Chen Xing's room was on the fifth floor. After entering the room, Chen Xing put his luggage and went to the bay window of the hotel, leaning on it to look at the ocean below.
Because of the height of the room, he was able to see the promenade below, as well as more details on the beach.
Although it is already winter, there are still people playing on the beach. Adults accompany their children, and children are jumping around looking for them.
The "baby" is probably some shells on the shore or something. The waves are so calm, it’s unlikely that anything good will wash up.
Moreover, the beach here is not the kind of soft sand, but small pebbles. This has broadened the horizons of Chen Xing, a country boy.
It turns out that the beach is not all sunshine, fine sand, and coconut trees. After looking at the time, Chen Xing decided to go downstairs to have a meal first.
He originally thought that the photography festival would be in Nice, but he didn't expect it to be in another small city, so he wouldn't have to take out everything. He wanted to stay here for one night and go to visit the photography festival tomorrow.
He is just a visitor, he just needs to go and take a look during the photography festival. I heard that there were more than 300 photos. No matter how much he delayed, one day would be enough for Chen Xing to browse them all.
In the city of Nice, judging from the information that Chen Xing had seen before, what attracted Chen Xing the most was the old city here. All the buildings here were built three hundred years ago, when Nice was still under Italian rule.
Therefore, the buildings in the old city will not have the interweaving phenomenon of two cultures like the city center area that Chen Xing saw today.
And the road is easy to find. Walk along the Promenade des Anglais to the end. On one side is the Old Town of Nice and on the other side is Nice's Côte d'Azur Airport.
The weather was not bad, so Chen Xing wore a white shirt, a long gray windbreaker, and dark denim trousers.
This kind of combination is actually more suitable for spring and autumn, but it is really not cold outside. It would be funny for Chen Xing to wear a coat or down jacket when going out.
After staying in France for so many days, Chen Xing didn't learn anything else, but he received Abel's guidance on dressing and matching, and he looked more and more handsome.
On the Boulevard des Anglais, near the seaside, there are many blue chairs side by side. There are about a dozen or twenty in a row. Tourists can sit on them and look at the sea, but Chen Xing did not see any free seats.
Not far away, Chen Xing saw a sculpture. The sculpture looks like those blue chairs on the beach, but it is placed on its side, and it is larger. Only the two legs of the chair are connected to the base. Chen Xing thinks this can be regarded as a landmark building, right?
There is no need for navigation reminders. When Chen Xing sees the large yellow exterior wall, Chen Xing knows that he has arrived at Nice Old Street.
But at this time his phone also rang. Most of the calls coming in at this time were from editor Kang Shenjun.
Sure enough, after picking up the call, Editor Kang's excited voice came from the phone, saying: "You finally agreed to write. If you don't send this manuscript over, we will print this issue. Oh, I won't mention it." I'm so worried." He suggested that the December inclusions in Chen Xing's photography works were reserved, but there was no news from Chen Xing.
If Chen Xing hadn't gone abroad, Kang Shenjun would have gone to Chen Xing's house to block the door. Chen Xing felt a little guilty and said, "Have you read what I posted? Is there anything bad that needs to be changed?"
"I've read it. It's very good. Couldn't you have finished writing it like this? There aren't many words. Okay, I'll ask someone to check for typos later. Let's just print it."
"Thank you."
"Don't tell me this. The scenery you took is very good. If I come to you again in the future, you can't delay it like this." Chen Xing was a little surprised. There is actually a follow-up?
He quickly promised: "Yes, I promise to submit it on time..." Before, it was because I couldn't write it, so you asked Chen Xing to introduce it, but you asked him to write an article, and this article was to be published nationwide. magazine, it feels completely different from what it says.
Now that he has the gift of writing, Chen Xing's ability to organize words has been greatly strengthened and even transformed. With the books he has read in the past few years, it will definitely be no problem to write some travel notes.
After confirming the printing and publishing time, Chen Xing was relieved. This matter has been in his mind for a long time, and he even wanted to briefly introduce it colloquially, and then let the people from China National Geographic compile it all on the spot.
You can’t just say that you can’t be in a magazine if you don’t want to be in it, right? Chen Xing is very young, but not naive either. If he becomes so willful, what will Zeng Yungao, the introducer, do?
What should I do if Editor Kang admires me very much? Solving such a thing during the trip also made Chen Xing feel more relaxed.
Keep going. If you follow the navigation and go straight, you will see the coastal part of the old city, where there are famous flower and food markets, as well as the Nice Opera House. If you turn a corner and go forward, you will see Nice's famous Massena. The square and the Fountain of the Sun with the statue of Apollo.
Should we shop first or eat first? Chen Xing chose to eat first. Without turning, he walked through a crosswalk, and a huge classical building appeared in front of Chen Xing.
These buildings seem to have the same style, but their appearance is very different. When Chen Xing walks along the edge of the city, he sometimes sees recessed buildings, like traditional Chinese courtyard buildings. You can also see C-shaped, E-shaped, etc., and some even have... Especially magical.
Moreover, the roads in the old city are very narrow. The wide places are five to six meters, and the narrow ones are only about two or three meters.
But if you don’t use cars, just people, it doesn’t matter if you arrive. Chen Xing took a brief look at it and felt that the buildings here were still too crowded. It was as if someone had stipulated that they build a city within an irregular polygon, which caused most of the houses near the edge of the polygon to look weird.
And Chen Xing is still a little confused. Aren’t these buildings all from more than three hundred years ago? Would it have been possible to build a five- or six-story house three hundred years ago?
After Chen Xing took a few photos on the street outside, he walked into the old city. Along the way, a Nice policeman shouted: "Sir, sir..." The policeman himself did not know other languages, and he also thought that Chen Xing was This kind of tourist probably didn't understand French, so while talking, he gestured to Chen Xing to put his bag in front of him.
"Don't carry your backpack on your back, and be careful about your belongings." Chen Xing obeyed and nodded: "I understand, thank you."
"Ah, it turns out you can speak French. Have a pleasant trip." They seem to love saying this to tourists. Chen Xing has heard it no less than ten times since arriving in France, especially after you asked for directions and left before leaving. Sometimes, the other person will say something like this.
