Chapter 251: The Capital of Comics
There are a group of smurfs on the other side of the mountain and the other side of the sea on the other side of the mountain.
They are lively and smart
They are naughty and agile
They live freely in that big green forest
They are kind and brave and care for each other
Ou, the cute smurf...
In addition to diamonds and chocolates, Belgium also has a specialty that has deeply remembered by all visitors - comics.
If Denmark and the Netherlands are fairy tales kingdoms, then Belgium must be a comic world full of childlike fun.
For those born in the 1970s and 1980s, the Smurfs are an indispensable part of accompanying their childhood memories. The lively theme song has become a nostalgic object for a generation, although many people do not know that this work was born here.
There is also the Adventures of Tintin, which is a favorite comic that is over 90 years old. The earliest adventure idol in childhood was the golden combination of Tintin, the Captain and Bai Xue.
Standing on the streets of Brussels, the city is known as the crossroads of Europe. It only takes about 3 hours to and from Amsterdam, Luxembourg and Paris. It has a more lifelike atmosphere than the literary Prague, perfectly blending the sense of history and modernity.
There are more than 700 cartoonists here, which is the country with the highest density of cartoonists in the world. The comic walls that can be seen everywhere on the streets make people walking on the streets smile knowingly, exclaiming surprise and cuteness.
Finally, I saw with my own eyes the legendary first person to urinate anywhere, the famous peeing cub, the little hero in the minds of Belgians. Xiao Yulian got up in the middle of the night to pee and found a burning line of fire near his neighbor's house. He urinated directly to extinguish the fire. The French army's conspiracy to bomb the city with gunpowder was finally in vain.
The bronze statue is very small, five years old, and is about fifty or sixty centimeters tall. Every tourist who comes to Brussels must check in. Even officials and ambassadors from various countries will give him a set of clothes when visiting Belgium.
Now they have their own exclusive wardrobe, which has a collection of more than 700 pieces. They also wear special clothes during festivals.
After this period of baptism, Johnson has gradually learned to appreciate different architectural styles. Each small building has a step-shaped building floor. I heard that the more steps, the richer the family is.
Locals always joke: When local girls look for boyfriends, their father will ask the other party how many steps there are at home, which is also one of the factors that determine the man’s family strength.
After countless tortuous processes such as collapse, reconstruction, bombing and reconstruction in history, the bell tower looks like it, 83 meters high. However, if you look closely, you will find that the left and right sides of the bell tower are no longer horizontal, low on the left and right.
Climb up the narrow steps of the bell tower at 366 levels and overlook the scenery of the whole city. Listening to the traditional carriage passing by and making a crisp sound of horse hooves, it was like returning to the distant medieval times in a trance.
When we arrived at the square, we were sitting on the ground in the square in the afternoon, and the old couple with dogs were staying together on the bench next to the road, holding yellow umbrellas, Free City Tour’s vibrant little brother, the fragrant food market...
Compared with the literary and artistic Prague, it is indeed full of fireworks.
Stay away from the hustle and bustle of the city center, find a riverside tavern, look at the ducks and swans paddling, and quietly enjoy the slowly falling sunset, reflecting the quiet river water and the distant horizon.
Drink a glass of Brugse Zot slowly. The wine is clear and thorough, the wine feels pure and refreshing, with a rich taste, with a little bitterness.
The only beer that is truly brewed locally in Bruges has the profound historical heritage of the six generations of beer families. It is said that drinking the Bruges Madman beer is drinking the best and best beer in the world.
The bartender handsomely rinsed the cup, then slanted the cold beer, then waited for the beer to sit for a few seconds, knocked the cup twice with a knife to make a crisp sound, and quickly scraped off the foam, skillfully and quickly, flowing water.
On an inconspicuous street, there is the museum of world civilization - the Brussels Comics Museum. The three-story building records the development history of comics and contains many famous comic works.
The first floor is responsible for introducing how comics were produced, and the second floor is displaying famous Belgian cartoonists and their works from the early 1969s. As for the third floor is the Belgian Modern Comic Museum, the theme of the collection revolves around the development of comics from the 1960s to the 1990s.
In addition to the restoration landscapes of various exhibition boards, physical books, manuscripts, and many works, many miniature models are even more fascinating highlights of the collection, and there are even classic bronze statues of Sanmao.
Walking through the old city, you can walk into a small street and alley, and you can see comic scenes that are cleverly combined with the environment everywhere. This place is not like the graffiti walls like Berlin, and comic walls are all products that have been reasonably planned.
The theme is limited to comic strips, and the content requires that all be selected from classic characters and scenes written by famous local Belgian cartoonists. Due to the size of the canvas, the width and narrowness of the work must be chosen according to the surrounding environment, but the height is usually arranged to be two to three floors high, so as to keep it as unified as possible.
The number is changing, and it will basically increase by one to two places every year. In order to help tourists find these works, the municipal government has also specially compiled maps and developed a 6-kilometer-long comic path.
Everyone asked, walked along the main square and passed three intersections of a narrow old street, right between the second and third intersections, Ding Ding appeared on a building on the right.
Ding Ding and Bai Xue followed the captain and were running down the fire stairs, trying to escape the police's pursuit. Next to it was Ding Ding Shop, or Europeans had money, and they could do a few hundred euros in one figure.
I found chocolate shops everywhere along the way. After listening to Yelena's explanation, I realized that this is the chocolate capital. Johnson remembers that the chocolates I had eaten were all block-shaped boards or boxes. The opposite is true here?
The finest products are all those sandwich chocolates sold in terms of pellets. Because the shelf life of real handmade chocolates is very short, they cannot be made into pieces or boxed for a long time, and there will be many fresh flavors in bulk.
After several inquiries, I came to PIERRE MARCOLINI. The boss Macolini won the championship in the 1995 Pastry �
In just 20 years, it has become the LV of the chocolate industry. This flagship store is known as the place where chocolate enthusiasts must come to pilgrimage every year.
When I walked into the store, I found that it was not as warm and charming as most chocolate shops. They all used the simplest black and white tones, which revealed low-key luxury and felt more like a jewelry store.
The handsome clerk took out a box of exquisitely packaged chocolates, which were 20 or 30 kinds, each of which was only the size of a sugar cube. The ingredients were directly selected from the cocoa bean farms in Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Madagascar, and Vietnam to hand-made them.
Johnson was not interested in chocolate, but when he saw Yelena's expression of enjoyment, he couldn't help but put a piece into his mouth. He was surprised by the fragrance, texture and concentration balance, and the aroma was mellow from the inside to the outside, smooth in one's body, expressing his unique taste bud enjoyment.
It is said that experts can taste which brand of chocolate it is with their eyes closed. Different brands also have different ways of eating it. Some are suitable for eating it casually, some are suitable for turning into chocolate paste and dipped in fruit, some are suitable for eating it with coffee as dessert, and some are suitable for eating it with wine to show its unique charm...
Chapter completed!