Chapter 213: Monet's Garden
This man came later, and he regretted it when he saw the model come out.
"Fortunately, there are classes on Thursday." A student who was still sorting out his painting tools said, "Oh yes, the teacher asked us to help inform you that we won't be able to use this class for the next class." ”
"Really? I suspect you're lying to me. The last girl to go out commented: "Men don't have a good thing." Chen Xing was in awe, as if he had returned to China.
However, this young lady may not have deliberately fired the map, after all, the student who spoke was the last one to run in, and he knew that he came to the classroom after receiving the news when he entered the door.
So, Chen Xing also despised it in his heart-the old color critic. Eight of us upright are ashamed to be with you.
In the afternoon, I took another photography class and returned to the dormitory at three o'clock. Not long after, Hedwig also returned, and seemed to be much more cheerful than before?
Just like Chen Xing said in the morning, some people really don't know how beautiful they are, this sentence is not only for Shahrukh, but also for Hedwig.
It is estimated that she is the same as Chen Xing when she was young, she doesn't look obvious, but after the age of 15, she slowly becomes beautiful.
The difference is that Chen Xing was outgoing when he was young and was the king of children, while Hedwig may have been isolated and bullied, resulting in a more withdrawn personality, and even if he grows up, he doesn't know how beautiful he looks.
Thinking of this, Chen Xing felt that he had done a good deed.
"How's it going at school today? Did you impress the boys in your class? Seeing that there was only Chen Xing in the living room, Hedwig nodded a little embarrassedly: "Well, they will come to chat with me, I ...... A little nervous. Chen Xing gave up part of the sofa, patted Hedwig to sit over, and said to her: "You can ignore the person you don't want to pay attention to, and you have to learn to refuse others, and you can shake your head if you don't want to talk." "Yesterday, her room was not cleaned up, and Chen Xing could have refused to go to her room, but she kept a tangled attitude until Chen Xing saw her room, Chen Xing really didn't expect such a character to appear in the United States at all.
In his impression, Americaka's girls should be the kind of extroverted and open in terms of personality.
It's strange that such a rogue and domineering country can still raise someone like Hedwig. Hedwig sat over, didn't dare to make eye contact with Chen Xing's eyes, and said, "I'm afraid of rejecting others. ”
"Don't be afraid, the standard of growth is to not have any guilt after rejecting others." This is Chen Xing's perception after breaking into society for a period of time.
If a person travels for a long time, he will find a number of disadvantaged groups loitering around the country at various stations, and they will try their best to get you to do some charity and donate some money, or there are many mothers and daughters who have no money to take the subway, and want to ask you for food after asking for subway fares.
If you don't know how to refuse, the travel cost of 100,000 yuan will be used up in a short time. After chatting for a while, Chen Xing was about to go back to his room to play games, so he said, "Okay, you can call me for anything in the future anyway, our school is close to each other, I can rush over soon, I'll go back to the room first." Hedwig nodded.
Chen Xing joked: "If you shake your head, then I can sit with you for a while." Hedwig became an ostrich in an instant.
Chen Xing smiled. Boring. ……………… Time flies, and another weekend is coming.
On Friday, there was only one professional class on the history of photography, and Chen Xing was not interested in this course, so he asked Professor Nobel for a leave of absence, and planned to go to the surrounding cities of Paris to take some photos and relax.
Professor Nobel happily approved the leave. Rather than Chen Xing's commercial photography, which became famous in France, he wanted Chen Xing to focus on landscape photography.
There is a chain of contempt in the photography circle, those who shoot documentary look down on those who shoot landscapes, those who shoot scenery look down on those who shoot portraits, and finally everyone despises those who shoot flowers and birds.
Professor Nobel is now making documentaries, but he used to shoot scenery, and one of his most expensive photos has been widely circulated, and he has collected more than $10 million in copyright fees alone, which is known to almost everyone in the school.
Chen Xing found the backpack that had not been taken out for a long time in the suitcase, and only put a set of clothes. He went out for two or three days, and one set was enough.
If something else is delayed, or if the clothes are dirty and need to be changed, Chen Xing is also more inclined to buy locally.
The camera must be brought. Then there was a large handful of charging cables, but it was also empty in the backpack, and there were too few things to bring with him this time, he had never done this kind of short-term trip for only two or three days before, and finally mouthwash, hair wax and other small things.
When I went downstairs, I met Aunt Lizi watering the flowers, and Chen Xing said, "Aunt Lizi, I'll go out to play for a few days." ”
"That's good, there's a prettier place in France than Paris, where are you going?"
"Giverny." It is a small town of just over 500 people, located on a small hillside in the Seine Valley, 70 kilometers west of Paris, in Haute-Normandy.
This is one of the most famous attractions in France, which has the former residence of Claude Monet, the father of French Impressionism, and the beautiful Monet Garden.
Monet's garden is his masterpiece of creation
"Water lilies" place. Chen Xing doesn't like this theme, but since it is the former residence of an idol, Chen Xing must also go on a trip.
"Giverny, that's a great place to travel, I wish you a happy trip and stay safe." Saying goodbye to Aunt Lizi, Chen Xing walked to the subway station.
Giverny is located between Paris and Rouen, there is no direct train, so you have to transfer at a place called Vernon station first, and then take a bus to get there, the whole journey does not cost anything, Chen Xing has a monthly ticket for the Paris metro, and the bus ticket from Vernon to Giverny is only five euros.
But because of the proximity, if you don't want to spend the five dollars to walk, it won't be long.
The whole journey took two hours. Chen Xing has a lot of imagination about this kind of classical French town. He had spent some time in the big city of Paris, but also in Nice, in the south of France.
There are still many ancient cities around Nice, but the architectural style there is actually more inclined to the ancient Roman style, which is a more tough one, which is naturally different from the French style.
But no matter how much you imagine, it's not as good as seeing it. Chen Xing disembarks at the parking lot, which is built at the entrance to the town, surrounded by lush woods and turquoise meadows, and in front of the village is a slightly sloping open field that stretches to the Seine.
Cars of all styles and colors are neatly parked in this parking lot. Spectacular on par with popular domestic attractions.
It looks like there's a lot of people. Chen Xing smelled the fresh air and walked out of the parking lot. Compared to Paris, the air in Giverny can really be said to be sweet, and the abundance of greenery will not only soothe your eyes and mind, but also cleanse your lungs.
As soon as I walked out of the parking lot, I saw a van that had been converted into an ice cream truck with a window in the back of the car.
A lot of people who have just stepped out of the parking lot are queuing here. Chen Xing didn't feel hot, but he was greedy, and he queued up to buy one when he saw that it was still early.
It's hard to see a person walking while eating on the streets of Paris, and a merchant who sells ice cream will go bankrupt if he doesn't find the right place to do business in Paris.
But here, people seem to be relaxed. Further on, there is a café hidden in the garden.
Actually, the café is open-air, but if you don't pay attention, it's easy to walk straight from the front road and be blocked by the garden walls on both sides.
Chen Xing heard a lot of people talking in the courtyard here, and retreated, only then did he find out. The floor of the old town of Nice is a whole piece of marble, which sticks to the ground like a tile, and the marble is still relatively resistant to time, so even when it comes to the modern old town of Nice, the road is still smooth and there are not too many potholes.
The ground in Giverny, at least from the parking lot to here, is concrete, but the yard where the café is located is gravel.
The kind of stones that are very finely broken, without too sharp edges and corners, are firmly fixed together by I don't know what material is used, these stones are reddish and white, the color is not uniform, but it is very feeling.
The layout is also very good-looking, the entrance is parked with two bicycles, and then in front of the beer barrel and small wooden barrel transformation of the flower pot, which raises flowers or slightly larger potted plants, and now it is the season when most of the flowers are open, and the whole small courtyard is colorful and exquisite.
Small round tables and parasols are placed among the flowers. The guests sit among the flowers, coffee in their hands, and their legs crossed, which is a kind of comfort that anyone passing by can feel.
But it's too early for coffee, right? Chen Xing made a note of this place and continued to move forward. Like the old town of Nice, the streets here are narrow, but slightly wider than in Nice, except that the houses on both sides are planted with flowers and plenty of plants, which makes the roads very congested.
There is only one main road, and this road is still wide. The shops are mainly galleries, and at least six out of ten of the shops that are open are galleries, some of which may be a little well-known in France, crowded with a large number of tourists, but others have no shortage of customers.
After all, there are many tourists from all over the world. Chen Xing casually entered one. Most of the painters who are willing to stay here are also fans of Monet, impressionist, with a strong sense of light and color.
Since they have all come here to travel, tourists still know a little bit about impressionism, so these stores are not very worried about sales.
With so many galleries and countless works throughout Giverny, there will always be a painting you like.
Chen Xing visited several stores, and the more he looked, the more worried he became, and his brows furrowed deeply. My own technique is too bad!
Chen Xing's understanding of light and color in nature is not lacking, and the talent for color is in Chen Xing's personal information column, and the light is ...... Do photographers not understand light?
Photographers and painters of the same level, photographers are the ones who understand light better. Chen Xing felt that he could crush the painters here in this regard, but his technique was too poor and his painting was not good enough.
The owner of a gallery sent off a boss who had bought a painting and walked up to Chen Xing: "Hello, do you fancy something?" ”
"No, but I think these paintings are very good, did you paint them?"
"It's me, thank you for the compliment, you speak French very well, international student?"
"Yes." Chen Xing asked him about renting a house in this town, and the painter's eyes immediately sharpened, and then he looked at Chen Xing seriously.
"You learned to draw?"
"Sort of, what?" has black hair, which is the kind of three or seven points of many Asian male stars, the clothes are also very clean, and he looks handsome, not like a painter, but like a debut idol, but he also said that he is an international student and also learns to paint.
Hiss...... Are young people nowadays so rolled? Like this, you're going to learn to draw?
"Because a lot of people who live here are painters, and the average tourist rarely thinks like that, you ...... How well is it drawn. If it's good, you can put the painting in my shop, and the price is very affordable. Chen Xing shrugged and said, "Beginner." "But sooner or later, I will learn to go out of the mountain, Chen Xing thought to himself.
"That's a shame." The boss exaggerated and made a regretful expression, and stopped chatting with Chen Xing, saying,
"I'll receive other guests first, you can take a look at it first, if you like the painting, I can give you a cheaper price." After that, I went to find someone else.
You haven't told me if the rent here is expensive...... Chen Xing rolled his eyes. He didn't have any other ideas, mainly to compare the rent prices in the main city of Paris and here, and then make a comparison with the country, after all, the living environment here is too good, except for the large number of tourists, there seems to be no shortcomings?
The garden-style life of birds and flowers, what he dreamed of. Big house with big yard. This drive to make money made him energetic, and he took his camera everywhere to find pictures to take.
Put it on the website, if someone uses it, it will be hundreds or thousands of euros. When you come to Giverny to visit, the most indispensable thing is definitely Monet's garden, the house is very large, and it takes a long time to walk around from the outside.
If you want to get in, you need to queue and you need to buy tickets, but it's cheap, 5.5 euros for students.
The team didn't look at much, but they walked very slowly. The efficiency of Europeans is something that Chen Xing wants to complain about very much.
The queue lasted about twenty minutes before I walked in. As soon as I entered, I saw a sign in the scenic spot, which briefly introduced the area.
Monet's garden consisted of two parts, the garden and the water garden. The garden, also known as the Normandy Garden, is in front of the house, rectangular, covering an area of about one hectare, before being transformed by Monet was an orchard, Monet bought the house and renovated it on a large scale, because he loved flowers and plants, so he cut down the pine trees in front of the door and built a greenhouse, where flowers and grass were raised.
He really loves flowers and plants, and now the whole town is full of flowers, and Monet has at least nine points of credit. Another water garden, also called a water garden.
However, you can't see it yet, and you can't see the water garden until you have finished visiting the garden on the road and walking to the back.