On August 4, Xiao Yifei walked out of London Heathrow International Airport and went directly to the Four Seasons Hotel in London.

When I arrived in the UK, I had to drive a British car, and Xiao Yifei, who had passed the time difference, started the British search plan.

Britain is an island country, and from the map, it can be regarded as a rectangle with a side length of more than 300 kilometers, and in the rectangular territory, there are two longitudinal highways just 100 kilometers apart: A1 and M6. These two highways are basically parallel and run through the country. This long and narrow structure and convenient transportation are just right for Xiao Yifei's search.

Xiao Yifei followed the A1 highway north to Newcastle, took a short rest, and continued north into the territory of Scotland to Edinburgh, where he planned to rest for the night.

When I arrived in Edinburgh, I walked around a few times and didn't find any room in the hotel, and I found out that the Edinburgh International Festival will open tomorrow, and there are no rooms in the hotel now.

Xiao Yifei walked around a few times, and scanned to understand the situation of this art festival, although the name is the Edinburgh International Festival, but in fact, this festival is composed of many sub-sections, such as the fringe (avant-garde) art festival, military music festival, film festival, television festival, art exhibition, comedy awards, book festival, etc., these are concentrated in the festival held in August, together constitute a big Edinburgh Festival, which also leads to the whole August, Edinburgh has become a paradise for art, whether you like comedy, or like music, Whether you like classical or avant-garde, whether you like dance or film and television, you can find something here during this time.

It is because so many festivals are held together that Edinburgh is now overcrowded. The population of small Edinburgh was originally only 400,000, but the number of tourists who come here to participate in the festival reaches 800,000 every year.

If you want Xiao Yifei to drive away directly, he doesn't want to, when he arrives here, it's not good to have fun, and it's not okay to see and see. After searching for a long time, he finally found a project that he was interested in, and the final rehearsal or rehearsal of the Military Music Festival will be held tonight. So Xiao Yifei, who was not short of money, directly got a ticket at a high price, and happily went to enjoy the performance of the military band in the evening.

The first piece of the opening music must be the Scottish bagpipes as the protagonist, a bagpiper in a flower skirt, holding a huge Socrate bagpipe in his arms, playing melodious music.

Later, the military bands of various countries appeared, and during the march, the rhythm was not chaotic at all, and the formation changed from time to time along with the music, which was really pleasing to the eye. The most surprising thing is that our Chinese folk music actually appeared, and the Tiandi Shehuo performance from Shaanxi really brought a refreshing feeling to foreign audiences.

This social fire performance is composed of four parts: the Yellow River drum performance, suona blowing, bamboo horse stilts, and flower pole dance. Some of the Chinese actors carried big drums and stirred the emotions of the audience with agitated drum beats; Some are dressed in terracotta warriors and horses to play the locks, showing the situation of ancient soldiers going out to fight; Some painted their faces, stepped on stilts and roared in the Qin dialect; Others hold long poles and constantly change formations. The unique Chinese style fascinates the audience.

The social fire performance had just ended, and Xiao Yifei immediately thought of the name of the blog post to be posted in the evening: melodious bagpipes Vs high-pitched suona.

He was secretly smug when a crisp voice came from next to him:

"Hi, you're from China?"

As soon as Xiao Yifei turned around, it was actually a black-haired (not so sure at night) beauty asking him.

"Yes."

"Hello, I'm Gina from Italy."

"Hello, I'm Xiao."

"The musical instrument played by those soldiers just now has a nice sound, may I ask what is its name?"

"That's suona."

Next, the two of them chatted while watching the performance, from musical instruments to tourism, from scenery to humanities, thanks to Xiao Yifei, who had traveled to several countries, he did not show timidity. Before you know it, the rehearsal has ended in the midst of fireworks.

"Beautiful young lady, may I invite you to a drink?"

"Okay."

The two of them went to the bar to continue chatting, and finally talked about accommodation. It turned out that not only Xiao Yifei didn't find a hotel, but this Gina didn't find a hotel either, so she could only sleep on the streets.

Xiao Yifei took the initiative to suggest:

"Why don't I take you to live in a small town next door?"

"No, you have to come to the festival and enjoy the atmosphere, there are a lot of people sleeping on the streets, you see the lawns in the parks, on the benches, in the station, everywhere you can sleep, we all have sleeping bags."

Khan, I don't understand how long these foreigners' brains are, obviously there must be beds in the suburban town, and they want to camp here.

"What if it rains?"

"There's a tent."

Xiao Yifei suddenly thought that if he got a long-distance sleeper bus and a bed for $20, he could earn more than $10,000 a month.

"Then why don't you sleep in the car, I have a lot of space in this car."

The beauty thought about it and replied cheerfully:

"Okay."

That night, the two tested a car shock.

Xiao Yifei could have stayed to watch the art festival with the newly met beauties, but Isis space was obviously more important than beauties, so Xiao Yifei could only say goodbye to beauties and embark on the journey alone.

Continue north to Inverness, the northernmost point of the British tour, and once you get there, you have to see Loch Ness.

Loch Ness is the third largest freshwater lake in the United Kingdom, a narrow inland lake located in the Sogra Heights, 37 kilometers long, with an average width of just over 1 kilometer and a maximum width of only 2 kilometers, but at a depth of 298 meters. The lake is full of peat, visibility is extremely low, and the surface water temperature is only a little over 10 degrees, making it unsuitable for swimming. The steep banks are steep all year round and are connected to the sea by the River Ness.

Such an inconspicuous little lake is famous in the world, and it is the Loch Ness Monster that makes it famous. There is still a great deal of debate about whether the monster really exists.

It is now known that the famous photograph of the Loch Ness Monster taken by Dr. Robert Wilson in 1934 was indeed forged by Dr. Robert Wilson on his deathbed, and his denial of the existence of the monster completely prevailed. But there must be a monster side, and some of the photos obtained from the joint exploration operation in 1975 are still stubborn.

In Xiao Yifei's view, this Loch Ness Monster is a hype, a hype for local tourism. Since 1934, when the picture became a sensation around the world, the Loch Ness Monster has brought a very considerable amount of tourism revenue to the area, which is said to have accumulated more than $20 billion. Local tour companies have launched a variety of tours around the Loch Ness Monster, and there are even special diving tours for you to witness the Loch Ness. A dazzling array of Loch Ness monster souvenirs is a must-buy for tourists.

Xiao Yifei drove south from Inverness to Loch Ness along Route 82, drove along the lake for a distance, saw that there was no one around, and walked to the lake, the lake water showed a strange dark green color because of algae and peat, sitting by the lake with a camera and waiting, to see if there was a chance to take a photo of the water monster.

took a few photos of the surrounding scenery, but there was still no movement on the lake, Xiao Yifei simply released the black nose, and a person and a dog played by the lake.

He really wants to meet the water monster, if he really encounters it, if he sends the water monster to the Osiris space, then he is the only one in the world who has a water monster, and then bring the water monster back to the winery, dig a big lake and put it in it, then he can receive a soft hand when he collects the admission fee, and the absolute threshold of his winery and resort will be broken.

After a long time, there was still no movement on the lake. Xiao Yifei simply got some water from the Osiris space and poured it into the lake. Since everyone else can use space water to attract fish and killer whales, then he wants to see if this Osiris space water can attract the Loch Ness monster.

The black nose tilted its head to watch the owner enter and exit the space, and after watching it for a while, it was bored and simply dug sand and played by itself. Xiao Yifei waited for a long time, but there was still no movement on the water. Xiao Yifei, who was completely disappointed, put away his black nose and continued to drive south.

Along the way, he stopped from time to time to pat the surface of the lake and take pictures of the scenery, don't you say, the mountain flowers all over the mountains are really beautiful.

Unconsciously, Xiao Yifei came to Urquhart Castle by the lake (u, please search, the novel is better and faster!). Uhartcastle), see the promotional video shown at the visitor center, the castle was originally built in the 13th century, but now it is a pile of ruins, mainly due to the fact that the defenders blew it up in 1691 to prevent it from being occupied by the Jacobs. Underneath these ruins is the site of a fortress from the 580s AD. The history of Urquhart Castle dates back to the 6th century, when the Picts of Ancient England built a wooden castle on this site.

The £6.5 is well worth the money, at least to show you how people here were able to build such a strong fortress hundreds of years ago without cement. And from the fact that the defenders self-destructed it, you can also see how brutal the Socrates War of Independence was at that time.

This is worthy of being by Loch Ness, there are all kinds of water monster dolls for sale in the visitor center, and Xiao Yifei casually bought two cute Q version of the water monster for the little Apple siblings.

All the way south, when passing through Stirling, Xiao Yifei went to pay homage to Stirling Castle again.

Stirling Castle is where Wallace, the handsome Scottish man who shouted "freedom", commanded 7,000 Scottish militia and defeated more than 20,000 allied troops in England three times his size with minor casualties. The victory in this battle brought Wallace's prestige to its highest point. Since the Scottish militia was dominated by infantry and the English army was dominated by cavalry, the infantry, which broke with the conventional wisdom, could not stand up to the cavalry, thus leaving a grand mark in the history of Western warfare.

The following year, Wallace was defeated by King Edward I of England at the Battle of Falkirk, and he was exiled to France, and he returned to Socrates, where he was captured in 1305 and later hanged.

On the third day, he rushed back to Edinburgh and accompanied Gina to watch an avant-garde art performance that he didn't understand, and the two relived the mandarin dream. The next day he returned to England and arrived in Glasgow. After that, head south along the M6 highway to Exeter. On the last day of the trip, when he returned to London, he took a detour to Stonehenge to see it. And just like that, the search for Britain was over.

A new volume has begun, thank you for your company, thank you for your support. Thanks to the book friends for the rewards of "Mending the Heavenly Heart", "Wind Transit", "Non-Rich and Non-Expensive", "Final-Fantasy", and "Willow Reflection Like a Dream".