Chapter 291: No Comparison, No Harm
Leave the United States and come to Canada, the country with the largest area, small population, and highest welfare.
Vancouver, a garden city with a mild climate and spring-like seasons in the mountains, is rated as one of the most livable cities in the world. 500,000 Chinese live in large numbers, second only to British immigrants.
Walking through Gastown, the oldest neighborhood is actually just a triangle of 2 side streets and 3 straight streets. The streets are clean and quiet, the streetlights are quaint and the shops are low-key, and they are filled with antique shops, souvenir shops, galleries and elegant restaurants.
The small streets and alleys here retain the original appearance, and the modern new urban area with skyscrapers row upon row across several streets, one new and one old, one simple and modern, echoing each other from afar. The most famous is the steam clock located on the street. The steam clock is not big, and many people take pictures here.
Next door is the famous Chinatown, second only to San Francisco on the West Bank, with a variety of East-meets-West designs, especially food, which is a paradise for foreigners who have never seen the world.
A trail along the downtown seaside, ending at Stanley Park. The park is full of trees and a patchwork of paths. Coastal roads along the periphery of the park offer panoramic views of the city, as well as the Lions Gate Bridge.
Going deeper, the lake is at the top of the hill and you need to climb 9 kilometers to see it. The lake is quiet, surrounded by snow-capped mountains, and there are small islands in the lake, which are tall cedar trees, which have a Nordic meaning.
The coastal road winds along the mountains, with the calm sea as a lake on one side and the majestic mountains as majestic on the other. The smoky islands scattered on the sea are like a fairyland. The thick fog clears, the mountains reced, and the snow-capped mountains are surrounded on all sides, which means a long time.
It's boring to read it simply, there is neither the fashion atmosphere of a metropolis, nor the leisurely atmosphere of a small town, and it is not earthy or foreign, and it is not interesting.
I heard that there is a beach nearby that is quite famous, known as the bare-belly beach, as long as you go, regardless of men, women and children, the only requirement is not to wear clothes!
Not far southwest of the UBC campus, facing the Pacific Ocean and part of the Georgia Strait, there are trees as barriers, which are quite secluded and really not easy to find.
The entrance is small, and you have to pass through a long stone staircase, which gives you a sense of isolation. After descending the long stone staircase through the dense primeval forest, you will see an open pristine sandy beach.
It may not be a day off, but there are basically no people on the huge beach that stretches for several kilometers, and even if you see a few sporadically, it is a pity that you are like SC Johnson, and you are curious to see the lively foreign tourists.
It is said that when there are many people on weekends, there will be a wonderful and lively scene in front of you: men, women, old, young, white, black, yellow, brown, swimming, sunbathing, walking, skateboarding, throwing frisbees, playing ball......
The focus is all bare-chested, and even the small traders and vendors who clean and sell things are all honest with each other. The most lively is the annual bare belly 5km running race, which has been held for more than 20 consecutive sessions, each session is unprecedented, known as the most boiling beach, and shortlisted as one of the eight major celestial beaches in the world.
Stay one night and come to Quebec, which has been very famous in the past two years, probably because of a Korean drama called Ghosts, many recommendations on the Internet say that it is the cradle of New French culture, and it has long been a place of confrontation between the Old World and the New World, as well as between the aborigines and the first British and French explorers.
Sure enough, there are surprises, far more distinctive than Vancouver. The only walled city in North America, it is full of French flair. There are horse-drawn carriages on this side of the city gate that clatter from time to time, and on the other side is the modern city, but walking through a street is like crossing more than 400 years of history.
I like this kind of city the most, it has its own taste, the old town is more unique in its elegance and gentleness, every building, every street, every statue, has its own story.
Looking back, you will find that the street is lined with small shops with chic decorations, beautiful shop windows and retro balconies, and a vibrant color palette that gives the whole street a romantic atmosphere.
Not far away, a big red sports car is parked in a narrow stone alley, and horse-drawn carriages pass by from time to time......
Staying at the Fairmont Fontena Castle, if you want to say that you have seen a lot of castles, this one in front of you can definitely rank among the top three!
Situated on a hill, it stands out from the crowd by leaning on the topography. The copper-topped brick walls are complex, scattered but not monotonous, and there is really a sense of déjà vu of a song of ice and fire.
The 125-year-old history may not even be as good as a brick at the foot of the city wall in China, but in a young and civilized continent like North America, it can be regarded as a real antique.
Walking into the lobby, the light is dim, there is no brightness deliberately highlighted for lighting in a modern five-star hotel, but the retro chandeliers and candles on the wall, gathering clusters of shimmer around them, which seem to deliberately blur the edges and corners of the hotel, and also dim the people and things that have happened here......
But the more inadvertent the blur, the more it provokes people to look closely.
Walking into the retro elevator and going up to the top floor, the corridor color scheme is conservative but not exaggerated, and the carpet print suggests that this is deliberately low-key, rather than having no money to decorate.
Heavy wooden door, opened with a key. Facing the St. Lawrence River outside the window, it was silvery white. Old photographs are framed in delicate frames to capture the moments witnessed by this hotel.
These moments, consciously or unconsciously, allow guests to quietly embark on a journey through time and space to enjoy one wonderful story after another. In fact, in SC Johnson's view, it is not the story that is lacking, but the observer and the recorder.
Take a shower and come to the restaurant refreshed, and the surprise is the gravy cheese fries invented by the Quebecers, which are simple and delicious. Crispy fries top with a pile of fresh soft cheese and pour piping hot gravy over them.
The hot gravy melts some of the cheese, and when you eat it, you can pull it out and shred it, which is very delicious.
This country has a beautiful environment and less people and more money, which is worthy of being the most suitable country to live in, and it is a paradise for immigrants. For example, in addition to dentistry and ophthalmology, you do not need to pay for consultation fees, laboratory tests, hospitalization and surgery, etc., but only need to pay for prescription drugs.
If your GP thinks you need to be hospitalized or even have surgery, your health insurance plan will cover all costs, regardless of the size of the surgery. During the hospitalization, meals and medicines are free of charge.
Willing to have children is a national hero, the more the better, don't be afraid, as long as you dare to give birth, the government will dare to raise. Don't say anything about going to school when you are sick, even the milk you drink every month will be reimbursed.
If you really dare to have six or seven children, low-income families can receive three or four thousand Canadian dollars a month, which is equivalent to 20,000 yuan.
This alone kills the whole world!