My dear Theo,

During the journey I thought of you at least as much as I did of the new country that I was seeing.在路途中，我想到你的次数至少与我见到的新的地方的次数一样多。

Only I said to myself that maybe later on you will often be comeing here yourself. It seems to me almost impossible to be able to work in Paris unless one has some place of retreat where one can recuperate and get one's tranquillity and poise back . Without that, one would get hopelessly exhausted.在我看来，要想在巴黎工作几乎是不可能的，除非有一个可以使自己恢复平静和镇定的避难所。没有这些，就会无可救药的变得精疲力尽。

And now I'll begin by telling you that there's at least 60 centimeters of fallen snow everywhere, and it is still falling. Arles doesn't seem any bigger than Breda or Mons.

Before arriving at Tarascon I noticed a magnificent landscape of huge yellow rocks, strangely intricate with the most imposing shapes. In the tiny valleys between these rocks were rows of small round trees with foliage of olive-green 橄榄绿 or grey-green 灰绿, which could well be lemon trees 柠檬树.

But here in Arles the country seems flat. I saw some magnificant red terrain planted with grapevines 葡萄树 , with a background of mountains of the most delicate lilac 淡紫色 . And the landscapes in the snow, with the summits white against a sky as luminous 发亮的 as the snow, were just like winter landscapes done by the Japanese.

Here is my address:

Restaurant Carrel,
30 Rue Cavalerie,
(Departement Bouches du Rh?ne) Arles.

I have only taken a little trip into the town so far, since I was more or less dog-tired 疲惫的 last night.

I'll write soon. Yesterday in an antique 旧式的shop on the same street , the man told me that he knew of a Monticelli 蒙蒂切利 ?画家 . With a good handshake to you and our comrades.

Ever yours, Vincent