Riding in 13 countries in Europe (28) Lao Gao Lucerne bought a watch.

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I am a retired senior engineer from Zhengzhou Railway Bureau Research Institute. June 20 13, I was 66 years old and Gao Yuting was 69 years old. Two 18-year-olds traveled in Europe alone for three months. This is the first time that China citizens have traveled around Europe as couch surfers.

Now our riding experience is published in serial form. It truly records what we saw and heard, without adulteration, and tries to be illustrated as much as possible.

Serialized articles may be very long, and it is expected to reach more than 100 episodes. Thank you for sharing my happiness. Please criticize and correct me.

Riding in thirteen European countries (28)

Lucerne's specialties are Swiss watches, high-grade jewelry, chocolates, sabers, handmade lace and embroidery. There are many watch shops, jewelry stores and watch brand stores in the square and its surrounding areas. Together with Vendome Square in Paris, it is listed as the two major watch and jewelry shopping centers in Europe. Lao Gao has plans to buy watches in Switzerland this time. We arrived at the square early in the morning. Because there are swans by the lake, I call it Swan Square. It's still early, and the surrounding shops are not open yet.

It rained very little, so we took a walk and took pictures by the lake. There are many swans playing freely in the lake. Among them are precious black swans. When I was feeding the swan bread in my hand, the swan raised its neck high, and Lao Gao seized this precious shot without losing time. In the past, the cycling association photography team organized everyone to go to Sanmenxia Yellow River Wetland to shoot swans. I don't have a long-focus lens, and I haven't been there. This is my first time to approach a swan.

Lake Lucerne is near the city center. There is a telescope by the lake, through which you can see the distant view of the Alps.

Although Lucerne is a small city, its architectural styles are different, with obvious European style, spires, domes and towers. There are no high-rise buildings in Lucerne, usually three or four floors, with six floors at most. The most important thing is that these buildings, no matter what style, have aesthetic feeling. After decades and hundreds of years, people can't bear to tear it down and abandon it. I haven't seen the slogan "quality first, a long-term plan", but their leisure buildings have a history of one or two hundred years. So I ran all over Europe and didn't see a word "demolition".

Europe is a place where philosophers come forth in large numbers. Don't they understand a simple truth: only by smashing an old world can a new world be built?

Watch shops opened one after another. We know that more than 40% Swiss watches in Lucerne market are bought by tourists from China. So almost all watch shops have Chinese service, and some shops are all salespeople in China. You see, there is only one English letter, OPEN, on this gate, but its Chinese prompt is: brand products are only expensive but not excellent, and they warmly provide Chinese services. Another store's watch description must not forget the Chinese logo: "automatic mechanical watch".

There is also a watch shop whose advertising brochure has a more charming slogan: "Can you be compared to a sunny summer?" ! "

Here we met two groups of tourists from China. One group seems to be a mother and daughter. They asked the shop assistant about the watch.

The other is a man with several friends or family. I think, isn't this a true portrayal of the purchasing power and pride of Chinese people? I picked up the camera and clicked, clicked and took several photos in succession. Who knows that this middle-aged man was extremely dissatisfied and shouted at me: "What do you take?" ! "So, we are not civil servants, not on business. I invaded people's privacy and could only apologize to them immediately: "Sorry, we are also here to travel, just patting. If you mind, I can delete this photo. " His answer is beyond doubt: "Delete, delete! "

Later, I thought, this boy has money in his pocket, how can he be so weak? Is he guilty?

Hey hey, don't think about him. Because we are old, it's time for the black powder to appear. Lao Gao was a train driver before he retired, and his salary was not high. This time he traveled to Europe because his son made some money by sailing. I want to buy some watches in Switzerland before going abroad. Today, I finally came to the world-famous Lucerne Watch and Jewelry Shopping Center in Switzerland. Two salespeople from China serve Lao Gao with a decent attitude and are responsive; The tall northeast waiter is even more eloquent. Lao Gao bought nine watches in one breath, including his own, his wife's, his eldest son's, his second son's, his daughter-in-law's and his grandchildren's. In short, everyone has a small clock. A total of 20,000 to 30,000 RMB was spent. I was so short of money that I didn't contribute to the Swiss people and didn't even buy a multifunctional knife. I'm really sorry.

I bought a watch. Lucerne turned it. Today, I plan to visit another scenic spot in Switzerland, Lake Zug. Our next stop was originally planned to be Bonn, the capital of Switzerland, and then to Lausanne, Geneva, and from Geneva to Italy through the Alps.

After flying back from Germany, I had to cancel my plan to go to Geneva. In Zurich, I heard from friends born in Beijing that there are very cheap "dry cakes" in Chuge, and the mountain scenery near Lake Chuge is surprisingly good, especially the lake is surrounded by mountains, dense forests and sparsely populated. You can see the mountains in the distance and the water nearby; Skiing in winter and summer; Or natural oxygen. A few words touched us and we decided to go to Chutu.