Chapter 13: A Visit to Frankfurt
The day before leaving, Anne asked the teacher for an afternoon off and wanted to go to her cousin's house to visit her cousin's family, but Teacher Li was not at ease, and she had to pick me up in person.
Four years ago, my cousin and aunt immigrated to Frankfurt with Anne's 3-year-old cousin, Lin Lin, who spent four years in the city that was once the capital of the Germanic Empire.
If it weren't for Frankfurt, if you were passing by on the streets of China, you might not recognize it, from this meeting, the last time we met was four years ago, my mother and I went to Yanjing Airport to see my cousin's family.
On the south bank of the Rhine River, the Wangjing Lou Hotel, run by my uncle and aunt, is a small Chinese restaurant with an open-air bar of more than 20 square meters in front of the door, and the round tables under the parasols are somewhat empty, and there are some guests sitting and chatting.
My cousin drove the car to the parking lot of the "Wangjing Tower Hotel" and stopped, and my cousin and aunt came out when they heard the sound.
My cousin and aunt are in her 40s, the kind of capable and cultivated woman, with a few wrinkles carved into the corners of her eyes, and a little loneliness in her kind eyes.
Before Anne got out of the car, she shouted affectionately, "Hello aunt!"
My cousin and aunt also said enthusiastically: "I'm tired on the road." Come inside and rest. ”
Sister Lin Lin closed the car door and said to her aunt, "Mom, Nini has to go back at night." Just stay for a few hours. Table 5 is empty, Nini and I hurry up and talk for a while, let's get some drinks. ”
My cousin and aunt instructed the reception, and asked Anne, "How can you leave after such a long time?"
Sister Lin Lin said: "Mom, Nini didn't come to travel alone, she came with the school, and the school didn't have an afternoon vacation, but we still signed a safety agreement guarantee, and the teacher released her."
Anne said, "Auntie, next time my mother comes to Frankfurt on a business trip, I will come with me, see you, have fun for a few days, and accompany you."
My cousin said: "I haven't seen you for so many years, if you don't say it, your cousin and aunt won't dare to recognize Nini even if she walks on the road, how can this child grow so tall, half a head taller than your cousin, and he's about to catch up with your cousin."
Anne went to the bathroom to wipe her face, combed her hair again, and walked to table five to put her bag on the table. sat down opposite Sister Lin Lin. There are not only two coffees on the table, but also two glasses of Frankfurt's most classic "cider" drink and two world-famous dishes ~ Frankfurt sausages.
Anne looked down and sniffed, and said intoxicatedly, "Ah, this is the legendary Frankfurter sausage!"
Sister Lin Lin proposed to take pictures with Anne and her cousin and aunt, so Sister Lin Lin got up and went to the hotel to get the Polaroid camera, and dragged her cousin and aunt out of the picture.
After taking the photo, Sister Lin Lin said to her cousin and aunt, "Dad." Mom, Nini and I will go elsewhere to take a few photos, dinner will be eaten outside, and I will send her back after dinner, otherwise I will not be able to catch the plane early tomorrow morning. ”
My cousin nodded and said, "My ass is still warm and I leave, what is this called?"
Frankfurt is a city of immigrants where people of all colors and nationalities can be met. Many of them are Chinese, and you can often see shops with Chinese signboards. The two of them chatted and laughed happily along the way, leisurely looking out the car window at the street and the scenery.
The blue sky, the soft sunlight, the ebb and flow of pigeons, and the exotic architecture all fascinate Anne.
Sister Lin Lin asked at the red light stop time at the intersection: "Have you finished eating all the sausages that were mailed to you last time?"
Anne said, "When I'm done, I'm adorable enough to eat Frankfurter sausages, steaming them whole at a time." You don't have to eat any vegetables when it comes to rice. ”
Sister Lin Lin smiled and said, "Your mother is so busy traveling all over the world?" Are you still running from both ends of the school cafeteria alone? ”
Anne said, "Yes, it's still the same."
The green light turned on, and Sister Lin Lin passed through the intersection with the traffic. Then he asked, "Where do you plan to go to high school?"
Anne really hadn't thought about this question yet, and while talking, the car drove to a street not far from the pedestrian street, and Sister Lin Lin found a parking space and parked the car.
They walked along the pedestrian street to the Roman Forum, asking passers-by to take pictures of them along the way. In the Roman Forum, they asked an elderly German man who was drinking coffee under a sun umbrella to take a picture of them.
The gray-haired old German gentleman, perhaps a photography enthusiast, enthusiastically and proudly chose a few distinctive backgrounds to take a dozen group photos of them, and then happily continued to taste his cup of coffee, which was no longer hot.
When you arrive at the Rhine Bridge from the Roman Forum, the sun is already setting, and the golden glow is like a light veil on the tranquil water.
After taking a few group photos, they walked along the bridge and chatted. Sister Lin Lin carried the bag in her left hand and put her right hand in the pocket of her windbreaker, and the wind on the water blew the hem of her windbreaker, blowing away her long flowing hair.
Sister Lin Lin said: "You come to Frankfurt to go to school, so that we can be together often, you can live at home with me, we can be companions together, I really feel very lonely after coming to Frankfurt for all these years, it would be nice if you could come."
Sister Lin Lin accompanied Anne to visit the attractions near the Roman Forum for an afternoon, took more than 30 photos, and the two had dinner together, and finally sent Anne back to the base camp.
At 4 o'clock the next morning, the airport hall was brightly lit. Anne flew back to Beijing with the large army, and when the plane was about to take off, Anne looked at the rising sun outside the window, and waved softly in her heart to say goodbye to Frankfurt, goodbye, Frankfurt.