在诺丁山,我看见一个男生向一个女生 say hi,她略带疑惑地回过头,旋即露出一丝淡淡的、有些惊讶的笑容。两人轻轻拥抱,像是久别重逢的朋友。

伦敦这座城市我很喜欢。尤其是夜里,灯光一亮,街道依旧繁华,很有烟火气。建筑保留着旧时的样子,街边商铺的装饰也各有各的心思。回来之后很久都没倒过时差,脑子里还回味着伦敦的故事与氛围。

每到一个城市,我都想留下一小段文字,记下当时的心情和感受。可一年年过去,人也变得迟钝起来,很难再把心里所想准确地写出来——那些开心和遗憾,总是找不到合适的字眼,其实挺闹心的。

这一年过得不太开心,因为工作上的事吵过好几次架,也很少有自己的生活。年初在巴黎偶遇十年未见的朋友,本来让我对这一年有了特别的期待,想多见见老朋友;可如今回头看,过去一整年只见了三个朋友,都只是短短的一两天,突然有点生自己的气。

所以这次我推掉了手上的工作项目,特意飞去伦敦见这位许久未见的朋友。我们约在一家炸鱼薯条店,她从公司赶来,穿着日常的衣服,没怎么刻意打理,显得很亲切。和她已经近三年没见,坐下来一边翻菜单一边聊起各自的琐碎事,时间一下就拉近了。点了招牌炸鱼薯条,随意挑了两种叫不上名字的鱼换着吃,炸得蓬松,看上去分量很足,其实也就半条的样子,味道倒出乎意料地不错。

饭后走在伦敦的街上,下午刚下过一阵小雨,路上的积水倒映着灯光,我很喜欢。我们走了好久好久,从考文特花园一路弯弯绕绕走到贝克街。一路上聊了很多,这几年攒下的故事,得意的,失落的,那些自己一个人想了很久的事,也顺着夜色一点点说了出来。她讲她的,我讲我的,偶尔停下来等红灯,又接着说下去。有些话原本以为不会再提起,那一刻却落得很轻。心里很安稳,有一种奇异的安全感。

唯一的遗憾是时间太短,没能去成牛津,没能看到白崖,也没去成爱丁堡。我特别喜欢《One Day》,没记错的话,取景地就在那里,要是能站在电影里那片山坡上俯瞰城堡,一定很美好。

Though I had long grown accustomed to traveling alone, solitude invariably arrived unannounced on the third night. As ever, I ventured out, hoping to wander through the nocturnal streets in search of solace. I consider myself a rational person, yet my subsequent actions were guided purely by intuition. I ran through the Louvre, past the Seine, and by Notre-Dame, driven by an intense longing to encounter her amidst the Parisian streets veiled in night. But when I suddenly looked back, she was nowhere to be found in the midst of that flickering light. Thus, I boarded the night metro, leaving the heart of the city behind, and ascended to the Basilica of the Sacré-Cœur on Montmartre. I sought to calm my troubled soul, and I must confess that the profound emotion I felt in that moment gave me a sense of salvation. The years of toil and solitude erupted in that night, utterly dismantling the emotional walls I had erected within myself.

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