In addition to Paris, France also has a place known to many people called Provence, and the name of its region is Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.
Chen Xing first knew this place because of lavender. Isn’t it often said on the Internet that the hometown of French lavender is this place.
The French place names are as simple and crude as the names they give to Western food. Just put the names of the three most proud provinces in this region together, and almost all the popular attractions in Southern France are also in these three places.
Because of the popularity of these three places, almost all people who come to France choose to go south after visiting Paris.
Is Provence where Chen Xing is going? After all, this is not the lavender season. He is going to the Alps, where this year's Winter Photography Festival is being held. There are many photographic works sent by photographers from all over the world. It is a photography event in France second only to the Arles Photography Festival.
The Alps are actually also very famous. But it is not this region that is famous, but a candy brand. However, this company was not established by the French, but by the Italians. The Alps are a large mountain range that spans many countries in Europe. The French do not have the copyright here. .
The train Chen Xing took departed from Paris at 7.50 and was bound for the Nice area in the Alpes-Maritimes.
There are many people on the train, a large part of them are going to Nice, and a very large proportion of them are tourists.
Because Nice is not only the fifth most populous city in France, but also the second most tourist city in France after Paris.
It was a bit cold in the morning in Paris at the end of November, and there was a smell of urine coming from Gare de Lyon. I don’t know where it came from.
He endured the smell and got into the car. As soon as he sat down, he saw two policemen pressing down a thief passing by in the car. This made Chen Xing sigh once again that the security in Paris was really bad... Although he had never encountered it himself, he patiently I keep hearing or seeing things like this all day long.
A person in front of Chen Xing also sighed: "Thieves in Paris go to work really early." This person was probably in his late twenties, and his appearance was probably the most popular among young artistic women who came to Paris. Many of them were related to Paris. The look of a romantic movie hero.
Chen Xing said: "It's the New Year after all, and I want to have a good year."
"Yes, Christmas is coming soon. You speak French so well. I thought you were a tourist. Hello, my name is Gerald."
"My name is Chen Xing." Just after introducing himself, another woman came over with a small bag in one hand and a cup of hot coffee in the other, and sat on the seat next to Gerald.
After sitting down, he shook his long blond slightly curly hair. She was wearing a tight sweater and a fur top, both of which were short and exposed her waist. She looked slender but powerful. Her lower body was also a pair of tight-fitting light-colored jeans. Her round buttocks made many people in the carriage look this way. Look over.
Since you brought coffee in? What a mistake. I should have bought a drink myself. After getting up so early this morning, Chen Xing is still a little sleepy.
There is no ticket check in Paris train stations, so even if Chen Xing is carrying a travel bag and a suitcase, he can still have one hand free and walk in elegantly with coffee... Maybe this is French elegance.
At this time, the station staff slowly walked over and started to check the tickets. She moved very slowly. It felt like she was looking at the information on the tickets very carefully. It took a long time to read each one, but in fact, there was not much information worth paying attention to on the tickets. .
As soon as the car started, Chen Xing's eyes blurred for a moment. [The city is very old, we are very young] [If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris when you were young, then she will be with you wherever you go in your life, because Paris is a moveable feast] [Congratulations on your talent: Writing] [Many times we can see these world-famous attractions from books, TV, and movies, but we don’t know what they look like in real life. Every trip abroad will let you learn more about the world. Get closer to the world and open your eyes wide - the travel series missions start, and every city you visit will give you a certain reward] [You visited Paris and received cash dollars, which will be transferred to the traveler's bank later. Please check your account] Damn it!
What Chen Xing had been waiting for for a long time actually came true! When he first got the system and started traveling, he was complaining about the system. Why couldn't he go to a place and give himself a sum of money?
Can it be called a travel system without such a setting? After all, he is just a photographer. If you want to make money, you need to gain qualifications. Unlike writers, celebrities, etc., you can suddenly become famous all over the country with a hit item, and you can make money and make money.
Twenty thousand yuan in a city is not a lot, but it is enough to live anywhere in the world for several days.
Just say that in Paris, 20,000 Chinese dollars can be exchanged for about 2,700 euros, and Chen Xing's daily accommodation fee is only 130, which is completely enough.
In addition, it’s not like Chen Xing can’t make a penny. In the future, he won’t be as frugal in his travel life as he was in Paris this time. What kind of travel souvenirs, high-end dessert shops, French restaurants, etc. I didn’t go because I was afraid it would exceed my budget.
After seeing this reward, Chen Xing leaned back on his seat and breathed a sigh of relief. He was still thinking about how he had visited so many attractions in Paris, but no system reward had popped up for so many days. It turned out that they were all waiting for him here.
However, the literary talent of the system is quite good, and Chen Xing quite likes what he said. Paris is a moveable feast... [This sentence comes from Hemingway] The system's sentence suddenly popped up. It was just a simple introduction, but Chen Xing inexplicably felt that the system looked down on him.
There are so many books in the world, how can I possibly read them all? Chen Xing was quite aggrieved. But when I thought about the rich reward this time, my grievance disappeared immediately. I quickly took out the notebook from my backpack, put it on the table in front of me and opened the document.
He is going to write a travel diary. In fact, it is not considered a travelogue. It is still the article sent to National Geographic China. Editor Kang urged Chen Xing several times, but he only wrote half of it in such a long time.
It’s so hard, so hard to write! Now that I have acquired writing skills, I can look at what I have written.
I actually wrote this garbage? Chen Xing was still shocked. In fact, this writing skill is not as magical as Chen Xing thought. After acquiring this skill, it does not mean that Chen Xing will be good at writing and his books will be 100% successful. This is not the case.
The system connected the books Chen Xing had read before and used some method to connect them with writing.
As soon as Chen Xing wants to write something, Chen Xing will remember a lot of relevant content, remembering how so and so described this kind of environment, and what he was thinking about when he wrote this paragraph.
By the way, it also strengthened Chen Xing's writing skills, organizational skills, etc. Therefore, writing actually requires some talent.
Not everyone has read tens of thousands of books and writes like a master. Gerald saw Chen Xing take out his notebook and start writing, and asked curiously: "What are you doing? Are you working?" He could see from Chen Xing's constant typing on the keyboard that Chen Xing was not While watching movies, playing games and other entertainment, the first thing he thinks of is work.
"No, I'm writing a travelogue."
"Travel notes? Are you a traveler?" Chen Xing thought for a while and said, "I'm still just a student."
"Student, my God, you are so young!" He couldn't tell Chen Xing's age from Chen Xing's appearance. He just felt that Chen Xing's temperament was not like those students he had seen before, so he asked again: "What about you? Are you studying abroad in Paris?"
"Yes." So the two began to chat about the security issues in Paris. The girl looked at Chen Xing with interest.
Gerald must be very handsome in the eyes of Westerners. Many romantic movies like to cast men with his appearance. However, in the eyes of white people, Chen Xing is obviously more charming than Gerald. .
Just like there are two handsome guys in China chatting, still using Chinese, the most eye-catching one is definitely the foreigner who speaks Chinese.
"Sorry to bother you, what are you talking about?" Chen Xing knew from her accent that she was British.
Ever since he was reminded by Teacher Zhang at Huaping Girls' High School, he searched the differences between the accents of several English-speaking countries on Station B. Generally speaking, the British accent is the best. In comparison, the American accent is like a regional dialect. .
If the United States didn't have such a huge influence in the world now, if you go to the UK with an American accent, you will definitely be looked down upon.
Gerald quickly said in English: "We were talking about the security issues in Paris. Every time I go to Paris on business, I will discover the lower limit of Paris. I heard that the thief caught in the carriage before was still blatantly stealing things. "The girl smiled and said: "Maybe the person who was stolen looked too much like a tourist." Like many tourist cities, local thieves love tourists most. Due to inconvenient communication, tourists rarely call the police successfully. When foreigners come to Paris, they often choose to do more rather than do less.
Then she asked Chen Xing: "What country are you from? Do you speak English?"
"China." Chen Xing replied.
"Wow, Chinese people, I just saw the clip of your military parade this year on YouTube yesterday. The Chinese soldiers are so handsome!" Eh?
Does he still sound like a British person who has a good impression of China? Gerald also wanted to chat more with this elegant girl and asked her name and nationality, but her age was never revealed.
The name translated very nicely, Salonia, and as Chen Xing expected, she was British. But Salonia was more interested in Chen Xing. Seeing that Chen Xing didn't like to talk, she would use topics to draw Chen Xing in from time to time. As a result, the chat environment between several people never became quiet. However, after two hours, the topic started to change. There's nothing left to match.
It takes six hours to take a train from Paris to Nice, and no one can keep chatting for six hours.
Chen Xing was chatting and writing at the same time. Thinking about the scenery he encountered in Chunman Village, he quickly wrote this short travel note. After finishing writing, Chen Xing felt refreshed both physically and mentally.
I finally wrote it out. Editor Kang kept urging me before, thinking that Chen Xing was delaying the manuscript.
But in fact, Chen Xing has worked very hard, but if he can't write it, he really can't write it. He is good at writing essays, but he can't finish his travel notes the way junior high school students write essays, right?
He actually did it. But I was so disgusted that I deleted it. China National Geographic is a magazine for the whole country. If you write it like this, it would be better not to be in it.
Seeing a cup of coffee placed next to it, Chen Xing subconsciously picked it up, but soon realized that it was not his own thing. It was just that the table was a little small, so Salonia's coffee was placed next to Chen Xing's computer.
The main reason is that these days in France, I am used to drinking a cup of coffee when I have nothing to do. I am used to it. Fortunately, I didn't start drinking, I just took it.
Salonia looked at Chen Xing with her beautiful eyes, and Chen Xing said apologetically: "Sorry, I'm used to it."
"It doesn't matter, are you a writer?" Chen Xing and Gerald used French when they talked about this matter before, and then they kept talking about their experiences in various countries in English. For example, Chen Xing talked about what China is like. , Gerald talked about France, and Sharonia talked about England.
"No, this is a travelogue for a magazine in our country."
"Travel notes? Are you a photographer?" Salonia quickly reacted. She went to Nice this time to participate in the Winter Photography Festival. When she saw a man writing travel notes, she would naturally think that he was a photographer. .
"Yes." Gerald hummed in confusion and asked, "Aren't you a student?"
"That's right, I study photography." On the surface, Chen Xing is calm and handsome, pretending to be an expert, but inside he feels very happy... Finally, he can speak out what he has learned naturally. When others asked him before, Chen Xing was confused. I dare not say that I studied hotel management.
As a vocational college student, you have the opportunity to be assigned a job by the school after graduation. Some of the senior students in his major have entered some local hotels in Sweet City...as waiters.
Although you studied hotel management, do you really want to be a manager? Wake up quickly. However, because he had learned a lot of relevant knowledge in the previous three years, Chen Xing had a good understanding of the various aspects of the hotel and the hygiene situation. Chen Xing could tell whether it was clean or not by just doing a simple inspection.
"So are you going to the Winter Photography Festival?" Salonia asked.
"You too?" Salonia flipped her long hair, nodded and said, "Yes, but I only visited as a tourist. You study photography. Do you have any works in the exhibition?"
"I only learned about this festival after I came to Paris. The registration time has long passed." The theme of the Winter Photography Festival is snow scenes. Chen Xingdao has very suitable works, but it has indeed passed the time. The second main thing is to see what other people’s photos are like, and then take a look at Nice to see if there is anything worth visiting in the city.
Now it seems that even if there is nothing, there are at least 20,000 Chinese coins. Salonia saw Chen Xing saying this in a tone that said if he signed up, he would definitely be on display. She was also touched by his confidence. She thought to herself that not all men in China are nerds, and they are also very interesting. human.
