Every winter, residents of northern Sweden like to travel to southern Sweden or the southern islands, or simply go to Central Europe.
The reason is nothing more than the word cold.
It was fine during the day, but now when it gets dark and the sun is completely hidden, the severe cold of winter emerges from the ground.
Therefore, there are no pedestrians on the street, and no shops open for business.
Chen Xing was thinking that even Gothenburg was like this, so how should we live in a city in the Arctic Circle?
I'm afraid it looks like a ghost town at night.
The street lights illuminate the road extremely brightly. Along the way, you can see the small warm lights decorated by the surrounding residents at the door or on the roof. The vehicle then turns into an alley, but this alley is also lit and is quite wide.<
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This alley is a bit like Chen Xing's residence in Paris. On one side are various stores, and on the other side are rows of houses, most of which are two stories.
"We're here," Nathan said.
He parked the car on the side of the road. As soon as Chen Xing got out of the car, he saw the dazzling signboard on the store. Different from the monochromatic signboards around him, this one called 'iris bar' lit up the sky in the alley, making it look bright.
Overflowing with color.
Nathan led Chen Xing forward and said: "This is a bar opened by my friend. Iris means rainbow in Swedish. She likes rainbows very much, so she must make the sign like this, with lights of several colors.
It kept flashing, and my eyes were hurt.”
It is indeed a bar for friends.
Chen Xing felt that this difference was very distinctive, so he said: "It's okay, that's why the bar is conspicuous, isn't it?"
"Why does a broken bar need to be conspicuous?" he scolded with a smile.
Open the door and go in.
Music suddenly came from inside, but the music was not loud, and the light was dim and slightly blue. Under this light, you can see things clearly, but not very clearly. There is a hazy feeling as you walk inside.
, in fact, the brighter it is, the smell of alcohol comes to your face along with the aroma, heat, and the stuffy atmosphere of a crowded gathering place.
"Eh? Nathan? Is it Nathan?"
"I haven't seen you for a few days."
"I heard that you went to receive a big photographer. Come and tell us what the big photographer's temper is like?"
"Yeah, I heard what you said was so mysterious. Have you ever gone to learn a few tricks from him?"
In a corner of the bar, a group of people greeted Nathan enthusiastically after seeing him.
But they can only see their friends clearly. After all, they are all so familiar with each other. Even if they can't see clearly their faces, their walking posture, the style of their clothes, and even their general body shapes, they can always remember them.
As for the people around Nathan, I didn’t pay much attention.
"Tom, if you have the idea of learning photography, then you have found a treasure. Let me introduce it grandly. This person is the winner of the Arles Photography Award and an internationally famous young photographer, Chen from China.
Mr. Star!"
After he finished speaking, he was waiting for his friends to speak.
But everyone was stunned.
Why did you bring the real owner here? Why didn't you tell me earlier? They were still making fun of Chen Xing just now!
How embarrassing!
But fortunately, everyone reacted quickly. A few people clapped loudly, which made many people in the bar look over. Someone from a distance asked: "What good thing happened to you? Tell us about it to make us happy too?"
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"Nathan? Come and have a drink!"
It can be seen that many people in this bar do know each other.
However, there were also some first-timers who looked at the applauding men curiously and said nothing.
Chen Xing didn’t know what to say in this situation.
Fortunately, the people watching TV in the distance were very loud, and Qi Qi shouted loudly: "Good shot!!!"
This sound attracted the attention of most of the bar.
"Damn it! How did you kick this ball in?"
"Great! It's a tie now! If you're lucky, you might win!"
"Win the shit!"
The bar instantly became noisy.
Football in Europe is an activity that almost everyone participates in. Even in Paris, France, where everyone walks with an arrogant air, some people will get into a fight over a ball in a bar, causing fans of the two teams to fight each other.
Scold.
Chen Xing doesn't understand why they like football so much, but you can often see fans having fun quarreling in European bars.
Asian football is inherently weak, let alone domestic football. How could Chen Xing, a post-2000 generation, fall in love with football under such circumstances?
But he likes this atmosphere very much.
Nathan's group did not participate in the public debate at all, and just like Chen Xing, a melon-eater, sipped wine and watched the excitement.
Chen Xing has begun to adapt to the taste of this bar.
People are like this. When entering a bar from the street outside, they will always feel uncomfortable, especially those with a sensitive sense of smell. But as long as you stay in such an environment for ten minutes, you will hardly feel the pollution brought by the environment...
...unless you subconsciously dislike this place.
When everyone sat down again and there was no more excitement, Nathan and the others refilled their glasses with beer and continued chatting.
"Handsome Chen, let me meet you. My name is Tom, Tom of Tom Hanks. I was just kidding."
"Understood." Chen Xing smiled and raised his glass.
He could feel that they didn't mean any harm when they said something about him, and they weren't saying anything unpleasant, so what should they care about?
"My, my, my, my name is Eulide Rodriguez."
Nathan quickly swallowed a sip of beer and said: "Chen, even though he looks tall and thick, he is a poet."
"Wow, that's awesome."
Ouli's face immediately turned red. He must be a thin-skinned person. He hesitated and said: "It's just a hobby, a hobby. I work in a library as a library assistant."
This profession is even more powerful.
Chen Xing said: "In our country, many great literati came out of libraries."
"Really?"
Chen Xing nodded and then said: "I can't even tell that this is Sweden. You speak English so well."
"Of course, apart from the UK, our country should be the European country that speaks the best English," Nathan said.
"Why?" Chen Xing was a little curious.
There is no doubt that the mainstream language in Sweden is Swedish. This can be found in various details in Sweden, such as price tags in stores and supermarkets, sign language on road traffic, legal terms, and housing contracts.
These are all made up of pure Swedish.
But their English level, as Chen Xing said, is quite good.
Just a slight accent.
In fact, you will have an accent when you speak English. Don’t think that the English you learn in school or hear in listening tests is the English used all over the world.
When traveling abroad, there are many situations where two foreigners in different cities cannot understand each other after a conversation.
After you go abroad, I'm not afraid of your Chinglish, I'm just afraid that you won't be able to speak it.
