Regardless of whether it's a university or not, since I'm already here, just go in and take a look. Even if it's not a university, it's still a beautiful thing to see the German palace.
Thinking of this, Dong Qiangqiang took a big breath of the fresh morning air and walked slowly towards the main entrance of the palace along the blue-gray stone road under his feet.
In front of the palace is an open green space of light grass. Dong Qiangqiang made a visual inspection and estimated it to be a few thousand square meters. But what attracted his attention even more was a statue in the shape of a galloping horse in the middle of the green space.
I don’t know when the statue was erected. The horse’s body is covered with a layer of oxide between blue and green. The horse's head was raised high, as if it was neighing, the mane around its neck was fluttering in the wind, its two powerful front hooves were raised high in the air, and its two hind legs were firmly embedded in the uneven ground.
Dong Qiangqiang took a closer look and saw that the muscle texture of the horse's head, neck, back and legs could be seen. The statue was lifelike, and the primitive beauty of wild power emerged spontaneously.
After looking at the statue, Dong Qiangqiang turned his head and looked at the palace. He didn't know much about architecture. He felt that the overall shape of the palace resembled early Gothic style. The building had a symmetrical architectural layout. The tall tower in the middle had a hexagonal roof, while the roof of the tower on the left also had a hexagonal roof. , but the height is only one-third of the height of the middle tower, and the right tower is different from the other two towers, with a small spire.
Dong Qiangqiang walked towards the oval palace gate. When he came to the steps below the door, he saw a statue of a male lion lying on the left and right sides of the door. The color of the statue's surface was very similar to that of a galloping horse. . Two pillar-like thick front paws lay on the ground, eyes wide open, steel needle-like beards attached to both sides of the nose, the corners of the mouth slightly raised, revealing a set of fangs. It stared ahead with a cold expression, as if it would jump out at any time. Same.
Dong Qiangqiang remembered that when he was taking language classes in China, the German teacher once told them in the cultural class: Europe has a cultural tradition of worshiping lions, especially the British, Germans and French. They believe that the lion is the true king of beasts.
I don’t know if this has the same meaning as the stone lions placed at the entrances of many domestic institutions. Dong Qiangqiang was thinking as he reached out to touch the bronze lion. Suddenly, a thought came to his mind: If he wasn't allowed to touch it casually, wouldn't he be an embarrassment to the Chinese students? Thinking of this, he retracted his extended hand.
He continued walking up the steps and saw many plaques of different colors hanging on the beige wall tiles behind the bronze lion. One of the plaques read a row of black letters: University of Hannover.
It turned out that it was really a university. Dong Qiangqiang was a little surprised. He was about to open the door and go in to take a look, but the two large glass doors were locked from the inside. Dong Qiangqiang did not push it.
As he was looking inside, a uniformed security guard came towards him from inside. The man pointed to his watch and said to Dong Qiangqiang: "It's too early. Come back later."
Dong Qiangqiang glanced at his watch, wasn't it? It was just 6:12 in the morning.
He strolled down the steps and followed the stone path to the door of the library next to the university. Naturally, the door was not open. He looked around and saw a man in white uniform outside a store not far away. Someone was setting the table at the door, and he strolled over.
It turned out to be a bakery. The area of this bakery is not large, only about 10 square meters, but there are many types of bread in the cupboard. Dong Qiangqiang took a rough order and found 34 kinds of bread with different flavors and shapes.
There is a kind of bun that looks very similar to domestic steamed buns, but the German bread is toasted, and there is a grinning hole on the top of the bun.
Dong Qiangqiang was admiring it carefully when someone behind the cupboard suddenly said: "This kind of bread is the best with sausage and jam."
Dong Qiangqiang looked up and saw a kind-faced and sturdy German aunt smiling at him. He immediately responded politely in German: "Good morning. I want to pick another one."
"Of course." The German aunt still smiled, "Are you here for tourism?"
"Oh, no, I'm a student." Dong Qiangqiang continued to pick up the bread while answering.
"Korean? Japanese?" There were no customers in the store at this time. The aunt was packing up things near the cashier while chatting with Dong Qiangqiang.
"I am Chinese." Dong Qiangqiang stood up straight and looked at the German aunt and said seriously.
"Oh, Chinese people." The aunt's interest suddenly increased. "I have been to Beijing, China. Well, by the way, the Great Wall in Beijing is very majestic. Oh, and the Forbidden City is so beautiful. It is incredible. Unbelievable."
"The Forbidden City is indeed very good." Dong Qiangqiang suggested, "You should go there more times."
"But my favorite is the Peking duck. Well, it's so delicious." The aunt put the newly baked bread in the glass cabinet while reminiscing, "It's really delicious! I want to eat some more." Second-rate."
Looking at the aunt's expression, Dong Qiangqiang couldn't help but chuckle in his heart: This may be related to her profession.
An old man and a young man chatted casually, and there were gradually more people in the store.
Dong Qiangqiang found that there were many people buying Berliner bread and French baguettes in the store, regardless of age or gender.
The so-called Berliner bread is a deep-fried hamburger bun sprinkled with a thick layer of white sugar, and the bun is filled with fillings of different flavors such as cream or chocolate sauce.
As the name suggests, French baguette is a long French bread, or in Germany it should be called German baguette. The general way to eat it is to slice the bread and add sausage slices, jam, butter, green garlic and other seasonings, and then heat it in the oven. Eat it after a few minutes, it will taste and taste delicious.
Dong Qiangqiang finally chose a baguette and an original croissant, and ordered a glass of milk and two German sausages.
He sat on the street, eating breakfast while watching the people walking leisurely at the intersection, listening to the unknown birds chirping above his head, looking at the fat pigeons that kept chewing bread crumbs by their legs, smelling the mixed The air smells of flowers and bread, and I feel that life is particularly beautiful.
At this moment, his mobile phone suddenly received a text message.
Dong Qiangqiang finished the last sausage and drank the milk in one gulp. He wiped his mouth and took out his cell phone.
The content of the text message has only one line in English: Take care of yourself! (Take care of yourself!)
When his eyes fell on the sender, he couldn't help but be stunned.
She signed it!
Dong Qiangqiang's mood suddenly improved. He looked at his watch and saw it was almost 8 o'clock.
He stood up, picked up his backpack, and strode towards the university.
