Chapter XXVII: Madrid is Incredible
Lin Jun remembered that there was a song in his previous life called "Madrid Incredible", although he never thought it was very good, but he was very interested in the title of the song. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info didn't have the opportunity to experience Madrid in person at the time, but now the opportunity has come.
It's been almost a week since I arrived at Madrid airport, but I've only been looking down on this beautiful city from the air, and I've never been inside it. It has been two days since the fighter brigade began combat readiness duty, and the overall work is on the right track. In the past two days, there has been no movement on the rebels' side, and even the exploratory attacks that have been on the ground for some time have not appeared, which makes the pilots who have been holding back their strength very uncomfortable.
It's also uncomfortable not to fight.
They are uncomfortable with them, Lin Junke has to be worthy of himself, thinking about taking half a day to go to Madrid. And while Yakov, the brigade commander, was still at the airport, he could take a free trip. If you wait for this senior officer to leave, you can't leave the airport for a moment, and this is not going to be a good thing if you don't have a backbone, and if there is a special situation, it will be troublesome.
Yakov greeted the airport commander and said that he and Andlupuf were going to take the interpreter to visit the city of Madrid and ask for their approval. Yakov and the comrade commander-in-chief of the airport also knew that if they didn't go to the city to see it, the pilots would have no chance to enter the city in the next days, so they agreed to Lin Jun's request and sent them a car, driven by a small young driver named Juan.
After explaining the work of the team, the four of them drove off.
Juan is a native of Madrid, speaks a few words of Russian, is very talkative, and is a warm person. As soon as I went out, I introduced the three of them to some of the attractions in Madrid that are worth seeing.
"I say Comrade Juan, I know a legend about Madrid about the origin of its name." Lin Jun thought this young man was quite interesting.
"Yes, Comrade Andrei, then you can tell me." Juan was very strange that this for the Soviet comrades would know the legend of Madrid.
Hearing that Lin Jun knew the legend of Madrid, both Andlupf and the translator Glicy wanted to hear it.
Lin Junting likes this feeling, and can show off his rich knowledge: "It is said that in ancient times, Madrid was still an inaccessible place, with only a few families, and they were all scattered in the primeval forest. One day, a child was playing outside the house when suddenly a black bear pounced on him. The boy was in a hurry and quickly climbed to a nearby tree, and at that moment, his mother came home for him. The mother was only looking for the child, and she didn't notice the black bear squatting under the tree with its bloody mouth wide open. At the moment of great danger, the child disregarded his own safety and shouted from the tree, "Mommy, run!" The mother found the big black bear and quickly hid in a safe place. Later, in order to commemorate this brave child, after people built the city here, they used the phrase "Mom Run" to make the name of the city. Hehe, Comrade Juan, isn't the word "Madrid" in Spanish meaning "Mommy Run"? ”
Except for Juan, who was driving, the other two people were stunned when they heard it, "Awesome, I know this!" ”
Juan also felt quite strange: "Comrade Andrei, I didn't expect you to know this story, I really didn't expect it!" This is a story that is generally only known to people in Madrid, and very few people in the rest of Spain. ”
"Hehe, I read it in a book." Knowing this legend is very accidental: once Lin Jun passed by the Spanish booth of the International Tourism Festival, and the staff inside stuffed him with a copy of "Spanish Travel Guide", and he flipped through what he saw at random, and remembered it when he thought it was interesting.
The car entered the downtown area of Madrid, and the scenery of the urban area made Lin Junsan, who had never been to Madrid, shout that it was really worth it. Most of the 18th-century buildings in Madrid's LC district have preserved their original character and are very distinctive. And there are more than 300 squares in Madrid alone, large fountains, sculptures inlaid in the city garden, you can see everywhere, it is one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, Lin Jun and they are certainly worth it.
Juan first took them to Columbus Square, where there is a monument to Columbus, built in honor of the navigator Columbus. At the top of the monument is a statue of Christopher Columbus, facing the direction of the New World of America. The reliefs on each of the four sides of the pedestal depict Columbus's discovery of the New World. On the west side facing the street is the Queen of Spain sending Columbus on his voyage; To the north is the galleon of Columbus's voyage, and on the earth below is written "Columbus dedicated the New World to the kingdom of Castile León"; The east side depicts Columbus presenting his sailing plan to the bishop; To the south is the statue of the virgin of Pilar. She is the protector of the discovery of the New World. Below are the names of the three ships that made the first voyage. Below the monument is the entrance to the Madrid Art Center, where there are also large sculptures depicting the route of Columbus's voyage. The wax museum is across from the statue in Columbus Square.
"Comrades, do you think the world would be like today if Columbus had not discovered the New World?"
Looking at the tall statue, Lin Jun said this thoughtlessly.
A few other people haven't thought about this question, who would be idle and idle to think about it? I all think Andrei is a little strange today.
In fact, this is a very interesting topic in the 21st century, but Europeans in the thirties did not have time to think about it.
There weren't a lot of people in the square, because it was a state of war, but it also made the four people dressed as soldiers look particularly eye-catching.
"I said Sophia, do you look familiar with the soldiers on the side of the monument?" An old gentleman who was feeding pigeons in the square asked his granddaughter next to him.
But the old gentleman's 16-year-old granddaughter did not answer her grandfather's question, she was staring at the soldiers.
The old gentleman thought that his granddaughter hadn't heard it, and was about to ask again, when he suddenly heard his always quiet granddaughter scream: "It's Andre!" It's Andrea, the defender of Madrid! Before the voice fell, Sophia had already left her grandfather and ran towards them.
"Alas, young people nowadays are so frizzy. Alas! By the way, who was Sophia talking about just now? Andrea, the defender of Madrid? Ah, it's them, then I'm going to see it too, and I want to thank them for defending our Madrid. ”
While our old gentleman was complaining about his granddaughter's frizziness, the other people in the square heard Sophia's screams and turned their eyes to the little girl. They all saw a beautiful little girl running towards the Columbus Monument, and there were four soldiers of the Republic standing, two of whom were not the two "Defenders of the Republic" who had been published in the newspaper a few days ago?!
At this time, the whole square flocked to the direction of the monument, and the unusual movement in the square attracted the attention of the nearby crowd, and as a result, more and more people ran to the monument, and everyone wanted to see these two "defenders of the republic" with their own eyes, and by the way, they could express their gratitude to them.
Lin Jun, who was "besieged" among the enthusiastic and excited Spanish citizens, finally understood the true meaning of the phrase "Madrid is incredible": the people of Madrid are really enthusiastic!
The four people who finally "broke through the encirclement and fled in embarrassment" hurriedly drove to "escape"!
"Comrade Andrei and Androupf, it seems that your popularity is really too high! Now these two comrades know how enthusiastic we Madridians are! Juan joked with Lin Jun a few times there, because Lin Jun was too "embarrassed" just now.
Andlupuf was better at the time of the "siege", after all, he was older, and the citizens of Madrid were still very polite, but only showed their respect. But Lin Jun was not as lucky as his brother: because he was the No. 1 "Prince Charming" in the hearts of Madrid girls, Lin Jun, who was "surrounded" by hundreds of Madrid girls, enjoyed great "care", and he was kissed hundreds of times by the girls on his face, which was even more terrifying than "carpet bombing"! Now our comrade Andrei's face is red like a monkey's ass!
"Passionate! Enthusiastic! Lin Gui sat back and muttered to himself, it is estimated that he will not be kissed by so many girls in a few lifetimes.
"Everyone, no one is allowed to mention what happened in the square just now after returning to the airport, you know!" Andrupf came to help his brother break the siege, and the authority of the captain still has to be maintained, although he himself wants to laugh very much, because the current Andrei is really "disheveled".
With the experience of Columbus Square, a few people didn't get off the next few scenic spots, and they basically looked at it in a hurry. But there are so many monuments and famous squares to see in Madrid that it's already lunchtime when you turn around, and the car just arrives at Plaza de Cibelez, where a huge statue of the Greco-Roman goddess of nature, Sibele, drives a chariot with two mighty drivers.
"Comrade Andrey, how about you find a restaurant to eat near here? The restaurants near Plaza de Cibeles are some of the most famous in all of Madrid. "It was Juan who spoke.
"You're from Madrid, listen to you. But there is a condition, you can't find a place with too many people! Lin Jun was scared.
What are the representative dishes of Madrid, Lin Jun is very clear about this: Madrid broth, tripe, and cod, especially cod, which is found in almost every dish, and delicious desserts (with fried beef ** egg bread, etc.) are a charming highlight of the Madrid diet.
Unfortunately, it is now the time of the war, and supplies are in short supply. Juan took everyone to several restaurants that were not expected, which made Juan as the "host" very embarrassed.
"Forget it, let's go back to the airport early, go back now, there should be something to eat in the restaurant." Besides, Andlupf and I also want to go back early, it's not good that it takes too long to come out. Lin Jun didn't care about what to eat, so he had better go back early and rest assured, for fear that something special would happen.
was also "worried" by Lin Jun, the airport has a special situation, but this situation is very much in line with Lin Jun's appetite: the living materials of the Soviet Union to aid Spain have arrived, and many of them are specially prepared for the flight team.
Andlupf in the restaurant was binge-eating canned beef stew: "Cool, it's still delicious with our beef!" "He said it vaguely, no way, his mouth was stuffed with beef. During this time, Lin Jun and his two mouths were about to fade out, although the airport has always taken special care of them, but the meat is still basically not seen, it is too difficult.
André used to work for a long time in the Far North, where his diet consisted of meat. After arriving in Moscow, he never treated himself badly, he was purely a "carnivore", and it was difficult for him during this time. In fact, everyone is a soldier and can live a hard life, but since they can eat better, they will not be polite. People are like that, they always want to live a better life.