Chapter 8: A Full and Beautiful Day!
The Scott Monument Tower is only particularly beautiful from a distance, this is a Gothic architectural style of the Monument Tower, you can only feel its grandeur when you get closer, looking at the Scott Tower that seems to be towering into the sky, touching the black-brown stone building, you can feel a historical charm.
Scott Tower is a high tower supported by four pillars, all sides are hollow, from any direction, you can see the center of the bottom of the tower, when Bai Yujing entered, he also saw the white doves flying around Scott Tower, quiet and peaceful.
In the center of the tower stands a white marble statue of Scott, Bai Yujing and Emma also took a group photo here, behind which the statue of Scott was wearing a robe and a dog lying beside him.
"Let's go up together, it's too boring to climb alone. Bai Yujing pulled Emma and said with some pleading, the two of them had just gone around in a circle, and at this time it could be regarded as eating, and after eating so much, they should also exercise.
Emma thought for a moment: "Alright then, let's compete to see who gets to the top of the tower first." ”
"No, you're cheating, wait for me!"
Emma set off as soon as she finished speaking, and Bai Yujing, of course, refused to admit defeat and followed closely.
However, Bai Yujing regretted it halfway up, the stairs of Scott Tower are very narrow, and the entire tower body is about twenty stories high, which is a huge challenge for Bai Yujing, a guy who has to take the elevator on the third floor, and he feels out of breath when he climbs halfway.
When he climbed to the top of the tower, Bai Yujing's forehead was sweating, in fact, it was because Emma was walking very quickly, and climbing so high in one breath really made Bai Yujing tired, and he didn't want to move as soon as he came up.
The cost of climbing to the top of the Scott Memorial Tower is 5 pounds, but a commemorative certificate will be issued, Bai Yujing rested, but Emma is still alive, and her athletic ability is not as good as a girl, which makes Bai Yujing feel extremely ashamed.
"Now the price has gone up, I remember it used to be £4!" Emma told Bai Yujing.
Bai Yujing spread his hands and said that there was no way: "Maybe it's because it's August, and there are more people here." ”
The movie cloud map was filmed at the Scott Memorial Tower, Bai Yujing deliberately took his mobile phone, found the filming location at that time, and took a photo with Emma again, and the two of them became familiar with each other, posing in various poses, really like a couple.
At the top of the tower, you can overlook the whole field, the perspective is not ordinarily good, the whole of Edinburgh is in view, especially in the afternoon, the light is just right, green and brown are entangled with each other, green shade, big trees, lawns, and layers of Western-style buildings, the blue sky and the castle are integrated, this scene is simply beautiful.
After the joke, the two walked down the Scott Tower together, and Emma also told Bai Yujing some interesting facts about the Scott Tower, the design of the Scott Memorial Tower was selected from the proposals collected from all over Scotland, and it took three years to collect the plans alone, but the final selection was not other well-known architects, but a herdsman's son - Kemp, who did not even dare to write his real name on the design draft.
Princes Street Garden does leave a good scene for Bai Yujing, probably because Edinburgh is a mountain town, so the scenery and roads here are ups and downs, there is a kind of layered beauty, even if it is an ordinary scenery, it can also reflect a different feeling, forming a visual beauty of high and low.
When they came out, the weather suddenly turned cloudy, and after a while, it actually rained lightly, Bai Yujing and Emma had no choice, they didn't bring umbrellas, so they could only hide from the rain under the eaves next to the street.
Looking outside through the light rain and gloomy weather, the whole city suddenly changed from bright to gloomy, "Well, the weather here is like this, because you don't know when, the opportunity will start to rain." ”
Bai Yujing smiled: "I think this is a surprise, let me see a different Edinburgh." ”
"You're right, cloudy days are the perfect weather in Edinburgh and you're going to love the city. Emma is proud of where she grew up.
Seeing that the rain would not stop for a while, Emma immediately made a suggestion: "Next to this is the National Gallery of Scotland, do you want to take a look, there are famous works by Titian, Van Gogh, Raphael and Monet." ”
Bai Yujing immediately said, "Then what are you waiting for?"
Bai Yujing took off his coat and held it on his head, and the two of them laughed together and rushed out in the rain.
Bai Yujing originally thought that the admission fee for this kind of art museum with a profound heritage must be expensive, but after arriving, he found that it was not for money, so he had to praise it.
"You can't go in with a backpack in the museum!" "When he was about to go in, the staff stopped Bai Yujing and pointed to Bai Yujing's backpack and said.
Bai Yujing was stunned for a moment, then took off the backpack on his back, and was about to ask the staff where there was a place to store it, but he said: "It is not allowed to carry a backpack in, but you can carry it in." ”
Well, Bai Yujing doesn't understand the logic of these foreigners, and carries it on his back, is there any difference? Or Scotland has this taboo or traditional customs.
The National Gallery of Scotland is not a tall building, but it is located on a high ground, a very striking Victorian building, with a flag on the top, the scale of the building is not particularly large, but it still makes people have a very magnificent feeling, the lawn outside has a kind of green flowing oil, I have to say, Edinburgh's greenery is still very good.
It's a very British-style art gallery, and the architecture inside is in a red hue, mostly based on red, with other colors.
Bai Yujing doesn't know much about oil painting, but this does not prevent Bai Yujing from looking at the lively, dark red exhibition wall, exquisite picture with large paintings, when you look closely, you really feel shocking, you can feel the brushstrokes of famous painters at such a close distance.
There are not many famous paintings in the exhibition, but there are still many paintings belonging to celebrities, and Bai Yujing recognizes not much, such as Cerio Titian's "Three Stages of Life", Claude Monet's "Haystacks", and even Rembrandt's self-portrait.
Bai Yujing also found a portrait of Edinburgh Castle, but it was Edinburgh one hundred and fifty years ago, and compared with the scene at this moment, people can feel a sense of time.
After turning around, I returned to the entrance again, and from here there was a staircase leading to the second floor, a very elegant spiral staircase, and there was a mission avatar on the wall that Bai Yujing didn't recognize.
There are still a lot of people in the museum, and there are staff members of the National Gallery of Scotland explaining in some places, and Bai Yujing has learned a lot of knowledge.
Emma's level of appreciation is higher than Bai Yujing, and Bai Yujing prefers to look at portraits of people, and you can see some medieval war pictures and Western characters before the twentieth century.
"The rain outside has stopped. When they were almost there, Emma reminded Bai Yujing that when the two of them came out, they took a breath, and their lungs felt pure, and there was a little moist air after the rain, which made people feel comfortable.
Bai Yujing looked at the time, it is estimated that it will be later, Emma will go to participate in today's military music festival, and there will be a dinner party there, knowing that afternoon tea is more popular in the UK, Bai Yujing asked Emma: "It's almost time, do you want to go to afternoon tea together." ”
"I know a very good place for afternoon tea, but it's a bit far away, I don't know if you'd like to go with me." Emma is very interested in Bai Yujing's proposal, Emma has no habit of dieting, and it can be seen from her figure that she should be regarded as a fitness expert, with a very streamlined figure and a sense of strength.
Bai Yujing nodded, agreed, and made a knightly gesture: "Of course I do, it's my honor to be able to guard the princess." ”
Bai Yujing's posture is very non-standard, looking like a funny villain in the theater, making Emma laugh non-stop: "I'm not a princess, and I don't need your momentum." ”
"Oh, you have broken the pride of a knight. ”
"Well, then I apologize. ”
The two of them walked through several small alleys with ups and downs, and in Edinburgh, there were many such alleys, few of which were paved, and each one had a new feeling, as if leading to another mysterious world.
Then Bai Yujing followed Emma and got on a bus, and as the bus circled around the city, it didn't take long, it should have been less than ten minutes, and he got off on an unknown street.
In the end, the two sat down in a very elaborate and luxuriously decorated shop, the interior of the store was splendid, the space was not large, but it gave people a feeling of being very high-end, Bai Yujing took the menu and found that there were many categories, and there were two or three pages of the types of tea alone, Bai Yujing rarely ate afternoon tea, and he didn't know much about dim sum, so he could only hand it to Emma.
"You help me choose, you're familiar with this side. Bai Yujing looked at Emma with her eyes and her eyebrows moved, asking her to help her make a choice.
Emma took the menu and said with some exaggerated body language: "Okay, it's a great honor, don't worry, I'll help you solve anything you can't eat." ”
Emma immediately called the waiter to order a lot, and Bai Yujing found that the utensils here were still very elegant, all of which were high-grade bone china, silver teaspoons and complete sets of milk jugs and sugar jugs.
Because he was not hungry, Bai Yujing ate relatively little, and the finger biscuits, fruit towers, blueberry cakes, etc., almost all entered Emma's stomach alone, making Bai Yujing can't help but quip: "Emma, do you have a mysterious space in your stomach? It can hold so much food, this is really an enviable skill." ”
"This is a talent, and ordinary people can't envy it. Emma didn't feel teased at all, but rather proud.
Bai Yujing and Emma said goodbye at the door, today was a very happy and fulfilling day, and more importantly, Bai Yujing also got Emma's contact information and address.
Bai Yujing flicked the note on his hand, and when he walked into the street, he realized, "I'm going, where is this?"
Bai Yujing suddenly found that he couldn't find his way back, took out his mobile phone again, pressed it, and found that the mobile phone sounded, and there was a shutdown picture, falling into darkness.
“NO!”