Alster Lake is an artificial lake located in the center of Hamburg, it is divided into two parts, the smaller one is in the center of the city, called the inner lake, the circumference is about 400 meters, almost a square; After the bridge to the north, there is the outer lake of the Alster, which is much larger, and it is an irregular rectangle the size of ten inner lakes.

The inner lake is surrounded by the most prosperous area of Hamburg, surrounded by centuries-old buildings, and flocks of black swans interact with visitors on the lake's edge, competing for the bread pieces thrown by visitors. The lakeshore walkway where they sit has a very intoxicating name - the Lady Road! It is said that during the Renaissance, it was a place where noblewomen and ladies walked with small parasols.

"You follow it first, I'll order first, by the way, your top dish here is the kind, introduce it to me." Wang Jian was already impatient when he saw Hong Tao carrying the camera from left to right and from right to left, when a waiter in a restaurant wearing a white apron walked up to their table and put a recipe on the table.

"Then I'll order Labuscos and butter fried flounder." The male waiter also spoke good English, patience was better, and he flipped through the recipes and gave Wang Jian a long time one dish at a time, not only explaining the cooking techniques and general taste of the dishes thoroughly, but also clearly explaining the purchase location of the raw materials. Regardless of whether he is right or wrong, with this attitude, it is worth trying.

"I'm not spicy and roasted to death, then grilled flounder, and then red fruit soup." Although Hong Tao's eyes were blocked by the camera, his ears were always supported. He heard the waiter and Wang Jian's introduction, and he didn't delay ordering at all.

To be honest, the service attitude of the restaurant is good, and the dishes are delicious, especially the red fruit soup is delicious, but the speed of this serving is really a bit slow, and it took half an hour to serve it. Originally, Wang Jian wanted to call the waiter over to urge, but Hong Tao stopped him. Because Hong Tao observed carefully, it was not that the dishes on their table were slow, but also the German customers next to them served the dishes at a similar speed. It seems that people are in rhythm here.

Speaking of rhythm. This is the biggest feeling that Hong Tao has had since he walked around Hamburg for half a day. The pace of life and work here is much slower than in China's big cities, whether it's waiting for the bus or train, queuing up to buy tickets to see the attractions or sitting down to order food, basically no one is in a hurry. Plus those crowds strolling on the sidewalks. Old people and children feeding swans by the lake. The whole city seems so laid-back and so relaxed.

Whatever you want. That authentic northern German dish called Labskoth is really not the appetite of the Chinese, too tired! The dish consists of a large spoonful of mashed potatoes made into meat sauce and marinated bacon and served with two poached eggs. Two more pickled cucumbers and a few slices of pickled herring, nothing light.

It's such a hodgepodge, one costs 12.8 euros, it is said that this thing is what German seafarers used to eat when they went to sea, I don't know why it has become a famous dish in North Germany, and there is also a cuisine, called seafarers' dishes!

The other two flounder and flounder taste is quite medium, mainly because the raw materials are relatively fresh, and the taste is good when cooked a little, but the price is also good, both more than 30 euros a piece, which is about to catch up with the price of domestic lobster.

What whets Hong Tao's appetite the most is the red fruit soup, which is said to have been invented by the Hamburgers and has now become a delicacy in Germany. It uses raspberries and strawberries to heat together, then thicken and serve with ice cream and cream. Hot and cold, sour and sweet, both as a main course or as a dessert are delicious, and the price is affordable, 9.8 euros a piece, according to the consumption level of hamburgers, it is delicious and inexpensive.

When you are in the consumer service industry in Germany, such as restaurants, porters, taxis, etc., the price includes tips and taxes, unlike Canada or the United States, which are clearly marked with a naked price excluding taxes and tips, and you have to calculate about 10% of the tax and tips yourself.

However, there are many cases of tipping here, and if you are satisfied with the service of the service staff, then the person who tipped. Hong Tao is more satisfied with the service of this uncle-level waiter, especially when people introduce each dish to Wang Jian, so that Hong Tao can roughly know what this dish looks like without reading the recipe, so he rushes to this patience and seriousness, and it is not unjust to tip 5 euros per person.

This restaurant not only buys food, but also sells drinks, tobacco and alcohol, Hong Tao asked for two glasses of beer and a box of German cigarettes with curiosity, and sat under the sun umbrella with Wang Jian, drinking and smoking, very enjoyable.

A bag of cigarettes after a meal, race over the living immortals!

"Hello, can I smoke a cigarette?" Hong Tao, who was spitting clouds and fog as a fairy, suddenly heard a whisper in his ear, which startled him, and when he looked back, a German young man in his 20s was standing at their table.

"Cigarettes?" Hong Tao didn't believe his ears, he and Wang Jian walked around the center of Hamburg, the only thing they didn't see were beggars, those who sold art don't count, whether they play the violin, juggle, paint, people sell crafts, not begging.

"Yes, one will do." The young man nodded, and gestured to the freshly opened box of German cigarettes on the table.

"It's okay to smoke, if you can sit down and talk to us, this box of cigarettes will be given to you as a gift." Hong Tao looked at him, he was dressed quite ordinary, no different from the German locals walking on the street, not like a begging for food.

"You're tourists, aren't you? What do you want to ask? My name is Kohler, and I'm the same sex as our president. The German lad was so polite that he sat down in another chair and smoked a cigarette for himself.

"X, your president has really been moldy for eight lifetimes to have such a fellow clan as you!" Wang Jian didn't have the leisure to do so, muttered in Chinese, and turned his head to the lake.

"We're from China, traveling, by the way, I'm curious about something, can I ask you? I'll treat you to a beer! "Hong Tao is curious about everything, anyway, he has nothing to do now, 1 euro and a half liter of beer is very cheap, this is the cheapest thing Hong Tao found in Hamburg, a pack of cigarettes costs 5.5 euros, or Nima 17 sticks!

"You want to ask why I'm asking you for a cigarette, right? You don't think I'm like a beggar, do you? The German lad was not at all ashamed, nor impatient, and guessed very accurately.

"Is it convenient to say? I'm just curious, nothing else. When Hong Tao heard his tone, he became even more curious.

Is it that every German is a good drinker of beer? The answer is very likely! Because there was a person sitting in front of Hong Tao, 4 large glasses of beer in his stomach, smoking half a box of cigarettes, and the fifth cup was about to bottom out, and Hong Tao didn't even finish two cups.

"Hearing him say this, how do I think the German people are really living in misery?" Wang Jian was not interested in listening to Hong Tao gossiping with a German young man who wanted to smoke, but he was quickly attracted by what he said, until he drank 5 large glasses of beer and left with the remaining half of a box of cigarettes, still discussing the content of the chat he had just had with Hong Tao.

"Don't take it seriously, if you listen to it, it's dark, let's go back at night and ask Marx again, what is the quality of life of the German people is not a problem we should consider, now we should consider how to get to Rope Street, let's go, find a public car!" Hong Tao patted his stomach, it's really evil, five glasses of beer! A full two and a half liters, after drinking it, people are like people who have nothing to do, and they have just drunk two cups, and their stomachs are a little bulging.

At around 3 p.m., Hong Tao and Wang Jian took several unjust trips, and finally took a taxi to the Reeperbahn (rope street) that they had been longing for for several hours.

However, the rope street has long since lost its ropes, but has become a main road connecting the center of Hamburg and St. Pauli, with a constant flow of traffic on the four-lane road and a constant flow of people on the sidewalks, with hundreds of shops of all sizes lined up on both sides of the road, and all in large font prominently to tell visitors that it is open 24 hours a day and that you need to be at least 18 years old to come. (To be continued......)