Sean sent Han Qi to Glendafjörður in Iceland. This small town is located in the west of Iceland, far away from the capital Reykjavik, but there are also scenic spots such as Snæfellsjökull and Budir Black Church nearby.
However, it cannot be called a tourist attraction at this time. The official has issued a notice prohibiting pedestrians from approaching the volcanic area. The volcanic eruption can cover several kilometers around it. Local residents have been evacuated before. The eruption will take place tomorrow afternoon.
Han Qi was very disappointed that he could not go to the scene with Sean to witness.
He is recuperating in a hospital here.
People who are in good health will not get sick easily, but if they get sick, they are unlikely to get better in a short time.
It had been two days since he fell into the water, and Han Qi still had symptoms of fever.
The specific symptom is a relatively serious cold, which actually doesn't have much impact on Han Qi, but he has to follow Sean around. If he gets dizzy at any time, he must not fall into the volcano?
So he could only watch Sean carrying his bag and setting off.
It was his first time to come to Iceland. He had a good impression of Iceland. When he passed the customs, the official was very enthusiastic and even wanted to invite Han Qi and Sean to dinner, but they both refused. Han Qi felt that this
The officials' will is a bit strong.
I strongly want to invite Han Qi and Sean to become Icelandic citizens.
Is he so eager for artists? He has never met such enthusiastic people when passing through customs in other countries.
He was sitting on a bench outside the hospital basking in the sun, with a little nurse taking care of him standing next to him.
There are not many patients in the hospital in this small town. If local residents get sick, most of them are treated in nearby clinics and will not easily come to the hospital for treatment. Although there are exemptions for medical treatment, the additional expenditure is still higher than in the clinic.
Fifty percent more doctor visits.
So the nurse is relatively free.
Han Qi is the patient in charge of this nurse named Joyce.
"You have a fever and you don't stay in bed to recuperate. You insist on going out to hang out. I really can't understand how you can be so energetic." She stood a little in front of the bench and said to Han Qi with her hands folded.
"I am born with good spirits, there is nothing I can do about it."
Han Qi stretched out.
He was holding his mobile phone in his right hand. He sent a detailed account of his life over the past few days to Ctrip, and then briefly talked about it on other social media.
Of course I didn't mention falling into the water.
He knew that Ingrid would definitely be paying attention to his account during this period, so there was no need to talk about this kind of unfortunate thing. It would have no impact anyway. Let’s see what fun things there are in Iceland later. He asked the nurse to find out if there was anything nearby
A seal gathering place.
Han Qi thought to himself, he might be discharged from the hospital tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, right?
A cold is nothing serious. As long as the fever does not continue, it will be fine. It doesn't matter if you feel weak. He believes that the white blood cells in his body will work very hard.
One day later, Han Qi left the hospital under the surprised eyes of the doctor.
They were very surprised. Didn't they say that this man fell into the water for five minutes just two days ago? It is also a relatively cold stretch of water in the Arctic Circle. A normal person would have to lie in bed for ten days and a half, but this great painter only lived in
The illness was cured after two days.
Well, although Han Qi was very healthy when he first came here, in such a short period of time he looked like a normal person. His physical fitness is really not that good.
The only thing Han Qi carries with him now is a carry-on travel bag. Han Qi forgot all his daily clothes on the ship. When he was taken away by the rescue team, Han Qi forgot about this matter. Obviously, other things
People have also forgotten.
But that's okay.
Han Qi walked around the town twice and changed his clothes first.
His favorite thing to wear in winter is Icelandic sweaters. There are Icelandic sweaters that look very delicate, and there are also handmade sweaters with strong Icelandic national characteristics. They look very old-fashioned, but Han Qi likes them very much.
In such weather, all you need is a sweater and a coat to keep warm in Iceland.
In the Arctic Circle, it can be said that winter has arrived, but winter can also be divided into warm winter and cold winter. Now it is warm winter... In fact, this can also be distinguished by how long the day lasts. The polar night in Iceland is much more serious than that in Norway.
During the polar night, no place in Iceland can see the sun.
That's when it's winter.
After changing his clothes, Han Qi rented a car and headed towards the seal gathering place he had inquired about.
He likes animals very much, dogs, kittens and so on.
Seals have only been seen in the aquarium. A few scattered ones were lying lazily in the venue. It felt a bit pitiful and there was no sense of relaxation like seeing them in the wild.
Especially polar bears.
There is only one solitary one in the aquarium in Chengdu, wandering back and forth, which makes people feel sad to see it.
I heard that there are polar bears in Iceland, and sometimes polar bears break into people's lives.
The car is running on the road, and its off-road performance is based on the roar of the engine. This sound makes racing driver Han Qi very intoxicated. He unconsciously speeds up a bit, enjoying the excitement that the engine and speed bring to people.
He thought to himself, what is Sean doing at this time?
Perhaps he was standing in the crater of the volcano, surrounded by the small civilian plane he rented, waiting to take the first photos after the volcano erupted. This was a groundbreaking scene, because there had never been such a brave person before, nor was there such a suitable person.
opportunity.
It was a pity that he was not there, but he understood it very well.
Even if I went there, it would be impossible for that small plane to seat so many people.
Forget it, let's just look at our baby seal.
Absorb more European energy and have fun playing games.
As the beach got closer, Han Qi began to hear the sounds of some kind of animal, one after another, and there seemed to be a lot of them.
He looked over there, but was blocked by a small mountain peak and couldn't see anything.
After a few more minutes, Han Qi finally started to see the first seal.
This little animal that likes to bask in the sun climbed to the highest point of the hillside next to it, and then disappeared when I looked at it. Another one ran up to grab the territory and squeezed the first one down. It started to bask in the sun with a squeak.
Han Qi had to watch the road and occasionally look over there.
But soon we saw more and more seals.
After bypassing the mountain, Han Qi came to a beach. Several cars were parked next to it. There were about ten people on the entire parking platform. Almost everyone had a camera. Those who were not holding a camera also took out their mobile phones to take pictures.
Han Qi drove the car first and watched the seals squeezing on the beach.
It's so spectacular.
There were too many seals. Han Qi glanced at them and couldn't even include all the little ones with his eyesight.
There are at least tens of thousands of people on this beach, right?
He took pictures for a while, then frowned and took out the mask in the car and put it on as soon as the excitement wore off.
It stinks so much.
After a while, others saw his mask, and a girl came up to communicate: "Hi, hello, do you have any more masks?"
"have."
Han Qi glanced behind her and asked, "How many people do you have?"
"Four."
Han Qi found some masks for them in the car.
They all look young, they must be students at a certain university, right? And the girl’s accent doesn’t sound like someone from Iceland, it’s a pure American accent.
The people in Iceland are also very interesting, and their accent sounds a bit like Old Norse.
I heard that the first batch of immigrants in Iceland were Vikings who were tired of the pirate life. In terms of language, this rumor should have some credibility.
After locking the car door, Han Qi walked forward with the camera.
"Handsome guy, it's very dangerous ahead!!" someone warned.
It is still useful to lend out masks. Is this coming without advice? But he didn’t want to get close to them in the first place. He just wanted to climb on a rock in front... For good photography, of course you have to find a good angle and a good composition.
.
Otherwise, if you take a random photo, what’s the difference between it and the one taken with your mobile phone?
There were no seals on the small rock he was going to go up, and there were no seals on the section of the road he was going to go up to, so Han Qi felt it would be very safe.
Compared to Sean's experience, this danger may be nothing.
"Don't worry." Han Qi said.
He moved very quickly, and his good physical fitness and height allowed him to jump up and grab the edge of the stone, then stand up and jump on it.
This stone is two to three square meters in size and is very spacious, but the fracture on the edge is obvious. It may be the huge rocks that fell after the surrounding mountains were exploded. The height is also close to three meters. Because of this, the seals also come up.
Not coming.
There were more than a dozen seals testing ahead, but they couldn't come up.
Han Qi took some photos of them.
This is the first time I have been so close to this kind of animal.
Their bodies are all spindle-shaped, which is very suitable for swimming, and their heads are round and cute, much like dogs.
I don’t know what kind of emotion was in the little guy’s eyes. According to human terms, it should be blank. He probably wanted to know how Han Qi got up there. They also thought about basking in the sun on such a platform. That must have been a feeling.
Very comfortable.
Han Qi looked at the countless seals on the beach and then looked at the sky.
The sunshine is a bit dazzling now.
I don’t know what the seals will be like in an hour. If they still don’t return to the sea, wait until the sun sets and the dusk light first shines on the sea and then on the beach. Then take pictures of this beach.
I guess it will look good.
He took a few random photos first.
But I don’t know if Han Qi’s presence inspired the seals who wanted to climb up. Now there are more of them under the rocks.
There are even many seals surrounding this stone.
It's just that the height of three meters makes it really difficult for them to get up.
"Sir, come down quickly!"
"Come down quickly, they are all gone!"
Several tourists shouted loudly in the distance, some in English and some in Icelandic.
Han Qi thought about the photos he would take later, and hesitated for a moment, not going down immediately, but at this time he was surrounded by baby seals.
The presence of Han Qi gave them encouragement and made the seals believe that this rock can be climbed up.
So they all rushed here like crazy.
Seals can't walk, nor can they use their front feet to walk on the ground like sea lions. They can only squirm slowly. They are very tired, so they breathe heavily. This made Han Qi hear breathing sounds from all directions, and then
Make him worry.
He walked over and looked at the place where he climbed up.
Oops, there are several seals trying to come up one after another.
Are you so obsessed with basking in the sun? The sun is going down. If you don’t go find dinner early, why are you coming to me?
You don’t want to eat me, do you?
Han Qi's heart froze, but he quickly remembered that the information he had checked in the past two days showed that humans were not within the diet range of seals, so he felt relieved.
But he didn't dare to go down like this, mainly because he was afraid of hurting them if he jumped.
However, he also comforted the group of people in front of him who were more nervous than him.
"They will disperse when it gets dark. This place is far from the sea. I will be fine. Don't worry."
At this time, someone came into the hospital.
"Hey, my name is Walter, have you ever met a Chinese named Han Qi?"
"Han Qi?"
The little nurse Joyce heard someone talking about this reputation and looked up.
People you don’t know.
While Han Qi was in the hospital, there was nothing to do, so the two chatted a lot. She heard from Han Qi's story that many fans would try their best to meet him during the trip and leave an autograph or something. Could this be his too?
fan?
The person at the nurse's station glanced at Joyce and pointed.
I mean, just ask her.
When Walter saw a young and beautiful female nurse standing in front of him, he nodded a few times and spoke quickly:
"Hello, my name is Walter. I have something to ask Han Qi. I heard that he is a very famous painter, but I won't disturb him. I heard others said that he is currently receiving treatment in this hospital. I
Can I meet him?"
After saying this, he saw that Joyce was still in a daze and added: "I only need to see him for two minutes."
"So you're not a fan of his?"
The intense interest in Joyce's eyes dimmed.
She thought she could meet a crazy fan. In order to meet his idol, a crazy fan chased him from the United States to China and then to Iceland. This was definitely a very interesting thing.
As a nurse in such a small town, she really hoped to encounter such a thing.
What a pity.
"He will be discharged from the hospital today. You can go to the seal gathering place and have a look. If you are lucky, you may be able to find him."
"Ah? He's been discharged from the hospital?"
"Yes, Mr. Han Qi is recovering well and the doctor has approved his discharge."
"Then what, how to get to the seal gathering place?"
Joyce looked this man up and down. He was a little slovenly, a little silly, and his thin body should not pose any danger to Han Qi. Then he said: "You leave the town on the right and walk two kilometers to see
When you reach an intersection, turn left and you'll be there. There are street signs all the way."
"Okay, thank you."
Walt quickly went out and rode his bicycle, pedaling hard to the gathering place.
When he came over, he saw seals all over the beach, a group of tourists taking photos with envious expressions, and a man squatting on a rock in the distance, holding something and feeding the seals.
Is that Han Qi?
This sentence flashed through his mind.
Because Han Qi was the only Chinese person present, even though many Asians in the West are face-blind, it is still easy to distinguish them clearly among a group of white people.
He walked over, carefully avoiding the seals, and asked Han Qi on the stone five meters away:
"Hello, are you Sean's friend? Do you know where Sean is?"
"You want to find him?"
"Yes, I'm from Life Magazine. He forgot to give us an important negative. I need to find him."
Han Qi took a closer look at him, and suddenly felt a little familiar.
"I also have a dress like yours." Han Qi said.
"Well...this should be yours. I fell into the water, and the sailor put me in the clothes you left."
"Did you fall into the water too?"
Han Qi was inexplicably happy and fed all the biscuits to the seal closest to him. He stood up and clapped his hands and said, "Then we are also brothers who wear the same pants. So, if you can help me get rid of the seal in front of me,
