1451, Xia Xue's Guide's Diary 2
The next day, after breakfast, the three of us began to visit the world-famous Danfeng Bailu Palace.
Danfeng Bailu Palace is a former palace for the French royal family to relax and vacation, ride horses and hunt, a bit like the Old Summer Palace of the Qing Dynasty. Like many famous castles and churches in Europe, there have been several ups and downs during the period, and even experienced the destruction and looting of wars, and it has taken several generations to invest a huge amount of money, manpower, and material resources to continue to build and repair before it can present the current foreign landscape. In the process of construction and decoration, the Danfeng Dew Palace has received many contributions from Renaissance artists, so it has also become a gathering place for French Renaissance artists, leaving countless wonderful works for the world art history and future generations.
After a morning at the Bongnebeau Palace and lunch in the town, we set out for our next destination, Bordeaux in southwest France.
Bordeaux is 500 kilometers away from Paris, is an important industrial and commercial town in the southwest of France, in history, has been the capital of France three times (Franco-Prussian War, World War I and World War II), in this sense, it is a bit like Wang Bo's current residence in Shuangqing, are fighting and retreating, resisting aggression, saving the national peril of the rear, politically, economically and militarily, it is of great significance to the French. For example, Bordeaux is not only a European military and aviation research and manufacturing center, but also the core of France's strategic nuclear bomb and high-energy physics experiments, with many high-end technical institutions such as the Atomic Energy Research Center and the megajoule laser program.
Wang Bo had little interest in the French strategic nuclear bomb β he would not be allowed to visit them, but he was interested in the beautiful, well-preserved medieval castles and the thousands of vineyards and wineries connected to them. As the world's largest wine country, Bordeaux is the largest wine region in France, with more than 9,000 vineyards and chateaux producing 700 million bottles of wine every year.
For example, in countless movies, countless middle-aged rich people shout "a bottle of 82-year-old Lafite" at every turn when they show off their wealth, which comes from "ChΓ’teau Lafite", one of the five famous wineries in Bordeaux.
A distance of 500 kilometers, if it is in Germany without speed limit, with the smoothness of Mercedes-Benz S600, it is a matter of two or three hours.
However, the highways in France, like most European countries, are subject to a speed limit, which generally cannot exceed 130 kilometers.
Moreover, even if there is no speed limit, it is estimated that Brother Yang will not dare to drive fast, right? In this way, when we arrive in Bordeaux, we will probably only have to go to dinner and visit the winery, and we will only have to wait until the next day to make plans.
Unlike yesterday's enthusiastic look at the scenery on the side of the road, not long after getting in the car today, Mr. Wang began to nap, his head sometimes swinging left and sometimes right, looking sleepy. I just had lunch, the interior of this Mercedes Benz is too luxurious, and it is too comfortable to sit on, don't you say, in this imperceptible, cradle-like gentle swaying, I myself gradually became a little sleepy, I wanted to put the seat down, and then close my eyes and sleep.
However, my sleep plan has not yet come to fruition, so I heard Brother Yang next to me say:
"Xuexue, Mr. Wang is asleep, it is easy to catch a cold when he sleeps without covering his clothes, or I will park the car on the side of the road, and you can go to the trunk and get a piece of Mr. Wang's clothes to put on his chest?" Brother Yang said.
"Okay, Brother Yang. I nodded.
So, Brother Yang slowly reduced his speed and stopped the car at the emergency parking lane.
I opened the co-pilot's door, went around to the back of the car, opened Mr. Wang's travel bag, and carefully rummaged through his coat. Mr. Wang's travel bag is not big, and the luggage is quite simple, a set of sleeping, a pair of casual trousers, a short-sleeved shirt, two pairs of socks, a jacket and some personal toiletries.
I took out my jacket and was about to zip up my travel bag, when suddenly something fell on the floor of the trunk.
I was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached out to the small inner library of the pattern, intending to pick it up and stuff it into my travel bag, but when my hand was about to touch the small piece of fabric, my upper right side was frozen in the air, and I couldn't get my hands down. My heart fluttered, and I began to beat rapidly inexplicably, and my face began to reddened and become hot. I hesitated to pick up or touch the small, but different, piece of fabric.
"Xuexue, did you find any clothes? If not, I have a suit in that plastic bag. At this moment, Brother Yang's inquiring voice sounded in front. I suddenly woke up from my stupor.
"Found it, Brother Yang, I'll be right away. I answered, no longer hesitated, tilted my head to the side, opened my middle finger, ring finger and little finger, only bent my thumb and index finger, stretched out to the direction in my memory, twisted up the piece of cloth on the trunk floor, quickly stuffed it into Mr. Wang's travel bag, and then zipped it up and covered the trunk.
When all this was done, I found that my heart was beating so fast that I was sweating and wet from my vest.
What an embarrassing scene!
Covering Mr. Wang's jacket on his Hun mouth, he returned to the co-pilot and sat down, and the Mercedes-Benz, which had been parked for a few minutes, began to set off slowly, accelerated, and once again merged into the traffic in front.
With such a small episode, the little drowsiness not long ago seemed to be gone. I started chatting with Brother Yang, about the scenery on both sides of the highway, and about the destination we were going to this afternoon, Bordeaux, which we had traveled thousands of miles to go.
Brother Yang told me that two years ago, he and two Indian students went to a vineyard in Bordeaux to cut grapes for a local vineyard owner. 40 euros a day, including food and lodging. They have to get up at dawn every day and work until the sun goes down, working up to 12 hours a day, which is very tiring, but there is also a benefit, that is, there are enough grape tubes, they can eat as much as they want, and they can drink wine at dinner in the evening. Brother Yang said that during that summer vacation, he had to eat several catties of grapes almost every day, and the amount of wine went from blushing after drinking one or two to not getting drunk with a bottle at the back, and then now he is bored when he sees grapes.
"Interesting experience", I thought, "If it is possible next year, I can come to Bordeaux to cut grapes for a month or two, make money, practice French, and help Mr. Wang explore the market of Bordeaux vineyards and wineries, it is simply a triple win!
Just when I was thinking about it, Brother Yang suddenly reminded me that Mr. Wang's jacket had fallen off, and asked me to climb back to the back row to cover Mr. Wang again.
"I'm sorry, Brother Yang, I was a little distracted thinking about a question just now, and I didn't notice Mr. Wang. I'll go to the back row. "I stuck out my tongue, a little embarrassed. Brother Yang, he not only has to drive, but also cares about Mr. Wang's condition, I'm really a little incompetent.
"Hehe, it's fine. Isn't it inconvenient for you? I'll just glance in the rearview mirror. Brother Yang said indifferently.
I climbed from the armrest in the center of the front row to the back row, and then turned sideways to put the jacket that Mr. Wang had fallen off his chin again. After covering it, I was worried that my jacket would fall off again later, so I didn't go back to the co-pilot in front of me, so I sat down in the back seat.
I fastened my seatbelt and looked around, and found that the seats in the back were a little wider than those in the front, not only with separate screens in front of me, but also with leg support under my feet, which was comparable to the first class cabin of an airplane.
Now, I finally understand why it's called "driving a BMW in a Mercedes-Benz".
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