Starting My Treasure Hunting In England

After completing the search mission, Liang En did not go home. Instead, he accompanied Joan of Arc and went directly to Geneva. As a city located on the shores of Lake Geneva, this city allows people to appreciate the natural and cultural landscape of Switzerland. .

For many young people, the first time they heard about Geneva was in a history textbook, where the Treaty of Geneva was often memorized.

The reason why the treaty was signed here is because of the profound cultural heritage of this city. Therefore, during World War I and World War II, the headquarters of the League of Nations, the first global organization, was established here.

Although the United Nations headquarters, which replaced the League of Nations, was moved to New York in the United States after World War II, Geneva remains the headquarters or offices of many international organizations, such as the headquarters of the Red Cross.

The whole city is filled with warmth and lightness. In the 2006 selection of the world's best cities to live in, Geneva ranked second in the world, which means that everyone generally believes that Geneva is very suitable for living and vacationing.

"Ah, it's a pity that the two of us were so anxious when we came here last time that we ignored these beautiful scenery." Joan of Arc, who was holding hands with Liang En and looking at the huge fountain, raised her head and said.

"You are right, so sometimes we need to take some time to travel instead of staying at home all day or being busy at work, especially now that we have enough money and time to do all this. That’s how it should be.”

After hearing what Joan said, Liang En nodded in approval. After all, he had no shortage of money and time, so sometimes he should learn to relax himself instead of being nervous and busy at work all day long.

After thinking about all these messy things, Liang En turned his head and looked towards the city. The buildings in the city made people feel like they were back in the ancient city of the last century.

There are simple and elegant ancient buildings in the old city on the hills, and there are modern high-rise buildings on the plains. The two form a sharp contrast, as if they are a vivid history book of the development of the small town.

Since the late 19th century, it has become popular among British nobles to travel to Switzerland, and a new trend has formed. Probably since then, Switzerland has become a country with developed tourism.

Therefore, there are many traces left by the British in this city. For example, the Victorian-style villas on the lakeside were left from that time.

Another good thing about Geneva is that yellow people like Liang En are not particularly conspicuous in the place, because tourists of different skin colors and nationalities can often be seen coming and going in the streets and alleys.

Therefore, some people say that "Geneva does not belong to Switzerland", which fully illustrates the high degree of internationalization of Geneva, especially in many places in the cobbled old town where there are more foreigners than domestic tourists.

In addition to seeing the scenic spots in the city, Liang En and the others chose to go boating on Lake Geneva. Looking at the smiling Joan of Arc, Liang Encai realized that he was not a workaholic, but that he had never met anyone who could accompany him to rest and travel together before.

After spending three days having fun in Geneva, Liang En and the others returned to Bern again. Compared to Geneva, the city of Bern is noticeably quieter.

The reason why I visited Geneva first instead of here is because this ancient city surrounded by the Aare River is very exquisite, so it is more suitable as the end of a journey.

Bern is a small city with a population of only 135,000. But it is not small in Switzerland. It is the fourth largest city after Zurich, Geneva and Basel, and it is also the capital of the canton of Bern.

The German name of this city is Bern, which means bear, so you can see bear patterns or sculptures in many places in the city.

There is even a bear garden built along the hillside next to a bridge leading to the old city. There is a sunken area below with some bear sculptures. There are more or less bears in the garden next to it, but there are not as many electric cars as there are in the garden.

The city of Bern was founded in the 12th century, joined the Swiss Confederation in the 14th century, and probably formed its current structure in the 18th century. The city is divided into Old Town and New Town.

The old city is roughly a U-shaped peninsula surrounded by the Aare River, connected to the outside world by several bridges. The Aare River originates near Bern, flows through Lakes Thun and Brienz, and finally empties into the Rhine River.

Although the ancient city of Bern is a World Cultural Heritage, this main street is not much different from the central pedestrian streets of many European cities. There are old buildings on both sides, the road is covered with stone bricks, and there are fountains, sculptures and the like in the middle of the road from time to time.

The special feature is that there are arcades on the first floor of the buildings on both sides, which provides convenience for shelter from the rain. At the same time, Einstein's former residence is also here. It was here that he wrote the theory of relativity in 1905. Now it is also a memorial hall.

Near the west end of the street, there is a clock tower, which is in line with Swiss characteristics. The color of the big clock is more conspicuous, making it the most eye-catching building on this street, but it is still inferior to the astronomical clock Liang En saw in Prague.

This is somewhat beyond Liang En's expectation. After all, compared to the Czech Republic, Switzerland is the hometown of watches. So it is a little surprising that the clock tower in this place is not as good as the clock tower in the Czech Republic.

But after thinking about it carefully, I found that this is indeed reasonable, because during the Renaissance era when the two bell towers were built, the Czech Republic, known as Bohemia in that era, was indeed much richer than Switzerland.

At that time, the Czech Republic had silver mines and salt mines, and was located in the center of Europe with convenient transportation. So naturally he had the money to build a gorgeous clock.

On the contrary, at that time, Switzerland was a standard country with nothing but nothing: although it was a mountainous area, there were not many ores other than stones. On the contrary, its geographical advantages could not be used at all because of the rugged roads.

At the same time, because it is a mountainous area, agriculture in this area is limited to a small number of farmland in the river valleys and pastures on the hillside. In some cases, it is even unable to feed the people across the country.

In fact, until today, this country still mainly relies on imports rather than producing its own food. Only with the advancement of science and technology, they are able to support themselves through industry.

But until then the only thing of value here is the people. This is why the key product of the Swiss in the late century and the Renaissance was the export of labor services, which was the very famous Swiss mercenary army at that time.

After all, for them, this barren land has basically no output for trade. Only these brave and highly disciplined mountain people can benefit this country.

So for hundreds of years, this country's mercenaries galloped on the battlefields of Europe. Even the Swiss mercenaries serving in the Papal States protected the Pope from the 34,000-strong siege of the Holy Roman Empire with 189 people.

Although the troops of the Holy Roman Empire scattered around Rome during this battle and looted, and did not concentrate on attacking, and only 40 people of this mercenary army survived, it also gave the Swiss mercenaries a reputation.

In addition, when almost all the troops defected during the French Revolution, the Swiss Guards once again proved their loyalty to the contract at the cost of the death of the entire army.

To this day, the last Swiss mercenaries still serve in the Papal States, and hundreds of years of history have also proved their illustrious reputation in history.