Chapter 231: A Song of Ice and Fire
The highest level of sauna is that there is qi in front of you and no qi in your heart.
No matter how the heat rises, you can maintain a heart that is as calm as a mirror and as cold as water.
SC Johnson has always had a question, and I have long heard that many small countries, with a population of several million, are no more than a medium-sized city in China. But the benefits are very high, such as Sweden, Switzerland, or Finland.
Let Yelena simply ask the waiter in English, from kindergarten to university graduation, all for free. People here are free to play, including tuition and miscellaneous fees and canteens, books and even printed materials are free of charge.
Doctor visits are also free, but there is a queue. If you have a minor surgery, maybe wait at least half a year. Therefore, they basically buy medical insurance, hire a private doctor, call on the phone, and provide door-to-door service.
Almost everyone has a car, but it is very shabby, there is no so-called luxury car, standard means of transportation.
Cars give way to pedestrians, and horns are rarely heard. There are also many cigarette butts on the ground, cans thrown on the train, garbage thrown everywhere, train slippers, and feet on the next seat, and spitting is often seen.
Many supermarkets don't open until 10 a.m., close at 3 p.m., and almost no one goes out at 8 p.m. The air is fresh, the pace is slow, and the elevators here don't have a close button, everything is ......
Everyone enjoys their current life, work is only a small part of life, and they work hard to earn money to support their families, but they will never sacrifice their quality of life for money.
I couldn't help but sigh, and put it bluntly: scarcity is expensive.
It's still a small crowd!
"This is my favorite American drama, the Great Wall of Desperation in A Song of Ice and Fire!"
Yelena was wearing a thick down jacket, pointing not far away and excitedly said: "Vatnajökull National Park, located in the extreme north of the Seven Kingdoms, is a huge fortification made of ice and snow. This great artifact separates the kingdom from the land of the Savages, stretching from the westernmost Mountains of Frost and Snow to the easternmost Seal Bay. ”
Everyone was amazed by the endless pale blue glaciers in front of them, second only to the Antarctic and Greenland glaciers, with an average thickness of 400 meters.
Not only that, but there are active volcanoes hidden under the glaciers, and there are often crustal activities accompanied by large-scale floods, and a real-life version of the song of ice and fire is always staged.
Ride a snowmobile, follow a glacier, and go around a cliff, and you will be greeted by the overwhelming whiteness of the sky, and the vastness of the sky and the earth set off the insignificance and weakness of human beings.
This domineering scenery seems to be able to swallow your soul and control your mind, and in front of this extremely primitive and cold nature, you can experience the unique experience of returning to the distant ice age......
As you go deep into the heart of Vatnajökull glacier and gallop through the vast ice fields, the sound of the wind whistling by you is infinitely exciting and fun. The glaciers here are like virgin lands, and nature has carved those uneven landscapes with unique ingenuity
White icebergs shine brightly in the sun, swim in the pale blue waters, float large ice floes, and oversized ice blocks of different shapes float on the surface of the lake.
The glacier ice in the distance seemed to be enchanted by the sky, and it was like water flowing down from the glacier before, but it was all frozen into ice in an instant, and time seemed to stand still at that moment.
Listen to Yelena's introduction, Hollywood movies such as "Tomb Raider" and "Batman's Time to War" and 007 "Die Another Day" have all been filmed here.
Going deep into the ice cave, the blue overhead gives you a wonderful experience of underground exploration, and you can also see the sunlight shining through the ground and illuminating the ice wall.
The wilderness that the wildlings saw after crossing the Great Wall of Desperation created an eerie atmosphere with strange rocks and thick snow, and the kings of the Outer Fortress, Mance, Snow, and Firekiss, set up camp here.
It is known as the Dark Castle and is surrounded by a variety of jagged rocks, and the direction of the lava flow changes as it solidifies, making it a labyrinth.
Legend has it that in 1000 A.D., Iceland converted to Christianity as a whole, and the statues of the Scandinavian gods of the Viking belief were thrown into the waterfall, so it is called the waterfall of the gods.
"This is the love nest of Snow and Ygritte, the drama of mandarin ducks playing in the water and warming up their feelings all happened here!"
Under the guidance of the guide, everyone found a cave called Grjótagjá, which has a blue hot spring, which used to be a famous hot spring bath, between 38~40°C. Later, due to geological activity, the temperature of the spring water soared and it became a scenic spot.
There are also so-called dragon crystals, or obsidian, scattered around it. A cooled lava block, which is used by the Children of the Forest to craft daggers, blades, and other weapons, and the Wraith who is cut by the Dragon Crystal weapon will die on the spot.
Not far away is the Tooth of Frost and Snow, one of the two peaks known to the Night's Watch as the Fork Tip, with a jagged peak covered with snow all year round, which still looks huge and cold even from a long distance.
Along the way, everyone was shocked by the unique scenery, and even felt like they were not on earth!
In fact, it is inextricably linked to the moon, where Apollo astronauts trained to adapt to an alien environment before landing on the moon in 1969.
Filled with contradictory and wonderful landscapes, volcanoes, glaciers, waterfalls, and lava, it is no wonder that countless great directors have come all the way to shoot film and television works such as "Interstellar", "A Song of Ice and Fire", and "Daydreamer".
When you come to the nearby town, the sky is blue, clean and tidy, and when the sun rises or sets, the peaks on both sides appear delicate purple, and the sea water turns deep blue, making people feel like they are in a painting.
There is a small river not far away, which is the boundary between the European and American continental tectonic plates, think about what an amazing experience it is to step on the European continent for a while, and then on the American continent?
There are volcanoes buried under the ice sheets, and the icebergs are scattered with volcanic ash, and the volcanic rocks have weathered and eroded into black sand beaches, which are dotted with drifting ice and rocks......
The beach is covered with some kind of black sand, which is so black that it is transparent and pure, without the slightest impurity, and it is flat and deep at a glance. But it did not affect the clarity of the water, Johnson couldn't help but pick up a handful of black sand, and then let it slide between his fingers, but his hands would not be stained with a trace of black.
A long causeway made of strange stones stretches into the sea, and there is a lava mountain not far away, which is tall and abrupt, adding to the mysterious and strange atmosphere, like a treasure guarded by demons......
It is rumored that there are many whales in this area, the most common being humpback whales, and occasionally minke whales, dolphins, seals, and even killer whales can be seen, far more often than Hualien.
Finally, you will leave along the road with endless fields, picturesque farms, waterfalls, mountains, beaches, oceans, lakes, glaciers, hot springs, small villages, islands, and ......
There are also all kinds of creatures, birds, sheep, cows, horses, reindeer......
Johnson couldn't help but sigh, the world is really big, there are no surprises.