First night in Iceland.

It's a little uncomfortable.

Since it was still dark when he woke up the next day, Chen Xing couldn't even estimate what time it would be, and the whole person was a little depressed, and his head was a little confused.

It's a feeling that isn't far from vertigo.

Picked up the phone and looked at the time, and went out to wash his face.

It was not dawn, but many people began to walk around the street downstairs, and there were many lights on the street, which made Chen Xing find the feeling of being on some streets in China in the early hours of the morning, and this feeling lifted Chen Xing's spirit, picked up the camera and walked out.

On the way, Chen Xing saw a lady with a two- or three-year-old baby, they were standing under the lamp, Chen Xing felt that such a picture was very sacred.

As soon as he adjusted the exposure to highlight the effect of that beam of light, and then picked up the camera, Chen Xing saw that the lady was looking at him with dissatisfied eyes, and she also blocked the baby from a place that Chen Xing couldn't photograph.

This......

He had no choice but to smile back, as if there was no such thing.

Pretty looking, well-dressed, this can be photographed several times on the streets of Paris, but the Nordics don't like this kind of interaction between strangers, but it's not that they are conservative, it's just that they really refuse to make a new friend.

Especially these adults.

In the following time, Chen Xing didn't shoot many people, mainly shooting the streets and buildings of Iceland.

Due to historical reasons, the building is a little more primitive than Oslo, and like most European capitals, the exterior of the building is not allowed to be altered too much, so the house is still in the old style.

But modern people who pursue individuality will paint these old houses in different colors.

Chen Xing saw the red house, the pink house, and they seemed to prefer to make their roofs in various colors than to paint their own walls.

This time he came out for no purpose, the semi-finals of the S competition ended a few days ago, but he didn't have a ticket for the semi-finals, and he only came to watch from the outside, which was not interesting.

Tomorrow afternoon, the finals will be held.

So today, Chen Xing was not in a hurry to recognize the way, and only walked towards the building that could be seen even at the edge of the city.

Reykjavik Cathedral.

This should be the only city in the world that doesn't get lost even if you can't read, don't ask for directions, don't look at navigation, and don't have companions, as long as you don't know where you've gone, look up and see this church anywhere.

And then just go all the way in that direction.

Walking from these streets to the direction of the church, all the way uphill, when you get to the location of the church, you can already see the roofs of some houses, and then look at this church, compared to the churches that Chen Xing has seen in other parts of Europe, this place is quite simple.

It's a rocket-shaped building, as tall as a nine-story building, the tallest building in Reykjavík, where the average is only two or three floors, and it's even built on top of a hill.

This is not the only landmark in the city, right? Chen Xing thought to himself.

The locals seem to have used all the best things to build the church, whether it's the center of the city or the top of a hill, and it's in very good condition, but they don't think it's enough and even make it look like a rocket.

More than 30 meters high, let alone in this city, you can see this rocket-like building in the sky.

Push the door in, it is a nave like other churches, there is no one on the high altar, and the environment of the whole nave is relatively quiet.

But there are a lot of people.

The nave is the large room with many seats on either side of the church, usually at the entrance of the church, where the believers sit and listen to the lectures when the clergy on the high altar preach.

Chen Xing knew that some small churches still took over red and white affairs, and he didn't know if this church had these functions.

He didn't dare to make a mistake here, so he put the camera away, after all, it was a religious place.

Speaking of which, Chen Xing has been to many Buddhist temples and seen many churches in Europe, but he has never seen a Taoist temple after traveling for so long, and he has to look for it when he goes back this time.

Who doesn't want to be a dashing Taoist?

There is no one who wants to be a monk at a young age, right?

Wouldn't it, wouldn't it?

There are a lot of people here, Chen Xing thought that there was some show today, he stayed in the church quietly for a long time like these people, and he watched it for at least an hour, but the people in it came and went, but no one played in the position of the high altar in front of him.

I want to ask what's going on, but I'm worried that these people can't understand English.

Forget it, let's slip away.

Together with some curious tourists who came to sit, Chen Xing also walked out of this place quietly, and was very quiet in front of the people who came out in front of him, but as soon as he came out, he began to say in French:

"I thought there was singing and praying, but there was not a single priest, so this church wouldn't be without a priest, right?"

"Maybe something is going on today?"

"Don't say it, what if this is the custom of other people? Hey, look, there's an aurora over there! ”

Chen Xing also looked over curiously when he heard the aurora, there was a green line in the sky, it was indeed ...... A bit like the Aurora?

It's a bit like it, but the straight line is clearly artificial.

Chen Xing hadn't communicated with anyone since the plane landed yesterday, and said, "That should be a lighthouse." ”

"The lighthouse is like this?"

"Don't you kid, this is a lighthouse? What country are you from, have you ever seen a lighthouse? ”

"Friend, you speak French very well."

The person who shouted that it was Aurora before was a little dissatisfied with Chen Xing's words, insisting that it was Aurora, Chen Xing didn't continue to talk to him, and the others also echoed when they saw this, and finally coaxed this person over.

Chen Xing just saw that he was mediating and thought that this person was very good, but when the argument was put on him, would he still be unreasonable.

"Ugh."

Chen Xing sighed, and didn't have an in-depth understanding of this group of French tourists, after thinking about it, he walked in the direction where the lights came from.

The lighthouse moves slowly, and it is difficult to tell which side is the starting point with the naked eye, but it can be judged by the brightness, and the brighter end of the sky must be closer to the starting point.

Chen Xing walked in this direction.

Anyway, the city is so small, even if it comes to the end, it probably won't take much time to take a taxi back to the hotel.

Walking from the church to the direction where the green light appeared, he soon saw a lake, which was a little smaller, more like a larger pond, surrounded by bright street lamps and many people walking.

The most beautiful houses are probably the houses on the other side of the lake, each one is very bright, as if every brick on the wall has a small light bulb embedded in it, white lights, yellow lights, and red lights......

Their bright reflection also appeared in the calm lake, with a trailing shadow, psychedelic and beautiful.

Half of the lake has frozen, and there are still water birds and ducks in the lake where the water is not frozen, and now it is winter, and the ducks are sleeping in rows by the lake, these Nordic animals have become accustomed to life in human cities, and they seem quite comfortable.

There are also quite a few tourists here, throwing bread at the ducks who are not sleeping.

Chen Xing also went to buy a piece of bread, but he didn't throw it to the duck to eat, but ate it himself, he was already very hungry before he had not mixed with other people's wedding luncheons in the church, so he tore open the bag of bread and gnawed on it.

You have to guard against seagulls flying in the sky, if you are not careful, they will fly down and snatch the bread from your hands.

Chen Xing saw that a person had just thrown a whole piece of bread out to feed the ducks, and when the bread was still flying in the air, it was taken away by a seagull that swept by quickly, and Chen Xing almost choked with laughter, and coughed several times in a row.

A white hand appeared in front of Chen Xing, holding a bottle of water.

"Saliva?"

Hey? Chinese, fellow countrymen.

Chen Xing glanced up, this was an older sister in a blue down jacket, her face seemed to be in her thirties, but her smile was only twenty years old, with two braids, looking very young.

Chen Xing subconsciously took it.

There are also girls who are attentive and accustomed to it.

Now is not the time to say thank you, Chen Xing quickly opened the lid and poured a few sips of water, and finally swallowed the piece of bread that choked on his throat, and then said to this sister:

"Thank you."

She was even happier when she heard Chen Xing speak Chinese, and said, "You're welcome, I can see at a glance that you are from China." ”

Chen Xing smiled and said, "It's not a monster, what's your name?" ”

"My name is Chen Jiaqian, you are so young, you will definitely not suffer if you call me Sister Chen."

“……”

Chen Xing looked at her relatively simple clothes, and could see that the down jacket was a domestic thread-knit sweater, as well as the two conspicuous braids...... This is obviously not the kind of Sister Chen that Chen Xing expected.

He really wanted to say Sister Chen, I don't want to work hard, but the reality doesn't give him a chance.

I'm getting ahead, why haven't I met this kind of sister yet?

"I'll call you little sister."

"Everything." She didn't care about the title, and asked, "You're here to watch the game, aren't you?" ”

At this time, if you see this kind of obviously 20-year-old students in Iceland, you don't need to ask, you must be here to watch the game, especially this year, EDG is in the finals, and the domestic piglets are laughing to death in the toilet.

She didn't pay attention to the game before, but because this year's competition was held in Iceland, as a person who has a little influence in China and has lived in Iceland for a long time, she was invited to participate in the recording of a lot of shows about this game.

"Pretty much." Chen Xing said.

The purpose of his visit to Iceland is, of course, first of all to travel, and then to see the final of the S race and Ai's bicycle race, both of which are races.

Chen Xing didn't know what to do for the rest of the time, anyway, he would talk about it then. A new country, a fresh city, there are still many places waiting for Chen Xing to explore, even if Reykjavik is finished, he can go to other places in Iceland.

Well, when the time comes, I will write a book "Travel is a Life: A Travel Diary in Iceland"

I was inexplicably happy to think that my travelogue was about to be published.

The corners of Chen Xing's mouth suddenly turned up, and he ate this piece of bread mixed with water in a few sips, and said to the young lady: "Knowing is fate, not to mention that we are still families, my surname is Chen, I invite you to have a meal, Sister Chen." ”

After hearing this, Chen Jiaqian looked at Chen Xing's face, young and handsome, and suddenly sighed and said, "But I'm already married." ”

"Ah???h

Sister, you think so beautifully.

"Then call the eldest brother with you."

Chen Jiaqian said: "Forget it, or we can meet tomorrow when we compete, and we will definitely be able to give you a surprise at that time." ”

It's quite family-friendly.

Chen Xing didn't force it, shook the drink she sent, and said again: "Thank you." ”

"You're welcome." She replied.

After this episode, Chen Xing continued to walk towards the place where the green light appeared, and it didn't take long for him to see the ocean.

It's a real sea, not a fjord like Oslo.

In the dim light, he could only see the surface of the water in front of him, and the ocean here was still calmer than the tropical ocean, but the waves still kept coming, allowing the people standing on the shore to hear the sound of the water.

The ocean laps on the shore, and the sound of hitting the stones is crisp and nice.

There was a whistle in the distance, and a small light appeared on the sea, most likely a ship, is the whistle of the ship so loud that I can hear it when I stand so far away?

The people who live in this neighborhood are really unlucky, how can they sleep listening to such sounds every day.

Further afield, the green light shone from the depths of the ocean, at first as a green line, which did not spread out at all, and then the light came towards Reykjavík, which became larger and larger, and then blurred the surroundings as if there were aurora borealises.

"I'll just say it's a lighthouse, huh."

Chen Xing's words were for himself, and he couldn't remember what the person he wanted to argue with before looked like.

Crash!

The sea water brewed in a big wave, and the stones resisted the provocation from the sea without moving, and the sea water was like a counterattack, and the sea water was beaten into countless small splashes flying everywhere.

Chen Xing felt a chill on his face.

It's cold.

I took out my phone and looked at the time, it was almost seven o'clock in the evening.

Anyway, I have determined that this green light is a lighthouse, so there is no need to stay at the beach, and I am afraid that I will not be able to withstand these clothes when the wind blows.

As soon as he turned around, Chen Xing saw a mixture of purple and green 'silk' appear in the sky

Stretching from the perimeter of the city, it seems to want to net the whole city.

This is the real aurora.

………………

At the same time, Chen Jiaqian, who is at home, is editing a video, she is a writer, and she is also a grandmother who shares her life on the beep station.

Big data unconsciously affected her.

People who have never swiped Chen Xing's video actually saw Chen Xing's appearance on the homepage of the website.

It must be him, this face is so recognizable that it is hard to forget after seeing it once.

Wouldn't it, such a coincidence?

This video doesn't seem to have been posted by himself yet, because the title is called - "Come in and wash your eyes, photographer Chen Xing's 2023 works collection"