Chapter 466: Visiting Hamburg One
On the third day after arriving in Hamburg, Hong Tao and Wang Jian went out, accompanied by the two of them, neither Pan Dang's tour guide nor the Marx brothers.
It's not that Pan is really angry that Hong Tao and the two of them are gone, or that the Marx brothers are not considerate, on the one hand, it is because the Marx brothers each have their own jobs, and on this day, they happened to have something to do in their company and laboratory, so they left home early. On the other hand, because Pan's charitable foundation also has work that needs to be handled by her, Hong Tao and Wang Jian are unwilling to dress like dogs and follow her to suffer, so the two of them are left alone to steal joy.
It's actually good to have no one to accompany you, at least that's what Hong Tao and Wang Jian think. It's more neat and free to play in this way, and the slightly more troublesome thing is that the road is not very familiar, but this is also a fun in travel, isn't it all played like this in the movie? The handsome guy took the map and asked for directions while walking, but he met a beautiful woman on the way, and then they hooked up! Oh, no, it's not enough to meet a beautiful woman now, it should be a pair of beautiful women.
In fact, Pan left a red sports car for Hong Tao to drive around by himself, but Hong Tao and Wang Jian did not have a national driver's license, so they didn't want to find this trouble, so they just left their legs.
The roads in Hamburg are not spoken, there are boulevards everywhere. Although Hong Tao and the others came out during work time, there were not many cars on the road, and the traffic rules in Germany were basically the same as in China, driving on the right, and the signs indicated were all metric units, which was easy to recognize.
The first stop for the two was the central train station in the center of Hamburg, according to Wang Jian's plan. This is the quintessence of the city of Hamburg, just a few hundred metres from the City Hall and the famous European shopping street Munckbergstrasse.
"I mean, we can't really go to the city center, can we?" With the island of White Sands still about 5 kilometers straight from the center of Hamburg, Wang Jian is skeptical about how to find Hamburg's public transport system because it is a mountainous and wealthy area, so there is no metro, subway or bus.
"What's it like to play? It's called a drive, and you can only feel the exotic atmosphere here by walking, and we might even be able to get a ride. In case there's an affair or something. How moody you say? Although Hong Tao has never been to Germany, he has the experience of wandering around Toronto independently, and he is sure that he can find his own home in the wilderness of Toronto. It's definitely worth playing in a more densely populated city like Hamburg. As long as there are people. Anything is easy to do. It's really not possible, and it's not too late to call Pan for help.
In addition, Hong Tao has another plan, that is, to record the whole process of his fishing trip to Europe with a video camera and camera. I'll make a video when I go back. As for whether it can meet the needs of TV broadcasting, Hong Tao has no idea, but he still prepares the necessary equipment, and when he came to Germany, he deliberately went to Bai Chuan to borrow an NB camera to take it. As a result, they didn't lend it to him, and it was said that it cost 100,000 units.
But Bai Chuan didn't let him go empty-handed, and got him a Sony shoulder-mounted digital video camera with him, which is said to be quasi-professional, with all kinds of professional interfaces, but the price is cheaper, only Nima more than 30,000 yuan.
Although the wish is good, the reality is too cruel. Hong Tao and Wang Jian were about to walk out of Baisha Island, but they still didn't get in the car. The reason is not that there are no cars, nor that people do not stop, almost every time Hong Tao stretches out his hand, the passing car will slow down and stop, and then Hong Tao will come forward, take the map and point to the location of the central railway station to ask for directions, even if people take the initiative to invite them to hitchhike, Hong Tao also refused with the reason of walking through Hamburg.
"There's something wrong with you, you don't have a car to sit on, I don't want to go, hey, look, there's a bus, 916 Road, this is not to Deshengmen! You sit on it and go home! Wang Jian also understands English, he knows that Hong Tao is holding back to take a ride with a beautiful woman, how can he be unlucky, let alone a beauty, the old lady has not met in driving, the old man of the water.
"Uncle's! It's all your unlucky face, when I used to go out by myself, I was basically full of beautiful women along the way. Let's take a look at the past, it's really not possible to take the bus, let's also experience the life of ordinary Germans. Alas, I said you can't make it, don't take the camera down! Go and shoot, we are the film crew of a show, I am the host, director and planner, you are the photographer and assistant director and the set and props, I still expect this film to be sold for money, can you be professional! Hong Tao looked at the empty road, and had to temporarily kill this thief's heart of killing two birds with one stone, and obediently walked towards the place where the 916 bus stopped, complaining that Wang Jian's attitude towards camera work was not too serious as he went.
"If you say it again, I'll throw this away, don't you believe it? Lao Tzu finally came out with you for a while, it is cost-effective for you to use me as a coolie, this division of labor is unreasonable, I am the director, you are the photographer! Wang Jian was originally unhappy with a camera, but now he has been criticized, and he has to pick and choose on the spot.
"Yes, brother, you are tired, hold on for a while, we will each have an hour, take turns to resist it, you are old, you come first, and you are ...... Change me at 9 o'clock. Hong Tao didn't frighten Wang Jian when he saw it, so he quickly changed his strategy to divide labor and cooperate.
I don't know if the road is like this in all Germany, or just Hamburg, the bus stop signs here have a big H word, Hong Tao estimates that this is the abbreviation of Hamburg, but according to our Chinese understanding, this is too interesting, taking the bus is equivalent to H all the way!
The bus station in Hamburg is completely different from that of China, Canada and the United States, there are no shelters to protect from the sun and rain, but two ticket vending machines poke alone on the side of the road with a stop sign on the top, and they are not leaning against the side of the road, they have to be several meters away from the side of the road.
Hong Tao and their luck is good, this 916 road happened to pass by the Hamburg train station, so the plan to wait for the beautiful woman to take a hitchhike was completely bankrupt, and the brothers changed to take the bus to visit Hamburg. I have to complain about Hamburg's bus ticketing system here, you said you didn't have to make Nima so many fares useless!
What is 1.65 euros for a single one-way trip, 9.9 euros for a group time, 5.6 euros for a single person, and 6.95 euros for a single full day...... There are almost 20 kinds, Hong Tao and Wang Jian, the two turtles, lay on the ticket machine and studied for more than 20 minutes, and finally there are several kinds of people who don't understand.
In the end, the two of them bought the kind of single all-day unlimited time ticket, which probably means that they take this ticket to take this kind of bus that starts with H, and they don't have to spend another time to buy a ticket from more than 5 o'clock in the morning until midnight, and this thing can also be renewed, if you want to use it again tomorrow, then go to the automatic ticket machine to renew it for 3 euros, and you can sit for another day, and so on.
In addition to this kind of ticket that roughly means vitality card, there seems to be a more powerful transportation card called hamburger card in the ticket vending machine, which seems to be 7 euros a day, and you can not only take the bus, but also take the elevated railway and subway, but Hong Tao has not yet understood how to use it, and a 916 bus enters the station.
When Hong Tao and Wang Jian showed the bus driver the thing they bought called the vitality card, the driver gave Hong Tao and Wang Jian a slap in the face! Wrong ticket! It can't be said that it's all wrong, Hong Tao can use it, Wang Jian can't use it!
"Ha Lu Ha Ha The driver is also sharp-eyed, and he can see at a glance that you are over 30 years old, how do you say you look? Wrinkles all over your body have grown on your face! Wang Jian couldn't get on the bus, Hong Tao naturally couldn't get on either, the two of them looked at the bus in the distance, and then looked at the bus ticket in their hands, Hong Tao couldn't help but be happy.
He and Wang Jian have known each other for several years, and they usually don't notice his appearance and age, but this time after the German driver reminded him, Hong Tao took a closer look at Wang Jian. I really can't say that there is racial discrimination in German drivers, your face is too anxious, obviously in your 30s, but it looks like you are in your 40s, if you stay up all night, you say 50 will be believed. (To be continued......)