Chapter 715 "Andemoda Florian"

After the Hebrews left Egypt, they met the Egyptian Pharaohs in the Red Sea. The prophet Moses prayed for the divine power to separate the Red Sea and allow the Hebrews to cross to the other shore. After that, they came to Canaan, which was called in the Old Testament. Paradise, the "Promised Land" and "Hope Land", is said to be a rich land "flowing milk and honey" everywhere.

  However, when the Hebrews arrived, they realized that it was not true. The flowing milk and honey were missing, and there was sand everywhere, which was far less rich than Egypt.

  Not long after they left Egypt, some people regretted it and kept complaining about the lack of water and food. Their journey to Sinai was a path of complaint, but God still loved them and opened the way for them.

  They wandered in the wilderness for three days. When they arrived at Mara, they could not drink the water there. Because the water was bitter, the place was called Mara.

  The people complained to Moses, saying, What are we drinking?

  Moses called to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a tree. He threw the tree into the water, and the water became sweet.

  Venice is a small island built on the coastal shallows. The seawater is not drinkable. It is connected to the mainland by a bridge. Drinking water is drawn from the land to the island through pipes.

  So they don’t need to devote themselves to the development of desalination technology due to lack of water like the Arabs.

  Seawater is the most abundant and stable water source among many water sources. However, the seawater is bitter and astringent and cannot be directly consumed. It would be great if the seawater can be desalinated.

  Science has helped people improve their lives. Desalination has become a reality. In some places, desalination plants have been put into operation.

  But the cost of desalinating seawater by machines is too high. Using plants to turn salt water into drinkable freshwater sounds like a miracle, but that is not impossible. It depends on how humans design and create.

  Now Pomona is chasing behind a potion professor who is as "angry" as the Pharaoh. After he got up, he found that she had disappeared.

  The Doge’s Palace is on Piazza San Marco. It is separated from the Venetian prison on the other side of the river by the Bridge of Sighs, which is one of the most famous bridges in Venice.

  It is a very peculiar bridge in appearance. People who cross the bridge are completely enclosed in the bridge and can only look through the small windows on the bridge from the inside out.

Venice's architecture also has a magical place. Many places that look like windows are actually painted. Monica said that the former Venetian governor received a "window tax." The houses of the rich often have more windows, but the windows of the poor. Less, so the tax is levied on the number of windows.

  In order to evade tax, every household sealed their windows, but the windows were ugly, so they painted some fake windows.

Pomona is now as eager to try as the students who fouled the school rules and night tours in the castle. The same is true for Monica. After a brief visit to Piazza San Marco, the enthusiastic and energetic Italian girl took her to the square. Flower God Cafe.

The flood ruined the open-air coffee, unless someone was willing to make water and drink coffee, but the coffee shop was still open, Monica was familiar with the road and went in, and then hugged a middle-aged man who was packing coffee cups like a little girl. The woman kissed.

  The middle-aged woman was originally working seriously, but was startled by her behavior, and then the two quickly started talking in Italian.

  Even though she is a woman and the Dean of Hefpaff who loves to chat, Pomona has to marvel at the speed of Italian women's speech, and they can perform an opera by themselves.

In the travel magazine, the Flower God Cafe is the oldest and most famous cafe in Venice. There are five rooms, which are not big. The Hall of Fame has portraits of ten Venetian celebrities, including Marco Polo and Titian; in the Senate Hall The mural depicts scenes in the world of art and science, with the theme "Progress and Civilization Leading the World"; the China Hall and the Oriental Hall are inspired by the Far East. The Four Seasons Hall or Mirror Hall is decorated with women representing the four seasons; the Freedom Hall was added at the beginning of the 20th century: vaulted ceilings, wooden floors and original hand-painted mirrors look very distinctive.

  When the café was first established, because there was no postal service in Venice at that time, customers always liked to entrust letters or items to the café, and the owner would forward it, and it became an important information center in Venice.

Some things are not as trendy as possible. This café is like a coffee museum that is still open. In the era of the Venetian Republic, it was a meeting place for people from the market and the royal family and nobles. The heads of state often use this cafe when they have informal meetings, and it bears witness to the history of Venetian social circles.

  After Monica finished talking with the middle-aged woman, the two of them came to look for Pomona who was visiting in the Hall of Mirrors.

  "This is my mother! She works here." Monica introduced, "If you have any words or things you can hand over to her."

"Hello, my name is Alicia, I am glad to meet you." Monica's mother held Pomona's hand enthusiastically and forcefully. From a close distance, the two mothers and daughters are really alike, especially the eyes. It's exactly the same.

"Hello, my name is……"

   "Oh, I know who you are." Alicia interrupted her rudely, "What would you like to drink?"

   "A cup of coffee." Pomona gaped.

   "espresso or cappuccino?"

  "You can order wine." Monica said, "How about some Italian specialties?"

  "What did you introduce?" Pomona asked curiously.

   "strega, lemon-flavored witch liqueur, that is my favorite!"

   "Come on both, a cup of cappuccino and a little witch wine." Pomona said generously, "Count me treats."

  "Did you have breakfast? Our cafe also offers meals." Alicia said immediately, "You know, Charles Dickens and Goethe often eat with us."

  "It’s better not to go to the pasta shop next door, it’s specialized in butchering customers." Monica said in a local tone, "We have an old saying, Andemoda Florian, the flower **** coffee shop and our locals also come."

  The Flower God Cafe is hailed as “the crystallization of the business brain and brilliant history of Venice”, and now Pomona seems to understand a little bit.

  Just now, she looked at the price list. It was really not cheap, and most of the people sitting in the coffee shop were tourists, not many locals.

   "Our mayor said, how can we come out and play without spending some money?" Alicia urged, "You don't know how tired it is for a woman to carry three foolish daughters alone."

   "Mom!" Monica protested immediately.

  The two people started to "fight" in Italian again. The Italians' lung capacity was really amazing. Maybe it was their normal voice, but it was really noisy.

  Pomona hurriedly ordered some sandwiches, and Alicia left, she didn't forget to glaze at Monica before she left.

   "Every time I find a customer, I will bring him here. My mother said to see the person I picked." After Alicia left, Monica said with a little melancholy, "She was worried that I would meet a bad guy."

   "So you are looking for single female tourists?" Pomona asked.

  Monica shrugged.

   "Mamma Mia." Pomona pretended to say, and Monica laughed at once. She is a very cute girl, although she looks very charming, just like Carmen with all kinds of amorous feelings.

  Pomona did not ask her where her father had gone. A young girl had to rely on a tour guide to subsidize her family. Obviously not all Italians are rich. In the godfather’s movie, Vito Kryon’s hometown is very poor.

  Monica took out the map of Venice from her messenger bag. The area near St. Mark’s Square is the most beautiful place in Venice. There are a lot of Renaissance essences here, but there are also slums here.

  When the Black Death spread in the past, although the Governor of Venice decided not to let the ship dock and go to the outer islands for isolation, there were still 50,000 people, and nearly half of the population died, many of whom were poor.

  This is a city that is half glitz and half sigh.

  Just as they were discussing where to go to their next destination, an Italian-style accordion dance was played outside the cafe. The tune was so cheerful that it was easy to forget the sadness.

  (End of this chapter)