Xiao Peng is definitely a man of action, and the two of them really had breakfast in Hearst Castle the next morning, well, they were actually sitting on the grass outside Hearst Castle and munching on bread.

All this can only be attributed to the fact that Hearst Castle is too big. To be precise, Hearst Castle isn't just a castle, it's more like a city!

It is not an exaggeration to say that more than 1,000 square kilometers of land here originally belonged to Old Hearst. What is the concept of more than 1,000 square kilometers? To put it simply, of all the cities in China, only the imperial capital and the magic capital have more than 1,000 square kilometers in built-up area. If there is no concept of this, well, it is equal to two Jinling built-up areas, or equal to three Qindao built-up areas combined, that is his home's territory!

After coming to St. Simeon from Highway 1, there is a road directly called Hearst Road, and from here all the land is Hearst's private land. On both sides of Hearst Road, there was the Hearst Ranch, which is still a pasture today, planted with alfalfa, and Xiao Peng saw that there were many cattle grazing here lazily.

The entire area of Hearst Castle is surrounded by barbed wire, Xiao Peng can't see the edge at all, at the end of Hearst Road, a red-roofed and white-walled building appears in front of Xiao Peng's eyes, that is the visitor center of Hearst Castle.

The California government did not accept Hearst Castle for decoration, but as a national park open to the public, among all the national parks in the Stars and Stripes, Hearst Castle is the most expensive place to visit! A visit costs 25 meters of gold! The most nonsense is that there are four different routes to visit here, that is to say, if you want to visit Hearst Castle, you need to visit at least four times, and the entrance fee alone is 100 meters of gold, which is called making money! Of course, there are passes, but it takes at least four or five hours to visit the inside of the castle alone. This shows how big the castle really is.

Xiao Peng and the others were definitely not in a hurry, so they bought passes. However, because there was a European tour group in front of them, the two could only wait at the visitor center, where there is a limit to the number of guests.

Emilia watched videos in the lobby studio documenting the castle buildings and Hearst's life, while Xiao Peng sat on the lawn at the entrance and ate breakfast, watching the scenery.

"Xiao Peng, you can go in!" Emilia greeted Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng hurriedly got on the tour bus with Amelia, saying that it is really uncommon to use a bus as a tour bus in the scenic spot. Anyway, I was able to see this beautiful castle at last.

The tour guide is a local girl from San Simon, not very old, with freckles on her face and looks quite cute, full of energy, and the commentary is also interesting.

After entering the castle, Xiao Peng could understand how rich the Hearst family was back then, after all, earning $50,000 a day was not a big deal, what? You said that $50,000 a day was too little? Today, it is a profit of $6.5 million a day! Who would dare to say that he is less? Bill Gates was willing to bow down when he got that era!

Arriving at the castle grounds, Xiao Peng can be regarded as a panoramic view of the entire Hearst Castle, which not only has the castle, pastures, gardens, but also a private airport, directly reflecting the former glory of the Hearst family.

The elder Hearst had two major hobbies throughout his life: wildlife and art, and to this day, wild animals are no longer visible, only empty nests of these animals in captivity in the past. But inside and outside the castle, you can see countless art treasures. Not to mention the various statues that can be seen everywhere outside, all the rooms inside are displayed with all kinds of priceless art collections: there are tapestry paintings from the collection of King Louis XV of France, there are also oil paintings from hundreds of years ago in the castles of European nobles, and seats moved from ancient Italian churches.

Hearst Castle is an art museum in its own right.

The square and gardens are one of the most beautiful parts of Hearst Castle, where the statues are all carved from pure white marble, and the Hearst Gardens are famous for their beautiful flowers that bloom all year round. After entering the castle, Xiao Peng and others followed the tour guide along the route to the restaurants, each attraction is breathtaking, no wonder Hearst Castle is expensive but still makes people feel good value for money.

Xiao Peng has never seen such a luxurious place in his life. And this was just the private residence of the Hearst family back then, which shows what kind of state the Hearst family was in a rich country back then!

What impressed Xiao Peng the most about the whole Hearst Castle was neither the library with more than 4,000 books and antiques, nor the Gothic office of the old Hearst, nor the largest private theater, but the two swimming pools:

One is the Poseidon pool outside the castle. It's the finishing touch to the whole castle. The pool is an oval-shaped pool in the ancient Greek style, about 100 square feet in size, and is made entirely of marble. On both sides of the pool is the Temple of the Sea Goddess, and on the other side is the pyramidal gatehouse of ancient Athens, and all the marble pillars next to the pool are inlaid with relief works by Italian artists. The four corners of the pool are stone sculptures carved by French artists about the birth of the goddess of love. The white marble is beautiful against the backdrop of the sky and the sea in the distance.

It's a pity that the pool was not filled with water when Xiao Peng came, which made Xiao Peng regretful. Otherwise, he would have to jump in and swim twice, which is called enjoyment!

However, compared with the Roman indoor pool at the back of the main building, this Poseidon pool is slightly inferior.

The whole ancient Roman style indoor swimming pool can be said to be the treasure of the whole castle! The bottom of the whole pool is paved with animal patterns with gold mosaics, and the whole pool is surrounded by pure gold inlays, and the sky blue pool wall is matched with the roof of the golden fruit girl pattern, coupled with the gorgeous lights and marble statues around it, leaving a deep impression of extreme luxury and magnificence, and people can also deeply feel the glory of the Hearst family in the past.

Emilia was excited along the way: "Xiao Peng, take a photo over there, yes, this angle." "And that angle. "Xiao Peng, you have a good angle, and you are also very good at looking for light, are you a professional photographer?"

Xiao Peng shook his head: "It's just a hobby, but I also like to paint, but I paint Chinese ink paintings." ”

"Really?" said Emilia, excited, "I must see you draw if I have the chance." ”

Xiao Peng nodded: "Okay, it's easy to say." ”

Emilia took Xiao Peng's camera and looked at the photos taken inside: "Oh my God, it's really beautiful, I must find a place to paint all these photos." ”

"Okay, I'll pass you a copy of all the photos I took. Xiao Peng said with a smile.

The two talked and laughed, got on the tour bus on the way back, and at the end of the day, they were really unsatisfied: "Amilia, are you hungry?

Emilia was a little embarrassed when she heard this: "Well, I don't have much money on me." I haven't made any money selling paintings since I met you. Emilia insisted on the AA system with Xiao Peng all the way, and the food and fuel expenses were half for one person.

In fact, in foreign countries, there is really not the AA system everywhere, if it is a friend who has just met, it will choose the AA system, but if it is an old friend, it must be who proposed to invite who is treated. Especially when men and women are dating, it's all men treating.

However, like Xiao Peng and Amilia, traveling together is a new acquaintance, so it is not surprising to adopt the AA system.

Xiao Peng smiled: "In this way, let's change the way AA, now I will pay the bill first, count what you owe me, and if you have money in the future, you can invite me to eat food of the same price." ”

The conscience of heaven and earth, Xiao Peng really has no other thoughts about Emilia, but if it were someone else, would he choose to go on his own or choose to be accompanied by a beautiful woman? Isn't it just a matter of multiple pairs of chopsticks?

Emilia thought for a long time after hearing this, and nodded: "Okay, I don't have any other choice now, do I? I finally made up my mind that I wanted to go out and see on my own, and I couldn't give up just because I didn't have money. ”

Xiao Peng smiled: "No matter how big a thing, it's just an extra pair of knives and forks, it's all a small thing." ”

Emilia shrugged: "You said it easily, I don't care about money, I care about dignity." ”

"Okay, okay, strong woman, if you say anything else, I'll always charge you interest, right? Okay, let's eat, if you want to sell paintings, you can't sell them hungry, can you? Let's go, let's have a big meal!" Xiao Peng dragged Emilia away.

The tour bus returned to the visitor center, and the two went to the storage office of the visitor center to get their luggage back, Xiao Peng stretched: "Let's go, San Simeon is waving to us! I can eat a cow now. ”

"You're talking about snails, aren't you?" teased Amilia.

The two came to the parking lot together, and Xiao Peng looked at his motorcycle and was stunned: "Xie Te, what's wrong with the tires?"

The front and rear wheels of his motorcycle were actually!

You know, the tires used by the Indian chief are vacuum tires commonly known as low-pressure tires, and they are all-steel radial vacuum wheels, which have a certain ability to break and self-seal, even if they are punctured, they will last for a certain period of time before they are deflated.

And at first glance, it is artificial, and the valve pin has been pried away and disappeared. This is not the most angry, the most angry is that Xiao Peng wanted to try to start the motorcycle, but there was no response!

Who the hell did this?