The world is so big, I want to see it

——Even if she is unprepared and does not understand the language, as long as she wants to go, she can set off and become an observer of the world. The world is so big, take advantage of now and go further.

I recently finished reading "The World is So Big, I Want to See It". The food and architecture in the book particularly attracted me. I couldn’t help but think about what travel means to me: traveling to places different from where I was born and grew up, appreciating the local customs of different places, enjoying the specialties of different places, meeting different people, enjoying different scenery, and satisfying my own understanding of the world. curiosity, expand your knowledge, and bring spiritual joy! It can be said that traveling is a good way to relieve stress.

The introduction to this book is the author’s travels to ten places including Germany, Sweden, Norway, Slovenia, Finland, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, and Southeast Asia (Philippines, Sabah).

The author of this book is Jin Jiao, a beautiful foreign company manager who loves to travel around the world. She came up with a way to travel at low cost without quitting her job, so she became a sofa guest for the whole world. She started traveling irregularly at the age of 22, and she has traveled almost everywhere in Northern Europe. She likes to set off and arrive alone, always accompanied by a 28-inch suitcase. She likes to drink and chat with the handsome landlord, and often writes down when she is drunk. What I saw and heard along the way, what I thought and felt.

This book involves the term "couch-surfing". A brief explanation: "sofa-surfing", as the name suggests, means "sleeping on other people's sofas". The word "couchsurfing" comes from a global self-guided travel website for couchsurfing. It was founded by a young man named Fant in the United States on January 1, 2003. Its idea originated from a foreign trip, and its novelty and cost-saving features quickly spread among fashionable people.

The rise of this group is nothing more than the most attractive aspect of sofa travel - saving money. Compared with hotels, not only can you save travel expenses, but you can also make all kinds of friends and give yourself a different trip.

The author is such a couch surfer.

“Most of my travels are done alone. The 28-inch suitcase covered with flight luggage tags has been seriously damaged and almost scrapped after accompanying me through more than a dozen countries. The sea breeze at the west end, vomiting on strangers after drinking too much mulled wine at the Christmas market, fishing and picking mushrooms around the Arctic Circle to stave off hunger... I also lived in the most expensive country in the world, eating instant noodles every day. I have been looked down upon by others and reviled by racists because I did not understand the rules of survival in a strange country, but what I have received more is the care from strangers and the enthusiastic help from friends I met along the way. Only when I travel can I forget the past. It was my own life and I walked into the scene of the movie. When the time difference kept changing, I couldn't chat freely with most of my friends in China. When I got up, they had already said good night to me. At this moment, I felt as if I was with you. I lost all contact with my hometown, and what happened on the other side of the world actually had little to do with me. Only in my dream, I walked through the very familiar street leading to my elementary school and bought pancakes at the school gate. I walked through the half-walled green-painted staircase in the school building and started reading in the morning. This dream also intersected with my dream of eating spicy hotpot and snail noodles. ”

The above quote is from the book. From the preface, we can see that the author is lonely and strong. In short, I admire him.

Reading notes:

Gothenburg, Sweden:

Sweden is one of the countries closest to fairy tales in the world. Its capital, Stockholm, is the most beautiful capital in the world. One, the hometown of Nobel. Gothenburg is Sweden's second largest city.

I thought the author was a brave person, but I didn’t expect that she was actually a person who was escaping from life. She felt a pang in her heart when she thought of the mess of work in China.

I watched the author’s travel section on Gothenburg tonight and felt the humanity of other countries.

When I saw the Lobster Festival in Gothenburg, I felt a little hungry.

Norway: a country close to the Arctic Circle, the capital is Oslo

Today I saw the author’s trip to Norway. I admire the author. The author’s travel abroad really depends on netizens. The netizens he knows, If you are an online friend that your roommate knows, you can save on accommodation fees and get a free tour guide.

Norway is the most expensive country in the world, so people traveling on a budget sleep in tents at night. The Norwegian government has also introduced a law for this reason: you cannot stay in the same place for more than 24 hours. The way budget travelers deal with this is to move their tent one meter away from its original location after a day. Okay, that's great.

The author also has the experience of fighting for food with seagulls. Seagulls are not afraid of people and even snatched the author's lunch.

As soon as I started reading tonight, I was craving for Norwegian salmon. Now I am hungry. I continued reading and saw that the author met a new netizen, a Chinese named Abi, who said that he I am a quarter of Scottish ancestry, but I also said that I am one-third of American ancestry. I am confused and thought I was asking a math question!

Slovenia:

Next, I followed the author’s words to Slovenia (former Yugoslavia), close to the Alps, a country with only two million people, after the disintegration of Yugoslavia. A country joining the European Union.

What’s even more funny is that when it was time to say goodbye, the boy who had been accompanying the author was reluctant to keep the author. The author said that he had to go back when his visa expired. The boy actually said: You can stay in the basement of my house. The solution is always some. I feel a little cruel! Fortunately, the author chose to go back,

"Although this place is beautiful and does not belong to ordinary people like us, I am still used to staying in a place where the PM2.5 on the screen is so high, and living exhaustingly by squeezing the subway every day, at least , you can go to KFC after get off work." This sentence is quite good.

Germany:

The Germans stop trains accurately to the second. I admire them.

I feel the hardship of life. For the rare seat in the car, the author endured the German naughty children climbing up and down, kicking the author in the ribs every ten minutes.

The author did not throw the cigarette butts into the ashtray in public places, but into the trash can, which caused the garbage to be ignited and release harmful gases. Fortunately, someone came to put out the fire. Was the author too stressed?

Austria:

Vienna, the capital of Austria, the character of the Austrians here is somewhere between the rigid Germans and the naturally romantic Dutch, strict but not rigid.

Vienna’s signature dish - Viennese pork chop, I really want to eat it!

Stephen's Cathedral has a conical tower that soars into the sky. The bottom is composed of countless small spiers, surrounded by layers of beads, like a crown dedicated to Vienna. Noble and elegant.

At the Vienna State Opera, you can enjoy unique and second-to-none performances every day.

Switzerland:

10 euros (78.6358 yuan) can only buy a bowl of egg soup as clear as pot washing water in Switzerland.

The author has a habit of hating having unused local currency with him before leaving a country. I might keep one as a souvenir.

Here is Lake Zurich, a glacier lake formed by the northwest-flowing Lint Glacier and Rhine Glacier.

The Swiss nose is unique to the Swiss, as sharp and thin as a blade, and as tall as the Alps.

Spain:

The author said that the European economy has declined in recent years, and Spain is too poor. Some people cannot afford to pay off their mortgages and have been kicked out of their homes by banks. Do not go out at night. , the public security is not good, for example: once two pirates used AK47 to rob someone at someone's wedding.

An architect's paradise, Antonio Gaudí, the most famous architect in the entire city and even the entire country. June 10, 1926, was supposed to be a normal day, except that the tram opened to traffic today, but on the first day it opened to traffic, an old man was knocked down. The person who was knocked down was probably just a beggar. He was dressed in rags and had a withered appearance. He was sent to the public cemetery for a hasty burial just like other homeless people who died violently. This "beggar" is Gaudí.

Gaudí’s works: La Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló (fairytale style), La Pedrera….

The quintessence of bullfighting, flamenco dancing, Las Ramblas "the only street in the world that I hope will never end", Liceu Theater, Boqueria Market, Columbus Monument

Spanish "churro" bagels are one of the items with lovely value. The churros are dipped in sugar and wrapped in thick cream; seafood risotto.

Portugal:

The capital of Portugal is Lisbon.

The Arc de Triomphe, which can be blown by the sea breeze, the discoverer monument commemorating the sailing prince Enrique, who established Portugal's leading position in the Age of Discovery, and the starting point for the great navigators to set sail - Belem Tower. The westernmost point of the Eurasian continent, with unobstructed sea breeze and small size - Cape Roca.

The author said: Lisbon is always beautiful. How wonderful it would be if we could settle here and follow this city to live peacefully and elegantly.

Southeast Asia:

Looking at the author’s experience in the Philippines, it was miserable.

Manila, the capital of the Philippines, is one of the least secure capitals in the world and the country has legal firearms.

The author encountered others asking for tips in various ways, and the author’s friend was robbed by Filipinos and lost his luggage, small bag, and mobile phone.

I also want to go to a warm place for vacation in winter.

Magical, the author travels and meets stars.

Malaysia is a Muslim country, and the Philippines is Catholic

I bought this book from Dangdang. Why did I choose this book from the vast sea of ??books? First, this book The title of the book attracted me, and the second was the craze of the same title in 15 years: On April 14, 2015, a letter of resignation received rave reviews in WeChat Moments and Weibo, triggering heated discussions and attracting countless young people to follow suit.

The world is so big and I want to see it. This is a resignation letter from a female psychology teacher at Henan Experimental Middle School. The reason for resignation was only 10 words: The world is so big and I want to see it. Some people commented that this was "one of the most emotional resignation letters in history." After interviews, it was learned that the author was a female psychology teacher who joined Henan Experimental Middle School in July 2004. The leader finally approved such a willful resignation letter.

Later, while traveling in Dali, Yunnan, she met her Mr. Right.

In short, what I want to say is that we young people must be sensible in everything we do and cannot blindly follow the trend, otherwise we will lose both people and money. Work hard when you should work hard, travel occasionally to relax, and satisfy yourself and your family. Although there is a saying that says, "Life is not only about the present, but also about poetry and distance." But first we must live well in the present, only then can we be able to pursue poetry and distance. It is good to have feelings, but we must pay attention to reality.

Summary after reading this book:

1. Travel with family and friends and not feel lonely

2. Work hard when it’s time to struggle and base yourself on reality< /p>

3. Be a positive person who loves life, learn to relieve stress, and relax appropriately

Do more and try more while you are young. Precisely because you are young, you have the capital to fight hard; precisely because you are young, you should not be trapped by life. Life is only a hundred years, and you have to live a colorful life to live up to the experience of being born in this world. The deeper meaning contained in "The world is so big, I want to see it" is "love life". Love life and live up to it.