport to the city center by playing nearly the money spent.
We live in depend on the outskirts of a small hotel, called Hotel Christina. Hotel is small, but the environment is very beautiful, nice facilities, with garage, parking, restaurants, full of flowers in front of bay windows, front of the hotel is a large forest. Gaode rooms are very clean, the bathroom spotless. The hotel is not equipped with toothpaste, toothbrushes, slippers and the like things can be barefoot on the ground feeling down do not get dirty. All the switch button is almost as big as a small half of the book, can be touched lightly; windows can be pushed around both the upper and lower roll; TV hanging from the ceiling down, feet off the ground 1.8 meters high, we feel very strange, But when we watch TV in bed, we found that this angle is very comfortable. The rent is not how expensive, can also enjoy free breakfast daily.
Cologne is a small city, probably with the Ningbo similar, but the population less than Ningbo, Ningbo, high-rise buildings and no more, and far less prosperous, Ningbo. Rhine River through the city, the two sides of trees and verdant, the ancient churches and castles in the trees, under cover of the mapping is extraordinarily quiet. Most city streets are narrow and full of cars parked on both sides also. Walk north a few hundred meters from the hotel is a light rail station, the train to a busy street on the drilling of the underground, to the open areas also drilled on the ground. Provided by local municipalities, any foreign exhibitors are free riding light rail. We took the train to a transfer station called the center of Newmarket, has been to the layout of the Messe exhibition hall booths. A result of our luggage yet to come, unable to produce the exhibition hall passes, with the management staff explain the situation and they still graciously let us into the museum, which in Canton Fair is not possible.
Cologne Exhibition Center located in the city east of the Rhine close to the edge, near the little houses and shops. The size of the venues to be larger than the Canton Fair, the museum appears to tall empty. Our booth was surrounded by foreigners, from 1 to 14, Hall Hall, the vast majority of foreign booth, (and the last two years I have found the Chinese people Spoga Expo booth has been more than a foreigner, it shows that our fast export growth in foreign trade), perhaps a different way of life in developed countries and a higher quality of life reasons, they have designed many of the new leisure products has given us an eye-opener. In the exhibit pavilion few days there is no shop, no small traders, not as we do everywhere Fair is something to eat. In the absence of experience, we do not bring drinks, mouth, thirst was terrible. I took a 10 yuan mark to buy some drinks outside the museum like, to find a long time, it was found that a car in the unloading of an unknown beverage cans, I motioned to him to buy, did not know that foreigners came to understand there is no , with 10 yuan marks in exchange for a two cans, one drink, as if a kind of fruit juice. Lunch is a Chinese restaurant with a set lunch, to spend 80 yuan per box. Dinner every day, we sometimes casually walking street copies of Western fast food to eat, sometimes I would go in the restaurant. McDonald’s also the price of 3,4 month marks cheaper than domestic may be Chinese food, it’s terrible, and a pot of small Chinese cabbage to 25 marks, equivalent to 100 yuan, said raw material is flown in from Shanghai. Germans eat eggs is very interesting, they used a hemispherical plastic mold, put eggs into them, and then gently with a spoon to break the shell above, never enough, its annoying to dig out little by little to eat, which fully reflects the Germanic nation that rigorous way of doing things and work style.
Germans like to drink beer, drink German beer is also very good, “Baker”, “Carlsberg” are well-known international brand. We often go to a supermarket to buy beer, potato chips, fruit, beef jerky and other food for the evening supper. Large supermarkets, parking lots like a soccer field, foreigners are driving over, once a week to buy the items. Supermarket shopping cart one by one together, I took great pains that can not even come out, and then I have to press into the keyhole on the one-dollar coins in order to get out of after use, need to push back their original pre-inserted into the lock eyes, coins can be returned to your pop-up. If your shopping cart exhausted casual fling, I am sorry, one dollar money confiscated. This automation has not only humane management style can be seen everywhere in Germany, such as stations, supermarkets, there are many auto-save pack boxes, as long as you set your password on the line. Bins are divided into four modules, such as newspapers, magazines, wrapping paper placed in a pocket; plastic like a beggar; metal like a beggar; glass and a pocket. However, there is no food trash, because foreigners regarded it finished eating, few people throw food. People are consciously separate their refuse into the box, of course, where not allowed, “Polan Wang,” Unified garbage recycling by the sanitation department.
German tall, strongly built men for more than 1 m 9 a lot of women mostly in the more than 1 meter 7, and we were caught in the middle like a small country come to like. However, they have great respect for women and animals, mostly men, standing on the subway, while the women, and pets are leisurely seated. Out of the store, must arm around large bags of men and women only Eurya own handbag.
After dinner, we have to teach you about the urban area. Cities in the deserted, shops rarely. From one block to another block, everywhere parks, trees, lawns, many parks have basketball courts, soccer fields, tennis courts, and free of charge. Those students in large and small, open after school, or riding a bicycle to the park QQ court, free to play up. Corner in some neighborhoods, there are a few Rangers smoking, drinking, sitting on the ground. In the pedestrian street corner in a small square, there are a few beggars who selflessly pulling large, violin, no interest in passers-by in their hat at the foot of the number of coins lost. Rhine crowded food stalls, beggars were skillfully pulled one song after another with the accordion world music, and then holding a hat to every dinner table to the guests for money. Cities in Cologne hardly see the police.
The most magnificent building in Cologne Cathedral had to be counted. This was built in the nineteenth-century granite church has 30 storeys in height, is said to be highest in the world church, visitors without tickets can enjoy the exhibits. The high steps of the church filled with people, people in the square next to the slide roller skating freely play. Rhine suffused with light waves, we wandered along the river and found that the ground actually is full of stone! We also take on the river-crossing cable car, looked down at high altitude, Cologne this ancient and modern city lie in the embrace of the Rhine, distributing a charming youth.
Exhibition is over, many of our peers, some to Switzerland, some to Austria, and some go to Italy. Well leave the country once had a rare, should also take the opportunity to play all over Europe, according to the provisions of more than 10 Schengen countries can just go. But I have so many things because of the plant inadvertently fun, anyway my visa in Germany and the United Kingdom for one year multiple-entry, and then later is also very convenient, so wanted to return home directly by way of Paris. However, in a twist of fate, I am riding in Cologne to Paris flight delays, when the flew to Paris to Beijing’s air has been driven off. After negotiations with Air France, they said held responsible, and to we have arranged for a four-star hotels, meals and 150 francs a day, until the next flight to return to Beijing. This time we had in Paris, some of the tour.
Paris is a beautiful and romantic city. We take the subway from Paris to Notre Dame stand out immediately to see this because of the film “Notre Dame de Paris” and famous and beautiful buildings. Along the Seine, we visited the famous Palace of Versailles, the Louvre and the Eiffel Tower. Then a walk along the Champs-Elysees Avenue, those Louis XVI era of exquisite sculptures, those boutiques where staggeringly expensive, international brands, those sidewalks Youran the coffee shop, and has come to the Arc de Triomphe. We Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beside the torch a long moment of silence tomorrow, in the Place de la Republique search for Napoleon’s name on the monument, a statue next to the pictures of those unknown. Paris subway extending in all directions, in the import and export has virtually no management personnel, all depends on tourists to consciously Gouka, credit card. Old City of Paris to protect a very complete, no modern buildings, casually from that point of view, that neighborhood, that building, have shown that the classical US-European lady.
In Paris, in addition to Dengaifeier uggs boots Tower and the Seine River cruise by to buy a ticket, the other attractions are free of charge, nothing like our country, a small attraction tickets must be fenced off. Paris is divided into 15 urban areas, I heard that Area 13 is the Afro-gathering areas, relatively poor, law and order is not very good; city apart from a few main streets, the vast majority of free parking. They say parking rules are neat, tightly packed, before and after the car almost hit. No one directing traffic light intersection, rarely seen on the streets the police, government departments are crowded in a small office in the old house. This is our national police everywhere, public offices and big hug in sharp contrast magnificent spectacle. In Paris airport, entry and exit procedures for simple, rapid, and in the Beijing airport, we are light on the row of immigration inspection team more than an hour! So, more people are not necessarily good things.
Previously heard that the French eat a good meal, this time we will eat special food French cuisine. Walked into a French restaurant, waiters begin by asking non-smokers smoke, because many French restaurants sub-smoking restaurants and non-smoking restaurant available. Sometimes waiters will tell you that smoking restaurant is full, if we smokers go elsewhere to find, completely undermining the rules for the Mohr-McClune. In France a la carte is a troublesome thing, because the menu is French, name of the dish again Ciri weird. When we do nothing, they found a pair of France’s wife was nearby table eat crabs and oysters. Then a sudden inspiration, it said in English to the service we have to seafood and red wine. Very quickly, that young man humming a minor service, marching steps, smiling to the Qing brought ugg Ireland a pot of cooked prawns and two dishes spices. We are Ningbo eating seafood are dipped in vinegar and soy sauce, seafood seasoning such as French cheese, a salty sweet taste to eat them down not a good feeling. Second course and so on how the left can hope that is not sending it to the right, but also embarrassed him reminders. We watched the last one shrimp pot years, we think carefully before they suddenly realized that we Chinese people Chicai normally they would not have eaten the whole plate of food, otherwise they will appear smaller gas. The Europeans believe that the dish must be eaten, or uncivilized. You can not eat enough of the shows, which will be sending dishes! So we quickly wiped out the last one shrimp, then immediately sent to France, a pot of braised fish, young man, he pulled a knife into the middle of one, and then fork out the fishbone, the whole fish looks intact. With a dish up, we eat with gusto, taste and Ningbo seafood is almost the same. Slander not know how to get a few nearby table a la carte Chinese people followed suit, eat special food French seafood.
Hotels in Europe, the two men sleep in one room could easily be misunderstood as homosexual, while the opposite sex in the same room is considered normal. However, they now know a number of Oriental habits. Said the French romantic, but very few people in Paris, openly embrace kissing the contrary, many major cities in the country where young people fell haughty disregard of others may have to cuddle affectionate. French cars are relatively small, and the streets run mostly colorful mini-models of different vehicles, very few have any Rolls-Royce, big Ben, Lincoln, Farah and other expensive luxury car inside. It was not because they can not afford high-end vehicles, but a different approach and the Chinese people, we believe that car embodies the people’s identity and values, they found that the car is only a means of transport, the pursuit of happiness is the freedom to live life first Events. Therefore, the French person is imbued with passion, happiness, confidence, generosity, and carefree atmosphere.
When the plane took off from Charles de Gaulle ugg boots airport, flying to Beijing with head held high, I felt a light-hearted relief. Silver aircraft cruising toward the east the sun rises, I am eager to go home. Foreign 1000 10000 good good how good than his own home! With the roar of aircraft, my ears could almost hear the song of the Tengger
“I love you, my home, my heaven … …