Harry Potter’s Morning Light

  Chapter 684 Impromptu

Speaking of the European royal family, more people first think of the United Kingdom. The Queen of England is the oldest royal family member. The Windsor royal family is the highest-profile and most photographed royal family in Europe, but in terms of wealth, the British royal family is not the highest. The queen has huge wealth, and can only be ranked fourth among the monarchs of the European royal family. The richest royal family in Europe is the little-known small country Liechtenstein.

  The total population of the country is less than 40,000. The government assembly has only five people including the prime minister. There is no airport, railway station, or army. But in such a country, whether it is the total wealth of the royal family or the personal wealth of the monarch, it is the highest in Europe.

  There are so few Muggles, let alone wizards. The European special train has only one stop in Liechtenstein, its capital Vaduz, but it is not in the capital, but the Lindau on the shore of Lake Vaduz.

  On February 27, 2005, the morning they were expected to reach Venice, Pomona and Severus boarded another train to Venice.

There are always so many surprises during the journey. Although the journey was delayed, it is still very cost-effective to stay in Switzerland for two days, but there are not many passengers who are as leisurely as them. Most of them have already taken other trains and left. , Even the chef of the dining car is not the dumb Philip who loves to watch movies, but an Austrian wizard with a big beard.

  Oh, Philip broke his promise. He asked Pomona to make dinner while watching the sunset.

  Not all dumb guns are as disgusting as Filch, and not all German wizards like black magic. Joseph likes food magic very much. German dishes are all kinds of sausages. No matter how delicious it is, it will make people feel that they have no appetite.

Fortunately, this train departs from Paris. French cuisine always does not disappoint. A glass of grapefruit juice with croissant, vegetable salad, scrambled eggs, plus a little caviar, is nutritious and healthy. It's Pomona's breakfast.

  Severus’ breakfast consisted of potato waffles, a cup of black coffee, and a German newspaper, which was as boring and boring as him.

  She used an iced spoon to scoop a spoonful of caviar into her mouth. When the caviar burst in her mouth, the salty and umami flavors were released.

  The best caviar comes from the Caspian Sea, which is a salty lake. Compared to the Mediterranean basin, Russia’s cold climate is much harsher, at least much less than the dazzling array of seafood in Mediterranean countries. The salty and umami taste in her mouth reminded her of those fishermen who braved the cold to fish, and the frozen Volga River. Every bite is a feeling of life.

  The Orthodox canon has a fasting period of up to 180 days per year. Coupled with the 7-week fast period before Easter each year, believers cannot eat meat for 229 days in a year.

  Whoever has not eaten meat for such a long time, and not everyone is a vegetarian, caviar has become a trick of the Orthodox Church. With it, everyone finally has a bite of meat.

  There is a story. One day shortly after the Mongols conquered the Volga River, Batu Khan left his command center and took his wife to visit a nearby Orthodox cathedral. In order to win the conqueror’s favor, the church solemnly prepared a sumptuous banquet-the menu included fish soup made from small sturgeon meat, whole grilled sturgeon, and a dessert after the meal. The heated apples are served with marinated sturgeon roe.

  When this dish appeared in front of Khan’s wife, she was so disgusted that she ran out of the restaurant for fear of avoiding it.

  Shakespeare mentioned in his masterpiece "Hamlet" that caviar "is not in the taste of ordinary people". Cicero, a politician and philosopher known for his eloquence, wrote: "This fish is only suitable for a few chosen people to eat."

  Although the sturgeon itself played such a prominent role in the dietary life of the ancient Romans, the Romans did not leave a word on caviar.

  The rise of caviar originated in Constantinople in the Middle Ages, followed by the surrounding area centered on the Greek Orthodox Church.

  The Russians have always wanted to be a part of Europe. In 988 AD, Vladimir I, Grand Duke of Kievan Rus, married the Byzantine princess Anna as his consort in 988. The Greek Orthodox Church monks accompanied Princess Anna to Kievan Rus.

   Vladimir I, who married Princess Anna, immediately ordered the prohibition of the Slavs’ polytheistic beliefs, and forced all Kievan Russ to jump into the Dnieper River to be baptized, historically known as "Rose Baptized." At the same time, the Orthodox Church became the state religion of Russia.

Compared with Russia, which is eager to join Europe, the Germans have formed their own cultural characteristics. Many people in Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and other neighboring countries speak German. Now there is a blonde German girl in the dining car while playing the harp and singing. German song.

  The tone was very simple, there was no gorgeous decorative sound, like a bard, and like a song sung by a boatman, it sounded a sad beauty, so she kicked the opposite person.

   "What are you doing?" He didn't bother to look up, and asked while reading the newspaper.

   "What is she singing?"

"Wait, although he will wander and wander, one day, the hero will go home, he will go to the unreached place, but one day the hero will return to his hometown, he knows the secret of the unknowing place, but in the end One day, the hero will go home." He told the lyrics boringly.

   "Who is that hero?"

"how could I know?"

  She felt so boring and went on eating breakfast sullenly.

"She sang the story of the hero Otto. The hero Otto was carried back to his hometown and to a place he was familiar with when he was a child. The hat was turned over, buried in the ground, and the wand folded in two. How sad." The lady dining alone looked at Pomona and said, "I hope you don't feel offended. There are only a few of us in the dining car, and you seem to really want to know."

   "Oh, hello." Pomona looked at the middle-aged woman. She was wearing a professional suit with her hair curled up. She looked like a professional woman.

  Her breakfast is not as rich as Pomona, scrambled eggs and sausage, plus a few slices of bread, a cup of coffee, and some beans, it looks very British.

  "Are you British?" Pomona asked.

   "Yes." The other party was very happy and said "Where are you from?"

   "Scotland."

  The woman’s smile widened, "Me too, my name is Sophia Jorkins, please don’t mind, I haven’t met a fellow countryman for a long time."

   "Linda Smith, this is my husband."

   "Ahem." Severus coughed twice, and Pomona didn't report his pseudonym.

   "Are you going to visit relatives?" Sophia Jorkins asked.

   "No, this is our honeymoon trip, how about you?"

   "Business trip." Sophia said, "I work for the International Federation of Wizards."

  Pomona looked at her with envy, "I believe it must be a very interesting job."

   "Not as interesting as you think." Sophia smiled dryly.

   "Are you married?" Pomona asked.

  Sophia smiled and shook her head, then lowered her head to continue eating her own breakfast.

  Pomona turned around so bored, she looked at the luxurious breakfast in front of her, and suddenly lost her appetite.

   "Her last name is Jorkins." Severus looked at the newspaper and said, "I don't remember that Bertha Jorkins had a sister."

  When he was reminded, she only remembered that Voldemort killed her and turned Nagini into a Horcrux when Bersha was on vacation in Albania in 1994.

Tom Riddle tortured her with the drill curse, reminding her of what was forgotten by the oblivion curse cast by the old Barty Crouch-Barty Crouch Jr. is still alive, so he found Barty Crouch Jr. Let him pretend to be Alastomoudi and sneak into Hogwarts.

  She began to remember, what did she forget?

   "You can Apparate, why take the train?" Pomona looked back at Sophia Jorkins, but she didn't respond.

  "I used closed earplugs to listen." He put down the newspaper. "The front is Bavaria. She is not like you. Someone makes you happy. Maybe only the beautiful scenery can make her feel happy."

  "Will we pass by Neuschwanstein Castle?" she asked.

"of course."

  "Why does the train from London pass this way at night?" She was dissatisfied and asked, "How many beautiful scenery are we going to miss?"

   "Did you forget?" Severus smiled, showing a mouthful of yellow teeth. "We are wizards, dear."

   "What?" she asked inexplicably.

   "Let's continue to see the scenery." He said in a good mood, and looked down at the newspaper again.

  This is why she wants to run away from home and become a professional woman!

  She was so annoyed that she ate his waffle too, leaving him only two croissants.

  (End of this chapter)