This station, Germany (2)

Each trip back, always make travel syndrome, for example just to see their own airport is located in the city feel annoyed, see desk file began a headache all day and my mind is how quickly the photos to share with friends and get out.

I clearly remember before each trip back that feeling, along with the increase in the number of trips, travel syndrome symptoms are more severe, with symptoms that corresponds to the reduction of the level of excitement before travel is getting lower and lower, in the face of beauty and more difficult to be moved. I do not know is the aging or a sign of maturity, but this is clearly not what I wanted, I fear that one day will become indifferent.

From the airport, sitting in the car watching the familiar Shanghai, found herself completely acceptable travel end, dull and boring days beginning this fact.

When numb to work every day in the car watching the outside of the rolling traffic, high-rise buildings, from work in the skilled in South Shaanxi road follow the crowd stick into the crowded train, home to accept two smelly dog yaotoubaiwei welcome — even if I occasionally in playing with your own photos, Germany and the Czech beauty seems to have died away from me. Until the last Saturday in the evening, because a sleepy car opened to Jinling road. I'm totally unfamiliar one walk through old streets in order to find that yuxing Sichuan cuisine, 6 point to the Sun has set, light lights in and around the old House suddenly let me recall the Luo Württemberg's rainy night, back in Munich walk, think of the lost in Prague. Memories of rainy night Stone Road, with the beautiful flowers of the old House, quiet lake, the magnificent Castle, lonely King, beautiful fairy, cute girl, the Hill of crosses, Frankfurt's Daddy-long-legs, Swan, beer, live band, postcard, happy birthday ... All images and fragments all mind slowly emerge, are becoming increasingly clear that only and discover their deep nostalgia was in the fall of Germany and the Czech Republic.

This station, Germany (2) Bochum & Cologne

Not good first impression

After almost 2 months covering visa ready, our Germany Tour finally take place, but thankfully did not miss the plane did not lost luggage, so smooth came to Frankfurt.

Should be to place more and more reasons to look forward to a long time of departure is far better than my imagination so excited. Air China planes, cough cough, I used to think that all long distance Earth plane is in front of each seat has a TV, but Air China cruel broke my dream, this 11 and a half hours before ' ...

Germany gives the first impression is not friendly to cross the border, the man was a rude, was quite accurate; the Customs to DB information after center to validate our train ticket, the female staff before and a handsome guy talking and laughing, we turn to dive into the cold.

Ms cold a defiant tell us pass on all information should they come to fill in, I said yes, I know, she was cold in ticket stamped validation of the chapter, then cold help us print the evening go to Bochum airfares, we say thank you and enjoy a cold "welcome, bye, have a nice trip", really admire even so good bye phrase can miss the cold conditioned into so icy

LAO's first big trip, look I have bad mood, I comfort she said these people every day and definitely annoying to deal with foreigners, so that they are not representative of this country, you see a country depends on her ordinary people ... ...

Half are said to her, in fact, the other half is said to himself, as to their regulation of obsessive-compulsive disorder.

One night in Bochum

Original itinerary was never this city.

Plus because a friend there have been 5 years living in deplorable conditions. Say I really have a heart, and for many years did not contact Xu jinglei, decided to go to Germany after a shot in the head, like there is a student in Germany, quickly contact quickly. Because we have the day to Frankfurt is in the evening, the suggestions we sit Xu jinglei ICE lives in Bochum, then the next day he took us to visit Cologne. At the Frankfurt airport train station waiting for the journey of the first ICE, saw 20: 05 minutes has passed, the ICE did not occur. Well, the original Germany train not imagined so punctually. Åœ — äº¬æ — ¶é — ' is now 2 am, I and Lao watching sleepy eyes wait 5 minutes after the train came. The train's carriages everywhere is a big 2, this should be the second class, but it looks like after this car so good, it will not be entered into a first class? continues to play her Lao people will ask, ask a person next to Germany, this is the second class? Yes, yes! people smile and reply to Germany. Customs and cold caused shadows will miss him as he began the gradual elimination of smile.

2 hours of ICE, I talked to cities like took out a camera to take a so-called is Germany's fastest and most comfortable train, next to grandfather, smiling at the camera asks me, "Made in Japan?"

"Yes?" "It's inexpensive" I laughed, no answer, grandfather was apparently not malicious, probably just Germany people about Lycra camera pride and superior in sentimental attachment, Hei Hei, who let Lycra expensive, like me, D40 already very adequate. Along with his grandfather is extremely difficult to understand English and I rode all the way, Lao has been in sleep next to stagger, she knack of staying up late or worse than me.

Bochum station is very small, outbound see Xu jinglei, after six years and have never seen, he haven't changed, but that I do hair short he was not recognized, old friends meet feel is nice, especially in

Country home. Xu jinglei belt we sat on the Metro to his college, he said that night there is often little hedgehog on the way to go, it is estimated that I look bad or Hedgehog is not willing to meet with Shanghai to farmers, I looking around for a long time wished to see a legendary Hedgehog, attempted.

Just set foot in the door of the hostel that is like suddenly into hostels, room, kitchen, bathroom design and memories of YHA so similar, so I always feel that they are not in Germany.

Years of living abroad to develop well Xu jinglei already, I and Lao gobble a handful of his delicious sauce with beef, thought in Germany also Delicatessen, he actually said was his own, Khan, two girls will not be cooking up ashamed. So a toss is Berlin time of 12 points, mean we stayed up all night, I was surprised to find that picked up his Xu jinglei sleeping bags have to do the subway to the friends there lived, and he told me before the door, but no way, can only be used with apologies and Lao in his living room. Xu jinglei room is small but clean and warm, Lao see even up aspirations abroad. But also, remember the University into the boys dormitory, room messy difference simply cannot see, Xu jinglei room I saw a guy in a very clean, but it is said that we had before cleaning, change of bed linen.

It is said that Zhang on the second day a 5-point half not woke up, it is said that Zhang sitting in bed for a long time to hesitate to call me.

The good old Zhang afraid she got up after sound to wake me, but also state the time difference of torment and couldn't sleep, so she sat on the bed on one hour, and finally in 6 point half said the first sentence, "get it", said to me "well" of a sound is turned on and unconscious. Lao in the pain waiting for a 7-point, bring my detonation up brushing showers. About I get up before this story is her second day, tell me, that time she has known fact she got up after even the gongs does my pig is no impact on sleep quality.

Early return for the Xu jinglei big breakfast, orange juice, ham and eggs and toast tablets I clip ham has found that when it appears to be raw, but bad work didn't tell never eat raw fish and raw meat of Lao, eaten after ask Xu jinglei is raw, Lao's face broke into complex, happy I die, I admit I'm a bad man, heheheh.

Xu jinglei told me in Germany many ham slices are eaten, the thin in the bread taste in fact, quite delicious.

The crash of 300 multilevel stage

Buy a weekend ticket, 33 ' three men, have done a RB to Cologne, in the train to see several dog sitting quietly at the feet of the master, alas, I do not know Chinese dog wised to such treatment.

I set the online Station is close to the Hostel from the train station, walk for about 3 minutes will be able to.

Cologne Cathedral on the rise in exports, the railway station found the church really high and very high, in front of the square there are two painted silver people perform performance art, the surrounding non-stop someone took over the coin and then, in the afternoon when they already had called it, it is estimated that one morning already earn enough.

Also some artists to paint on the floor, next to sign with some German, asked what was meant by Xu jinglei, to the effect that "a lot of gurus in their work after death to sell a good price, but for them it was too late, in order not to miss another great artist, you appreciate him"

(Also great artist alive & dogs begging's grandfather)

Cologne Cathedral is gorgeous, within a religious motives in candlestick point on one candle flickering telling unlimited warmth and hope.

(Hope of candlelight & ornate glass Windows)

Just go into the Church does not need to buy a ticket, but if you climb the Tower must buy a ticket.

Xu jinglei take us up, suddenly feel that he is not aware of and climb the number of times now to play with and we have to climb once. Proven thin person or suitable for the campaign, I and Lao climbed no moment have shortness of breath, hush hush, Xu jinglei or batting an eye heart jumps. The stage is rather confusing to crash, you'll find yourself continuously in a pencil drifted but do not see the header, the stage is half a metre to wide, there are a large number of foreign next to big fat plug down left half, in order not to block the road behind, unaffordable continues. Climb to the top of the time is off to the left with short sleeves, two legs tired.

Speaking of places of interest, I thought only the Chinese pavilion and other buildings on the XX to this visit, the original abroad is the same as! Cologne Cathedral on top of all of us to reach all the places covered with "XX to this tour!" "xx xx xx" and "love and XX love high deeper than the sea of words such as", and wish I could consider it sells based assessments infants love lock, hung on the fence, estimation of business it is quite good wow.

To be honest and say that I always have to ascend attractions mentioned does too much interest, it is estimated that is too bad, climb up to almost collapsed, disire through the barbed wire to overlooking the beauty of Cologne.

(At the top of the Cathedral to the tour and hail)

Because it is the cause of the Church on Sundays, walking the street next to no shops, can only take a look at the window in the window shopping, high up the Rhine with a row of small commodities market, selling everything insurgents, and even can be said is quite poor, until now, I still did not return to their own in Germany.

Roadside elderly with 2 dogs in begging, gave 2 Europe was said to have a hefty sum, but later found that in Europe with dogs begging is widespread.

(Cologne city impression)

Xu jinglei also brought us to the Chocolate Museum, and Dunedin the edutainment JI Bai

Li chocolate factory, here are some more stringent and academic, the cocoa's past, present and future details, there is a special exhibition to demonstrate the whole process of chocolate production.

In Germany's first two days will soon have passed, the night have to go back to Bochum Xu jinglei, tomorrow will begin no Xu guide journey.

After I saw him on the bus took the night train station, the train station very modern Cologne is very beautiful, and most of the city railway station that messy difference of style is completely different.

The Church in the night than during the day all the more spectacular, the camera has no electricity, no I was not able to insist on back of the Hostel took the battery out of the film the night of the Church, Lao haven't dumped slack has been sleepy, but still insist me out, I find it difficult to tell her that I'm a man out of fear, Germany very safe I am assured that Lao like to her standards I, I won't talk to her, this is the kind of girl.

(Quite magnificent Cologne Cathedral)

On the way back through several streets, suddenly feel that foreign cities, in fact, some similar, I like to present and past all experience do comparisons, although this is not a good habit, but was unable to control.

I'm with Lao Zhang said night of Cologne Street reminds me of Christchurch, don't know when, Germany to tell me that there is nothing else, this is Germany.

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Tips:

· Germany railway ticket use before must find DB staff cover the chapter on validation, you must fill in before today's date.

Our first day of use do not meet the tickets, after every inspection staff.

· Cologne Cathedral den Tower ticket adults 4 euro, it is not for money.

· D is the women's toilet, H is the male, but it is strange that so many times into the female toilets have a man in the hand-washing clean, made me go in and out to see me was not wrong place

· Most of the restaurants and the Museum of toilets is free to use the public toilet charges 0.3-1 euro, McDonald's bathroom need to tip, if your budget is tight, at the restaurant and the Museum has free toilets as in, otherwise the hush hush a day to give a lot of money

· Germany mineral water is usually with steam, if you have not used to buy when we must say No gas.

Water is usually around a bottle of 1 euro, if the water is not very care of yourself in the place of irrigation, Germany's tap water is drinkable. There are also water bottle will require payment of a deposit, ESA 0.25 finished you can go and get back the deposit is returned, this is the support for environmentally friendly practices. But not every supermarket can return the bottle, you can ask to return.

· Sunday all the shops are not business banks post office, when you want to take this into account

· Germany city at the end of September, night temperature differences need to be long-sleeved jacket, but adequate, best day short sleeve wear sunglasses because sunshine is strongly