Chapter 586: Finland
Finland has always been misunderstood by the world, many people think that Finland is close to the Arctic Circle, the weather must be very cold, and going out to pee will be frozen, but they don't know that the electric light is on, but in fact, it is not.
Due to the influence of the North Atlantic Current, most cities in Finland are much warmer than those in the same dimension, and even at this time, it will not be too cold, at least there is no need to worry about damaging Sun Hanning next to him.
Because there was still some time before Fashion Week, and the affairs of the Luochuan Foundation that Sun Hanning was in charge of were also over, Fang Luo made the decision and asked her to come to Paris for a vacation with him.
Johann is very discerning, the choice of retirement is Finland's famous fairy tale city of Porvoo, this ancient city set up in the thirteenth century has a unique geographical location and strong folk customs, strong Finnish men make the invaders of the past and present daunting, even the SS of the Third Reich have suffered a big loss in their hands, and never dared to enter lightly.
Strong, passionate and tender, the Finns are armoured warriors and warm-hearted poets who believe in life, love life, care for nature, and live authentically.
Anyone who has ever been to Porvoo will sigh that there really is a fairy tale in life.
Standing on the lighthouse of this small town church, overlooking the whole city, I saw green waves and red walls everywhere, the river in the city is like a piece of green, with the wind swinging a burst of clear waves, just like the clouds in the good jade, on the river is full of Nordic style of warped boats, the boat will always stand wearing a pointed fur hat, wearing a red leather vest, Behind Finnish fishermen with pointy shoes is often a woman with blond hair tied into pigtails, wearing a thick, colourful cotton dress and singing in Finnish.
Windmills, mills, harps and red houses with pointed roofs surprise children and adults laugh as if they only appear in fairy tales.
It wouldn't be a surprise if seven dwarfs, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White popped up in this beautiful city.
The main reason for coming to Finland this time was because of John.
John, the title is a lord, and he plans to hold a secret auction in Finland, and when Wang Yongle told the story, Fang Luo was also moved, so he decisively followed.
Of course, to participate in the secret auction of Lord John, it is impossible to be introduced by an acquaintance, but Wang Yongle and his friend made an early appointment to meet in Porvoo, and then follow his professor to the lord's castle.
The way to the castle is also quite long.
"Their flight is delayed, I'm afraid it won't arrive until tomorrow, it seems that we are going to live in the city today" Wang Yongle announced helplessly after making the call, feeling very faceless in front of Fang Luo.
"Hehe, then let's find a hotel to stay, this will definitely become our most wonderful memory" Fang Luo glanced at Sun Hanning with a smile and asked: "Mr. Wang, you say, are we staying in a hotel on the side of the mountain today, or in the center of the city, or by the water?"
"There's snow tomorrow, so let's live on the mountain today. Wang Yongle said with a smile, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the mountain in the distance.
Originally, since he was going to stay in the city tonight, he would take Fang Luo to experience the Finnish nightclub and beauty along the way. But after seeing Sun Hanning beside Fang Luo, all the thoughts in his heart choked.
The three of them had just crossed the street in the center of the city, looked in the direction of Wang Yongle's finger, and passed the towering cross of the Catholic church in the distance, only to see that there was indeed a hill in the distance, with several big windmills on it, and under the windmills were several red houses, which looked like a small hotel.
Few tourists in Porvoo will choose those template hotels, people who will really enjoy life, usually choose these small rustic hotels to live, because many of these small hotels are family-run business models, so each has its own characteristics, and very warm, here can not only receive a more warm reception, but also can deeply appreciate the customs of the Finnish people, this four-limbed people are not simple-minded, just live pure, simple, straight to the point, just like their favorite spirits.
Climb aboard a warped boat and wander from the city to the foot of this mountain, Finland's natural environment is well maintained, the streets of the city are outrageously clean, the mountains are pristine and sighing, there are no artificially carved stone stairs here, probably Finland is afraid that it will hurt the skin of the mountain, on the way to the top of the mountain, there is only a long wooden bridge suspended at the bottom and supported by countless log piles, or this should not be called a bridge at all, but a wooden road.
This wooden road is somewhat similar to the plank road in Shu, but it is much safer and cleaner, and when the bridge is repaired, it is not a straight line, but a zigzag and curved, as if a naughty snake is hidden in the dense jungle, and the path chosen is also the most beautiful place, not only can you see the oldest Finnish pine tree, but also often have clear stream water flowing under the wooden bridge, there are perched winter birds at the water's edge, and there are naughty little squirrels jumping around in the forest.
Watching the scenery hovering up the mountain along the way, it was neither cold nor tired, even Sun Hanning, a weak woman, Sun Hanning even caught a little squirrel lingering on the wooden bridge road in a childlike way, the squirrel here is not afraid of people at all, because Finns love animals almost more than they love their elderly parents. It has nothing to do with morality, and in most countries in Europe, young people are not in the habit of supporting the elderly, because the state welfare is good enough.
Walking through a lush pine forest, Fang Luo and the others finally came to the top of the mountain, and looked at it up close, those windmills were even more huge, even blocking some sunlight, casting a big black shadow on the ground, and now Fang Luo began to understand why Don Quixote wanted to challenge the windmill, this thing had a better chance of being mistaken for a monster in the eyes of neurotics.
The inn has Finnish characters in Finnish, and no one understands what it means, but the elderly owner and his young daughter are fluent in English, and there is no barrier to communication, and the main hall of the inn is the check-in and dining room, and there are no recipes, and there are three pictures of the food painted on the walls: smoked lamb shank, mashed potatoes and fruit salad, and the main food is hard bread, which is as big as a grinding plate, and you have to cut it off with a knife to eat it one by one.
The soup is changed every day, there is potato soup and corn scalded and all kinds of broth, rough and some like Russian old Maozi food, but this kind of food has another taste, at the moment there are a few travelers sitting in the store, in front of the black pan with hot potato and beef puree, holding a piece of hard bread that has just been cut into slices, a mouthful of meat puree and a mouthful of bread, and then staring at the eyes and drinking a mouthful of hot soup, with relish, Wang Yongle, a gentleman with fine clothes and food, swallowed and foamed.
In fact, if you are hungry, anyone who climbs a few hundred meters of the mountain will also eat Ma Ma Xiang, what kind of gourmet, what kind of picky food, that is all used to.
"It's so cool, I can eat one of this bread alone. Pointing to the small bread in the cart, Wang Yongle was full of saliva, and then immediately he was busy ordering food.
"Welcome to your guests from afar, would you like to try our Mai Duo Duo?" greeted the pretty girl warmly, Mai Duo is the kind of hard bread.
"We want three," Wang Yongle drooled.
"Hold you to death. Ignore him, we will ask for a Mai Duo first, and each person will have a potato and beef puree, a smoked lamb leg cut and a plate to be served, and a fruit salad, and if you can, put more apple pieces."
Fang Luo said with a smile: "And today's soup is also a big pot, the hotter the better." ”
"And the wine, the more strong the better. "Wang Yongle has watched Lao Maozi's movie, in which Lao Maozi eats mashed potatoes and drinks high vodka, which seems to be quite good.
"Well, it'll be delivered soon, do the two gentlemen want housing?"
"Of course, it's cleaner. Fang Luo smiled and nodded.
"Our room was all as clean as an angel's heart. ”
The girl smiled: "There will be snow tomorrow, do you gentlemen want a view room? You will definitely like it, but the price will be higher!"