2009年的12月中旬,我在巴黎,赶上了西欧少见的大雪。一早起来,发现整个巴黎都披上了一层洁白的面纱,清新而神秘。在清晨的朦胧中,迎着飘洒的雪花,我们驱车开往德国。按照这天的计划,要在下午赶到德国的伍珀塔尔市,到那里去拜访恩格斯的故居。不料,刚刚走出了巴黎市区,就被堵在了高速公路上。大雪封住了前行的道路,汽车的长龙绵延几十公里,一直等候了几个小时。直到晚上五六点钟,我们才开进伍珀塔尔。这里的冬天白天特别的短,路灯都亮了,各种建筑的窗户也都透射出幽暗的灯光, In mid-December 2009, I was in Paris to catch the rare snowfall in Western Europe. Early in the morning, I found the entire Paris covered with a white veil, fresh and mysterious. In the early morning mist, facing the floating snowflakes, we drove to Germany. In accordance with this day’s plan, in the afternoon arrived in Wuppertal, Germany, where to visit Engels’s former residence. Unexpectedly, just out of the city of Paris, was blocked in the highway. Heavy snow sealed the road ahead, the car’s long stretches tens of kilometers, has been waiting for a few hours. Until five or six o’clock in the evening, we moved into Wuppertal. Winter here is particularly short in the daytime, lights are bright, all kinds of architectural windows are also transmitted dark lighting,