Chapter 11: Chance Encounters
Christina then moved on to the second stop, Kaiserslautern, which is 459 km from Paris and 159 km from Luxembourg. Located in the inter-country interaction zone. Its history can be traced back to the Celtic settlement in 800 BC. Kaiserslautern was once surrounded by a river called Lautten. Frederick I, who ruled the Holy Roman Empire from 1155 to 1190, gave the city its current name. Its Chinese meaning is the Lauten River of the Great. The remains of Frederick I's castle can still be seen in front of the door of the town hall. Today, Kaiserslautern is a centre for information technology and communication technology, as well as an industrial city and a university town.
"The Emperor's Lautten", Kaiserslautern is a distinctive name given by Emperor Staufen of Barbarossa. Living in the Palatinate Forest, Lautten has infinite nature, infinite peace and infinite unfetteredness. Far from the hustle and bustle of the world, Kaiserslautern is very restrained as a big city, an incredible innocence as a cosmopolitan city, a city in the forest that gives visitors the privilege of seeing very fine architecture, and a historic city that is incredibly modern.
Kaiserslautern, a city in the Γrpzzling Mountain National Park in southwestern Germany, offers fascinating leisure, sports and shopping opportunities, as well as museums, bars and countless tourist attractions.
Like Munich, there is a team with a long history, Kaiserslautern, and just last season, the Kaiserslautern myth took place, so fans who are familiar with German football will certainly be familiar with it, even if they don't care about the Bundesliga. In 1997, Rehhagel took over the Kaiserslautern team, which had been relegated to the second division, and led the team back to the first division in the first year, and the second year actually pushed the promoted team to the throne of the Bundesliga championship, creating a myth in world football.
Christina was very happy to come to this beautiful town.
The inner city of Kaiserslautern is small, but quite charming. The city centre, zoned as a pedestrian zone, is vibrant, with a Gothic church dating from the 13th century in the middle. Not far away is Hohenstaufenplatz, home to the ruins of Barbarossa's palace. Next to the modern town hall is the Fruchthalle, with a terrace at the top overlooking the lush forest surrounding the city.
And from the terrace Cristina saw a pair of lovely brother and sister, the older one looked like a teenager, the little girl looked seven or eight years old, a look at the old-fashioned lines on her face, Christina understood that she was a local, so she also ran up to play with the two children in a childlike heart, at this time a lady in her thirties appeared and shouted to the two children: "Hans, Cortana, it's time to go home?" The two little ones reluctantly came to Madame's side, and Christina hurriedly ran to Madame, "Madam, hello, my name is Christina, the English are here to travel, your two little babies are so cute!" "Christina's half-baked German
Madame smiled and replied in fluent English: "Christina, welcome to Kaiserslautern, it seems that my children like you very much, I now invite you to my house for lunch, is it okay?" "There's another autumn breeze to fight, and of course Christina is 10,000 in favor,
When they arrived at home, the lady smiled and said, "Christina, you can play with my children for a while, I have to go back to the kitchen and continue to prepare lunch, you are casual, don't be polite." β
And after the two siblings left their mother, the atmosphere suddenly became lively.
The living room is not very large, and there are a lot of photos on one of the walls, many of which are photos of the two siblings when they were young, as well as a group photo of their family of four.
Naturally, Christina noticed the father of the Hans siblings, Erin's father was always dressed in formal clothes, but his expression was always very strict, even if he was smiling, he looked very majestic, and it could be seen that the man was a dentist and looked very dedicated.
After more than ten minutes, the lady came out again and smiled at the three people: "Okay, it's time for us to have lunch, it's a simple family meal, I hope you will like it." β
When they arrived at the dining room, the lady had already set the dishes at the table, and after some politeness, the four of them sat on either side of the long table.
Madame sat at one end, Christina and the two siblings sat on the side,
The Germans are probably the most pork-loving people besides the Chinese, Hans's mother stewed a large pork knuckle as a main course, a roast chicken, several sausages, and then a vegetable salad and fruit salad, which is indeed quite a simple family meal, but it tastes quite good.
Christina likes to eat pork knuckle very much, and he hasn't eaten it for a long time, and Madame's craftsmanship is quite good, the fat is not greasy, the lean meat is not firewood, and the taste is good, but the Westerners' meal system makes her always feel a little estranged when she eats, as if the big elbow in front of her has lost its original taste if she doesn't eat it in the right way.
And Madame was about to speak, but then the doorbell rang, and then she stood up at once, and smiled, "You go on, and I'll open the door." β
Halfway through the meal, someone suddenly visited, which shouldn't be a big deal
Soon there was the sound of footsteps, followed by someone talking, and the sound was coming from the restaurant.
As a courtesy, Christina and the others all stood up,
A middle-aged man walked in, and Christina didn't need anyone to introduce her, and she knew who the person who was coming.
We continued to eat. Marcus, I'll go get you a plate. β
The host, Marcus, smiled. Reaching out to Christina, he said, "Please be seated, sorry for disturbing your lunch, please be seated." β
Marcus pulled out the chair at the other end of the table and sat down, and when Fritz sat down, Christina and the others sat down with him, but Fritz didn't have a knife, fork and plate yet, before Marcus could start eating together. Christina: They definitely can't eat first.
Madame reintroduced it, but Marcus only had a brief conversation with Christina and said, "Let's eat first." β
After eating in silence, Christina returned to the living room, followed by the two siblings and her parents. At this time, Gao Yang smiled and said, "Madame Alleberg, your craftsmanship is excellent, this is an unforgettable lunch. We're going to take our leave, then. Goodbye, Mr. Marcus. β
Hans smiled and said to his parents, "I'm going to see off Sister Christina." β
At this moment, Marcus said heartily: "It's still early, why rush to leave, please sit down for a while, let's talk for a while." β