带着女儿游欧洲(2):国王十字火车站•喂石狮子•欧洲彩虹

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这是女儿非常激动的一天,因为她站在国王十字火车站。她与哈利·波特的女主角同名,那些她喜欢的人物从这里消失,登上霍格沃茨特快列车,去了一个神奇的魔法世界。们没有找到94分之3台,但是我们从9号站台上车,也算是非常接近了吧。女儿美滋滋地,登上了欧洲之星的子弹列车。

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借道法国,来到了比利时的布鲁塞尔。这儿的建筑与伦敦相似,屋顶上都有许多小烟囱,每个房间享有一个,是从前用来流通空气的。

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我们来到闻名遐迩的大广场,长方形的广场建于十七世纪,被列为世界文化遗产。环顾四周,金碧辉煌,像极了浑身珠宝的女人。不仅仅是金项链、金手链,连发稍上都荡漾着珠花,脚趾头上都缠绕着饰物。以俗人的俗眼来看,似乎是俗气了一些,可是俗得风韵十足,俗得威名远扬,被维克多·雨果称为世界上最美丽的广场。

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条条小巷通向大广场,各条路自有各条路的风格,街边处处是卖华夫饼的小贩。

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小路是不分人行与车道的,眼睛一亮开来一辆
Lamborghini

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在一个隐秘的街角上,高高地站着尿尿小童。据说是在十三世纪的时候,这个小孩发现敌兵装置的火药即将爆炸,急中生智,撤泡尿把引线浇湿,从而挽救了这个城市生命财产。这个赤身露体的小童雕像建于1619年,由著名雕刻家杜哥瓦所塑造。1747年,路易十五曾赐他一件镶金绣袍,随后赠衣者大有人在,小童的衣服有三百五十多套,我们去的时候他穿上了黑色镶金外套。

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继续前行,来到了以木鞋、郁金香、风车闻名的荷兰。看到成排的自行车停车场,我们骑车上学的小朋友高兴极了,称这是一个绿色环保的城市。

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一直知道水城威尼斯,却不知阿姆斯特丹的运河毫不逊色。登上玻璃顶游船,我们游览了大运河。外面有最现代化的建筑,也有十二世纪的老建筑,古桥,新桥,桥中桥,让我想起了周庄,想起了江南的水乡。

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晚上是自由活动时间,我们来到市中心的广场。广场上有教堂,有黑色斑斑的王子宫殿,也有崭新明亮的豪华名店,以及千奇百怪的礼品商店。一群牛在天花板上跳舞,你说奇怪不奇怪?本来想买一双木鞋,想来想去没什么机会穿,也就作罢了。

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女儿在广场上追逐鸽子,佯装喂食石狮子,一天的疲劳就在欢声笑语中释放了。

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一天中走了四个国家,多个景点。女儿晚上写日记时,只记得了火车与轮船,看来一天的活动过于丰富了。

从伦敦到荷兰,夏天象春天一样寒冷,一阵风,一阵雨,就像三岁娃娃的脸,一日变三变。上次带着儿子游欧洲,根本就没有带伞,也没有记得下过雨,没有想到欧洲变得这么多愁善感。

在去旅馆的途中,我们见到了彩虹,一轮巨大的、跨越天际的,五彩缤纷的欧洲彩虹。

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17 day trip –day 3 (transit day)

Methods of travel: five out of five

I traveled on a train, two buses, and a boat. That's a lot of traveling! I started out from King's Cross Station.  It's different than what I expected. In California, the train stations are very small. However, King's Cross Station is much bigger. There were some strange conveyer belt things. They were like escalators in every way except for two: they are less steep and don't have stairs. My train was on platform 9, though I didn't find platform 9¾. When I was in Amsterdam, I went of a boat tour. Did you know that the canals there were originally moats for a castle? I didn't! The boat had two parts, an inside covered area and an outside area. I was mostly on the outside. About halfway through the tour, it rained, but I still decided to stay outside. There were many other boats in the canals.

Average score: five out of five

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