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March 20, local time of the British G, is the 3rd British G International Youth Piano Competition Day.

On March 15th, Mo Mo, Mo Ming, and Lu Lei got visas to go to the UK and G, and they also exchanged foreign exchange.

On March 16, the three of them booked a ticket to London, with a total price of 6,480 yuan per person including tax, which was still economy class.

Greentown does not have direct flights to London, and can only depart from Imperial Capital or Haicheng International Airport. The three of them took a plane from Greentown Wuxu Airport to the Imperial Capital International Airport, and stayed in the Imperial Capital for a relatively long time, more than ten hours.

The Imperial Capital International Airport is in the northeast, dozens of kilometers away from the home of Wanliu Community. Momo doesn't plan to go back and forth, he plans to stay at the hotel at the airport.

Mo Mo's parents knew that their son was going abroad, so they went directly to the airport to visit their son.

At one o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, in the T3 hall of Imperial Capital International Airport, the three people who were going abroad were ready to go through the security check.

"Son, pay attention to safety abroad, you don't speak foreign languages, remember to find the embassy of the country if you are really in a hurry." Ning Lanxin repeatedly told her that she had checked a lot of knowledge to pay attention to when going abroad at home, but she still couldn't rest assured of her son's safety, especially because he didn't understand the language, only his teacher could barely speak something.

"Mom, don't worry, I've been learning English for a few months, your son is a genius, and now communication is not a problem. "Mo Mo had a lot of dealings with foreign supervisors in his previous life, especially dealing with on-site technical problems, and he still knew how to communicate in general.

He hasn't been to Europe either, and he's only on a business trip to Africa, so it's a bit funny to say that he has gone abroad.

But what's even funnier is that in their Gui Province, some people go to the border with Yue to take a photo, which can be regarded as going abroad. In fact, there is nothing to show off when going abroad.

"Net bragging, what can you learn by teaching yourself, like you said, your mother can also speak English, and she can also say hello and yes. Ning Lanxin scolded with a smile and turned to Lu Lei, "Teacher Lu, my son will ask you." ”

"Sister Ning, you are too polite, that's what I should do. Lu Lei smiled lightly, she had made a lot of preparations for going abroad during this time, and she also had experience in going abroad, so she didn't have to worry about anything, but she was afraid that the two brothers would run away inexplicably. She asked for leave from school, and she had very few classes, so she took a few high school students.

"Inexplicable, take care of your brother, don't let him run around!" Mo Yao watched his wife explain to his son non-stop, even if his son has changed a lot in the past few months and is sensible, in fact, he is not very worried about his son going abroad, so he said solemnly to the side inexplicably.

smiled inexplicably, put his right hand on Mo Mo's shoulder, and said to Mo Yao: "Uncle, don't worry, this guy is very clever", he himself is also depressed, why is no one worried about him, it should be him who is most worried, he doesn't know English, if he leaves, it will really be over.

Inexplicably, I'm really worried that I will be sold to Africa after I leave, if I sell it to Fenghualou, it's okay, and I can taste the taste of foreign girls, I don't know if it's salty or talking.

Inexplicably thinking a little YY, his cousin taught his friends in the Eat, Drink and Fun Club English, spoke very slippery, often watched English cartoons, and it should be no problem to communicate.

Several people chatted for a while, and looked at the same time, it was almost half past one in the afternoon, so Mo Mo and the three of them went through the security check.

It took off from the imperial capital at half past two in the afternoon on March 17, and arrived at London Heathrow Airport at six o'clock in the afternoon on the 17th (local time, 8 hours later than the imperial capital, and the following local time), and the actual arrival was already one o'clock in the morning on March 18, the imperial capital time.

The long-distance flight, a full 11 hours, the three of them were too tired, first ate something, and then found a hotel to check in the jet lag, the hotel is also very average, but the cost is a lot, a room for a night to cost 200 pounds.

In 2008, each person who went to the UK could bring up to 8,000 pounds abroad, Mo Mo asked someone to help exchange 20,000 pounds, if it was really not enough, he could only go to the international branch of a domestic bank to withdraw cash with a UnionPay card, but there were too few UnionPay points, and it was not easy to find. But six or seven thousand pounds per person, saving some is enough to spend.

When they woke up the next morning, the three of them went to a restaurant outside the hotel for breakfast.

The trio were also able to embrace London's food culture, eating milk and bread in the morning. It's just that I heard that during lunch, most of the locals eat sandwiches.

"The breakfast was not bad, fortunately it was not Ah San's curry rice, and I had to grab it with my hands. Inexplicably, he wiped his mouth after eating, and sighed slightly, "But it's still delicious snail noodles at home." ”

The people who come and go around are blonde hair and white skin, and it is rare to see black hair and yellow skin, unless you go to Chinatown.

Inexplicably unable to speak English, yesterday he finally saw two yellow-skinned young men, waved with interest, and greeted "Hello compatriots" in Chinese, but the two were forced to reply, "Nani" and left. That would cause Mo Mo and Lu Lei to laugh, they were obviously from the island country.

"There should be a lot of Chinese restaurants in London, but it's just hard to find. Lu Lei smiled and said that she had been to London once, and that was many years ago. Take out the map and look at the itinerary, "Let's go to Newcastle and pass through Cambridge, I can take you to Cambridge University to see and take pictures." ”

The 3rd Anglo-G International Youth Piano Competition takes place in Newcastle, 450 kilometres from London, and Cambridge to the north of London.

The University of Cambridge is in the town of Cambridge, about 100 kilometers from London, and it is more than an hour by bus.

After the three of them finished breakfast, they each set off with a large travel bag on their backs.

At half past ten in the morning, the three of them changed trains three times before arriving at Cambridge University to take pictures at the River Cam.

The three of them only walked around for half an hour, and felt that it was not interesting, so they took the train to Newcastle.

"There's nothing to see in Cambridge, it's not as good as my brother's big villa in Shenzhen. ”

Lu Lei turned inexplicably and said disdainfully: "Cheesy, Cambridge talks about the humanistic atmosphere, has a strong historical heritage, and the villa is the smell of money, can it be the same?"

He pursed his lips inexplicably, and said disapprenorantly: "How is it different, it's all piled up with money!"

On the train, the three of them chatted ramblingly, and their interest was quite high.

At five o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the three arrived in Newcastle and found a hotel to stay in.

Newcastle has a population of about half a million people, and Momo has an impression of Newcastle University and the Newcastle football team.

At this time, the Premier League schedule has been held until the 31st round, and tomorrow is March 19, one day before the piano game, and at four o'clock in the afternoon, Newcastle will play Manchester United at home.

Mo Mo and Mo Ming are also half football fans, and they don't want to miss a game when they encounter it. Lu Lei doesn't like to watch football games, but she doesn't worry about the two of them, so she has to accompany them.

At present, 30 rounds of matches are approaching the end of 38 rounds, Manchester United is temporarily in first place in the league standings, and Newcastle is sixth. Newcastle are four points off fourth place and will do their best to secure a Champions League spot.

The three of them can buy tickets for football games, and it is difficult to fill the whole stadium in the regular season. It didn't take long for the trio to enter the arena and the game began.

"Little brother, isn't that Rooney?" said inexplicably, and when he saw Manchester United's second striker, the No. 10 shirt, he recognized it.

The sound at the scene was too noisy, and I had to shout in my cousin's ear inexplicably.

"Well, it seems to be!" Mo Mo didn't know much about the stars of this era, and when he saw the people around him shouting and cheering, he also shouted and shouted.

They were in the seating area of the miscellaneous army, and they shouted when they saw the excitement of the game, and others couldn't care about it, even if it was Lu Lei, who couldn't understand the game, and when they saw the boiling heat at the scene, their emotions were also fluctuating, and they shouted indiscriminately, and they didn't seem to have any wondering anymore.

"It would be nice to get Rooney's autographed photo!" said inexplicably, but it was just a fantasy.

Mo Mo said casually: "One day, there will be a chance!"

In the end, the result of the game was a 2-2 draw, and the three of them cheered for an hour or two, but the game was not very good, but I felt that the shouting was cool, and my voice was a little hoarse.

The three of them left the pitch, had dinner, and returned to the hotel, unconcerned about tomorrow's game.

Mo Mo is confident, winning awards in the competition is not the main purpose, but how to become famous and get more prestige.

Since he wants to be famous, when he competes, he wants to change his strategy to play.