Being a tour guide for historical celebrities, the motherland is amazed again

Chapter 138 Is it delicious? Is it delicious? What's good to eat?
Seeing the spacious and clean airport, Wang Mang excitedly took out his mobile phone and took pictures like others did.

"Mobile phones nowadays have really high pixels. If I had a smartphone more than ten years ago, I wouldn't have to carry a camera everywhere I go."

"Brother Wang, what did you do before you traveled through time?" Su Jiahe asked curiously.

"I'm just an ordinary person. When I was young, I made some money doing business. Then I drove around and traveled everywhere. I usually do photography, painting, mountain climbing, etc."

"This kind of life is so comfortable." Su Jiahe thought, after receiving twenty tourists and having free time, she can also live like this.

The two boarded the plane and after two days of traveling, they finally arrived in Iceland. As soon as they got off the plane, a gust of cold wind hit them in the face.

"Oh my god, it's so cold in Northern Europe." Wang Mang shivered and couldn't help but wrap his down jacket tightly.

"This place is close to the Arctic Circle, of course it's cold." Su Jiahe said, wrapping her scarf a few more times to cover her cheeks.

After leaving the airport, the two waited in the cold wind for a long time before a taxi finally arrived.

"Master, let's go to the Black Sand Beach Hotel." Wang Mang said casually after getting in the car.

The blond taxi driver turned around and looked at Wang Mang in confusion.

"Brother Wang, we are going abroad and people there don't speak Chinese," Su Jiahe reminded.

"You see, I almost forgot, but I can't speak foreign languages ​​either. Can you?" Wang Mang looked at Su Jiahe.

Su Jiahe took out his cell phone and wanted to communicate using translation software, but suddenly found that his phone was out of battery.

"This crappy phone uses up its battery really fast when the weather gets cold."

Although he had been away from school for many years and had long since returned the English he had learned to his teacher, Su Jiahe had no choice but to bite the bullet and study.

"Hello, we want to go to the Black Beach Suites."

"OK," the driver nodded and stepped on the accelerator to drive forward.

"Wow, he actually understood me even though I spoke so poorly in English." Su Jiahe was a little impressed by the driver's listening skills.

"Jiahe, it's great that you can say it. Many people can't." Wang Mang said approvingly.

"Brother Wang, actually, most people know some English nowadays. I'm considered a poor learner."

"Oh, do people nowadays speak English? I was wondering why there are so many Chinese tourists traveling here."

The car was driving on a deserted road. Outside the window was a wasteland, with a few buildings occasionally passing by.

Wang Mang looked at the increasingly bleak scenery outside the window, feeling a little uneasy.

"Jiahe, we are unfamiliar with this place. We won't be kidnapped and thrown into the wilderness, will we?"

"Brother Wang, don't be afraid. Iceland has only about 300,000 people. It's a vast country with a sparse population, so it's normal for it to be a little quiet."

Half an hour later, the car arrived at the hotel entrance.

Before getting off the bus, Wang Mang suddenly felt like showing off the few English words he knew, so he quickly shouted to the driver, "Is it delicious?"

"Ah?" The driver and Su Jiahe were both stunned.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?" Wang Mang saw that the two looked unhappy, so he changed his words and said, "What's delicious?"

The carriage suddenly fell silent. Su Jiahe looked at Wang Mang with strange eyes, and after a while asked, "Brother Wang, what do you want to say?"

"Am I wrong?" Wang Mang was a little embarrassed after making two mistakes in a row, and in his anxiety, he blurted out, "What should we eat?"

driver:? ? ?
Su Jiahe: ...

The atmosphere on the scene became increasingly awkward. Wang Mang guessed that he had said something wrong again, but he racked his brains and could not think of the correct statement.

"Brother Wang, if I'm not mistaken, you want to ask the driver how much the fare is."

"Yes, yes, what did you say?"

"That's how much."

"That's it, eat whatever you want, eat whatever you want!" Wang Mang slapped his head, hating himself for not being good enough. He didn't think of it just now, and instead of pretending to be cool, he embarrassed himself.

The driver finally understood Wang Mang's meaning and said to Su Jiahe, "one thousand and seven hundred."

"How much?" Su Jiahe thought he had misheard. He couldn't believe that a journey of just half an hour would cost 1,700 yuan. Although it was Icelandic lonks, it was still 90 yuan when converted into RMB.

The driver thought Su Jiahe didn't understand, so he gestured and repeated it again, and handed Su Jiahe the receipt, which clearly said 1700.
"Why is it so expensive?" Su Jiahe had heard that prices in Iceland were higher, but she didn't expect it to be so high.

Arriving at the front desk, Su Jiahe gestured to the service staff with her hands and spoke broken English. She successfully completed the check-in procedures and went upstairs to her room.

The room is decorated in a simple Nordic style, with light wood furniture and white gauze curtains hanging in front of the floor-to-ceiling windows. Standing in front of the window, you can see the sea view in the distance.

"Hotels abroad are quite charming," Wang Mang said, and took out his cell phone to take pictures.

The two of them took a break, had a quick meal at a nearby restaurant, and then headed to the scenic spot to watch the aurora. Su Jiahe thought he had arrived early enough, but he didn't expect the place to be crowded with tourists waiting for the aurora.

"Why are there so many people?"

"Of course, I've heard that this is the best place to watch the aurora in Iceland, otherwise why would I come here?" Wang Mang said.

"Brother Wang, you're quite knowledgeable about tourism. You even know this."

"I've always loved reading geography books and travel magazines. I've always wanted to travel abroad, but transportation wasn't very convenient back then."

Iceland is close to the Arctic Circle, so it gets dark early in the winter. By 4 or 5 p.m., the sun is already setting in the west, and the stars, like gemstones, are embedded in the deep blue sky.

"The starry sky here is so beautiful." Su Jiahe had never seen the stars so clearly before.

However, the night in Iceland was even colder. After a while, Su Jiahe felt that his hands had lost feeling and he quickly put his hands in his pockets.

"It's so cold. When will the aurora appear?"

"Don't worry, the aurora is something you only see when you least expect it. It doesn't necessarily appear every day, and you don't know when it will happen."

"Ah? If it weren't for today, wouldn't we have been freezing in vain?"

"It doesn't matter if we don't see the aurora. The result isn't important; what's important is the process of pursuing it. Even if we didn't see the aurora, we still saw a lot of scenery on the way here."

Wang Mang stood in the cold wind, with his arms folded in his pockets, looking calm and composed, in stark contrast to the tourists around him who were jumping for air from the cold.

"Brother Wang, I didn't realize you were such a philosopher." Su Jiahe was impressed by Wang Mang's mentality. If it weren't so cold, she would have wanted to reach out and give Wang Mang a thumbs-up.

As the day grew later, more and more people gathered. At around seven in the evening, a faint green light finally flashed across the dark sky.

"Here it comes, the aurora is coming!" There was a commotion in the crowd, and then it quieted down.