900 885. Departure From Christmas Village (1/5)

Chapter 900 885. Departing from the Christmas Village (15)

These two wars had a profound impact on Finland.

During the Second World War, although Rovaniemi was far away from the center of Europe and lived in a corner, it was still not immune to the impact.

People who have been to this city will find that some ancient buildings in the city have the shadow of Germany. This is because the German army was stationed here and a large number of buildings were built at that time.

However, this also led to the tragedy of Rovaniemi. At the end of World War II, it was violently bombed by the Allied forces, and the old city was almost razed to the ground.

The sky is bright and the city is alive. Because of the polar night, people in the city especially cherish the daytime, especially today is Christmas.

It has just snowed heavily, and the ice on the ground is thicker. There are not many cars in this city, but there are many horse-drawn sleds, dog sleds, and electric sleds.

Christmas trees are planted on both sides of the street, and there are gift boxes hanging on the trees, which can be picked by anyone. There are some small gifts inside, such as a piece of fruit, a piece of candy, or a small doll.

Rovaniemi is the busiest at Christmas time. Tourists from all over the world will gather here. Wang Bo stood on the street and heard various accents and languages, including Chinese.

The little loli happily sat on the pumpkin cart, and the young man and the queen got up and dragged the sled cart and started running.

Wang Bo beckoned and escorted him all the way: "Run slowly, just bring the car!"

The main reason is that he can't run, there is too much ice and snow on the road, and he has to slow down when walking on it, and if he is not careful, he will fall down.

Wang Bo has seen several tourists fall, and he doesn't want to be one of them.

A bearded white man came up to say hello and said, "Hi Merry Christmas, are you tourists?"

Wang Bo heard that the Finnish people's personality is similar to the local weather, a bit cold, but he didn't expect someone to greet him, so he said happily: "Yes, hello, sir, Merry Christmas, may the Lord bless you."

It is easy to distinguish between locals and tourists. Tourists struggle to walk on the road, while local residents ignore the ice and stride forward. Some even get up for morning jogs.

The bearded man smiled and said: "The same blessing, please enjoy the festive atmosphere in Rovaniemi, Santa Claus will be dispatched soon."

The two sides exchanged friendly greetings and parted ways. On the way, Wang Bo said to Eva: "It seems that the Finns are not as indifferent as the legends say."

Eva said: "Finns are vigilant, not indifferent, but that guy was a little too enthusiastic just now. I guess he must have drunk a lot of vodka."

The weather is cold, and the Finns have two national sports, one is ice skating, almost everyone can skate, and the other is good drinking, everyone has a good capacity for alcohol.

There was a young man dancing on the sidewalk by the side of the road, dancing with hands and feet, with exaggerated body twists. Wang Bo nodded rhythmically and said with a smile: "Finns really have a passion for life, and they came out to practice dancing so early."

Eva guessed: "He is dancing street dance, he is really a hardworking guy, should we ask him for an autographed photo? I think he will become a famous street performer in the future."

The two were discussing. At this time, the young man made a somersault-like movement, but he couldn't stand still and fell to the ground. He got up and scolded in embarrassment: "Fake, there is ice on the damn road, I shouldn't Walk on the sidewalk!"

Wang Bo and Eva looked at each other, then quickly lowered their heads and walked.

On the edge of the urban area is the Kemi River, which is known as the mother river of Christmas City.

There is no doubt that the river has already frozen over. Standing on the bridge, the cold wind blowing from the river makes people blind.

The two stood at the head of the bridge and looked forward, following the Kemi River that crosses the city, you can walk to Onas Mountain. This gentle mountain is very suitable for hiking. Tourists come here in winter to watch the aurora during Christmas. In summer, It's for hiking.

At this time, the snow-capped mountains stand between the sky and the earth, the mountains are surrounded by snow and fog, and there is a vast expanse of white everywhere, quiet and beautiful.

Eva suggested, "How about we go skiing?"

Wang Bo kissed her and said, "Of course I'm going to go skiing, but not today, today is Christmas, we should look for Santa Claus."

When you come to Rovaniemi for Christmas, all you have to do is go to Santa Claus Village to find Santa Claus, otherwise there is no point.

Little Lolita waved proudly: "Get in the car, I'll take you to find Santa Claus!"

Eva shook her head with a smile, and said, "No, no, girl, do you want to exhaust the queen and the young men to death?"

The young man raised his head and let out a groan, his eyes were cast aside, as if he was dissatisfied with Eva's contempt.

Wang Bodao: "I think the queen and the strong men can drag us, but this pumpkin cart may not be able to bear our weight, it may be dismembered on the road!"

Little Lolita became nervous when she heard that, and said: "Then you guys should run along, I'll let the strong men run slower."

Wang Bo definitely can't run. There is still some distance between the urban area and Santa Claus Village. He wants to rent an electric sled.

This kind of tool is very common in Rovaniemi. There are a lot of tourist companies in the north of the city engaged in this. The price of renting an hour is only 18 euros.

Wang Bo rented a large electric sleigh, and the waiter issued an invoice to them and asked, "Which one of you has a motorcycle driver's license?"

Old Wang asked in surprise, "Do you still need a motorcycle driver's license to drive this?"

The waiter stopped typing on the keyboard and said, "For your safety, sir, we can't rent you a sleigh without a motorcycle driver's license."

Eva said, "Well, here it is, we're taking the kids to Santa's Village. You see, she's on a dog sled and we're just with her, so it's going to be slow, certainly not faster than a dog sled." quick."

The waiter hesitated a bit: "But we have rules, I'm sorry..."

Eva smiled flirtatiously, glanced at the male waiter, and said, "Today is Christmas. Our Christmas wish for many years is to meet Santa Claus. Don't let our wish be shattered?"

The waiter immediately surrendered: "OK, Merry Christmas, take this list and go over there to pay the deposit, I wish you a happy day."

When it was time to pay the deposit, Wang Bo knew that Eva's beauty trick just now was useless, because there are two types of sledges here, one is similar to a motorcycle, and the other is similar to a car!

Cars are more expensive, the rent is 100 euros a day, and the shape is very smooth. There are luxury car shapes such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and Lamborghini, as well as conceptual shapes such as bullets and rocket launchers.

Although this kind of rent is expensive, you don't need a motorcycle driver's license, you just need a car driver's license.

Naturally, Wang Bo rented the latter one. He chose a red bullet shape, which looks like James Bond's car, which is very cool.