20 days alone go Europe (8) Italy Rome

September 22 (day 7) Monday

Am 7: 00, the train into Rome, get off at the station-mini is the first thing came into the station's coffee shop to eat bread and a horn, a drink, as I Italy Cuppccino tour start.

Girlfriend xiaoqing exactly in Rome, I had in Paris and her touch, province of Rome accommodation, accommodation here, and even your SCRI hostels such places to 30 euro a night.

Drinking coffee out of the station, suddenly found a mistake: this car's actual terminal and train timetable on the site and is not consistent, it is written on the ticket Ostiense and actually stopped at a super mini.

Small clear to another station does not find quickly find the pay phone for me? hit her on the phone! I don't have a phone card, scan-to-one is called Lady, but in the past when the plaster, and so she got off, she had some small change to me, that public telephone doesn't work, coins inside and out, you want to put over and over again. She is quite good, and even the number to dial for me too. The phone is switched on, there were already on the road, just in time, never let them go long way too.

The first time and fell in love with Rome

Little apartment in the Northwest of the River Tiber, not far from the Vatican.

Tiber River flows through the city of Rome, is the symbol of Rome, also discussed the azimuth coordinates. Apartment on the side of the street, outside there is a very spacious balcony, the top half of the room and in the summer you can watch the stars put large bed. To lay down their luggage, small winding to personally take me around in Rome, she likes to Italy culture, firmly believe that Rome to go with their feet.

Go downstairs Prepaid bus tickets.

In Rome, the tickets are inserted into the car dapiao machine, over the next 75 minutes by car you can casually. Not the machine dapiao also rows, but you want to do is get penalized.

In the Centre of a car, small winding start with my walk street wear lane.

Rome's many small streets, narrow, on top of the wall, the ancient tea-yellow, mottled, Windows also high long, with a touch of mystery, this place should be echoed drift in Italy of Opera.

And other European cities, others in the window is always filled with wonderful flowers, someone put their plants on the opposite side of the window, above the lane on the extra line of green arches.

There are usually between roadway throws open patio-like small, maybe there's a flower shop, maybe there is a café, maybe sell antiques, perhaps a small church.

Small clear passion for Church decoration, take me to see those wonderful top painting murals and sculptures.

Rome to the Catholic Church, in the decoration elegant than the churches, the complicated and delicate way, left a work of art is naturally not be small. In chains Cathedral, the "Michelangelo" in the name of the first true specifically appears in my eyes, I saw his masterpieces like the "Moses", an expression slightly angry beard stubble of middle-aged people. The Church only very few tourists, very quiet, I surprised myself and master of distance so close, that prepared to go to a place far from him, worship of heart in the sudden and unpredictable in place, you can only take place in mid air, vainly trying to trance.

Another time, people did not come, small winding it solemnly set me: "you go, remember my head.

"I am very obedient and head out to the floor of the Center, she said:" now that you look up and see! "I slowly lifted his head, found on the ceiling of the Angels is directed at me and smiled. Small clear told me, the top is painted. Very realistic, but for her, I really thought it was a relief.

In fact, many of the Church looks unremarkable, but the inside is likely to make people go: maybe hidden art treasures of sculpture, maybe with a wonderful murals.

It should be said, in Rome, such a good thing, even if unknown, the beautiful favourably. We had a small church yard saw several respecting old half dilapidated statue, then casually lying, is a luxury? BR > came to the Buddha and the famous na Nana Plaza (Piazza Navona) to see the four rivers Fountain (Fontana dei Fuimi), four anthropomorphic statues representing the Nile, Ganges River, Brad and the Danube. The central fountain is a ten-metre-high Obelisk. It and not far away from the Moors fountain is Bernini masterpiece, it is said that he was with another artist not and the personal design of the Cathedral is just near the fountain, so he designed the four rivers fountain, let a statue and a half out of the hands, as if in retaining something, meaning: he built the Church can? don't fall down! the story spread, always allow listeners to laugh, it may be true. Italy's great artists really so childish? has the admittedly this emotion into their own works, this creation is completely self! time, do not know to cultivating or Frank, "this is a problem."

In addition to these two, the square also has a Nipton fountain, also very pretty, but some of the surrounding environment, and is not very smooth.

There are also maintenance of buildings, stables and clanging. No wonder that so many of the monuments of Rome, there is always something to repair it all. In fact, another way to make these frightened people stay in ordinary life, it let art more humane.

Nearby Cafe, small winding belt I found a house she frequented places.

We had two glasses of Cappucino, from time to time some people in and out, but very few people sit down, everyone is coming to a Cup, standing at the counter drink, this kind of coffee in the other countries really rare. While the local men more

Like to drink Espresso, dark, deep, bitter, a share only small glass, gulp, crispness.

I followed the little walk through the Plaza (Plaza here too many people from Beijing think Tiananmen Square is qualified to make square, outside, open area called square), and finally came to Spain square, I saw my favorite long-Spain

Step to full is full. It's famous half of infants should be attributed to the film "Roman holiday", I now remember Audrey Hepburn playing Princess refund from bouncing down above. Then I, on her body in that dress but like. According to the idea, it should before the Princess's line, and then revisit it again, it can be considered a leader now, looking back half a century ago a morning sun and the Sun of the atmosphere, and her eyes and all ... Now imagine that this is one of the travel of complex. However look at scenario is not possible, the steps of the film in the open now like a stadium on the stand. To despair, I had a friend with all the photo as a memento.

"Roman holiday" traces seems to loose in every corner of the city.

Small clear take me to the Margutta Street 51, (Via Margutta 51), the hero "Joe" apartments, a quiet courtyard, the familiar stone bench infants and let people just think of a scene in the movie. This warm memory somehow some injury, but a painting of Kitty takes us back to reality. It seems this is not a film, but a legend, why would a fantasy story into memory box, free up sun, is an interesting topic.

Passing a cafe, but for the small clear reminder, I wouldn't have noticed it.

The original Cafe in front of the display has a "Roman holiday" movie posters, movie another plot is taken here. Today, the two stars are waved unless they smile and eyes down seems still to the world through these details.

Before coming to Rome, on the understanding of the "Fountain" is rather limited, until you see Telawi Fountain (Fontana di Trevi).

People have heard "to give" underwater. Go to jinqian a prickled down a breath of air. Romans called fountain? but see is a magnificent white building-----Marquis Palace, and the Poseidon Statue in front of and behind the background completely aligned, he sailed two horses, lifelike like to jump up, feet are the waterfall fountain. This spring there is a more popular name, called "the wishing pool". Small clear reminders I maybe a wish, hurried out coins carry body voted in, once made several. About throwing coins of many, many pieces of throw, confused, plan a pleasure.

Opposite the fountain is a tight slipped ladder, visitors, sit, stand and the God of the two hands on the opposite bank, many with breathtaking views of the egg cylinder ice cream, is spectacular.

Therefore, the surrounding ice cream shop business is especially good. Of course, add a sentence, where the ice cream flavors mellow, it is very good, a little exaggerated.

8 euros buffet

Go to shopping at forgot time, watch, has two points.

Small clear to take me to a good and cheap place to eat. Anyway, I don't need to follow her brains. She took me three to two, to a building, and proudly told me, here is a buffet, per person in charge of 8 euro. The world is so expensive to go to the restaurant to eat lunch? a pasta meal or something to 6 euros. Best of all, here the graceful, ate rice to mentality, I found a lot of people are coming for business meals.

This is called the "Consorzio Gusto" dining room in the building, first floor, we chose a Colonnade outside table and sat down, white tablecloth, change of the Sun, the mood, of course, price is comfortable.

Food quality is also good, useful for corn, carrots and pickled cabbage fried rice, vegetables, sweets and spices. Indispensable and of course the cured olives, Italy's favorite. Little kick to dish clamp lentil, said to me: "every time to eat lentils, you do not know, the supermarket's lentil valuable. "She also recommended me to do a water milk cheese, like protein, but unfortunately I can't out it's good, I wasted.

After lunch some sleepy.

Unfortunately, travel times, beyond, but also then go here. Small clear prior to walk, we at Venice square parted. Extremely hot, there is a big fountain Street, go to the beautiful Yosemite washed his face, and by the way, drank two estuary, the presence of mind, decided to go to the opposite of "motherland altar" (Vittoriano) round. This white giant building standing in the Centre of the strut, quite romantic temperament. Panted up looked around, you can see the ruins of several nearby and not far from the ancient luomadoushouchang. Pour too much to see, but very cool, many visitors come to enjoy. This building, in essence, maybe more like a monument, it exists only to demonstrate a gesture.

The motherland altar of the South is the ancient luomadoushouchang (Colosseo also called Colosseum), go past the road just after those ruins.

I wonder how the Romans so confidently sit on these things, for me, how to take a marquee or something, so that they no longer have been affected by wind and rain. How to think about them. Looking around to walk, he saw a tourist information Office, in consultation, seems rather small clearance information to me, came out.

Colosseum

The Colosseum is just opposite, the information centre of countless times in the picture seen mythical building, somehow, it and the "myth" of the two words together, perhaps in my eyes it is a strange thing, from my imagination so far is too far away.

In OTC bought tickets, walked in the footsteps of impatience, already a bit of a hurry to go to the felt the Hollywood movies that depict crazy cruel Crue scenes of the witness, may be able to hear some pent-up shout echoes? otherwise feel unreal.

On the outside to see many people lining up to buy tickets, came in all broke up, there is large, it can accommodate up to 5 000 people. Stands for a total of 4 layers for visitors to go with a 3-tier, in the bottom layer fully go for 5 minutes, but still can't find the stairs of the channel, depressed and extremely! last coached finally find a way.

Arena gladiatorial games, central authorities have been opened, with some planks, the shape of a t-Taiwan, estimate is for visitors to walk; table below-neighbour loess ditch, like a rampart of labyrinth, should be the people and animals appeared on the front of the "background". Don't know what the former is open. Looking around, a great circle, without any Visual disorder. I have really no strength to walk around it, a botanical garden, took some photos, feel free to find a stone sitting down. The first century a.d. are springing up Monster seems deeply asleep, I am afraid to think of Roman Emperor, his masterpiece was later destroyed long ago to only a single depredation of shell, the shell lost the original functions, but in the exercise of a new mission, as brutal and civilization of the witness, for future generations left countless issues. In the distance a team listening to guided tours, tour guides gesticulates visitors head followed around shaking. One son stuck in the grass, swaying gently in the breeze, somewhat desolate.

Think Spartak.

I was in the cinema as his tears, and even the first beautiful music all remember clearly. His brutal cheers are up in arms, overwhelming opposition, in over 50 000 people of dense stands, he needs to "freedom" of courage instant drowned all this fight for dignity of ambition in the sky!

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Recovery thoughts, the immediate field of vision is very good. So, looking at the monuments, the hair, it might be a good place for it. Manual, the following stand for the nobility, the top of the stand is to civilians. So, the Colosseum is the whole city. I thought only the nobility only heart such as iron, eat having drunk a little cruel to play game excitement, not really.

From the Colosseum, follow the instructions on the ticket, going to the Palatine Hill (Palatino) see, in fact, is a hill.

This has included the fare of the mountain tickets, just time for a little late. Although tickets are also valid in tomorrow morning, but I think I will not be coming to a trip. This mountain is very quiet, mountainside rooms have a terrace, just off the two minutes, the following staff will come let us down, they began a long chain intends to "shed". I had to go down slope down towards the entrance opposite and direction. There are the ruins of the ancient Roman Forum.

The ruins on the way I came, saw, the first sight, everything is in ruins, overgrown ground heap with some stone, a stone carving of a fine, it is estimated that the building.

Although there are still many dilapidated, complex, there is a group in a different direction and took over the large arched door, it reminds me of the cave of Shaanxi Province. Another group of comparison of the "Rome" that generally can see what was previously a temple of sacrifice. In fact, with a small clear to my travel book, a chapter devoted to here, just read head, Presbyterian Homes, temples, synagogues, it could not understand, "only a few pillars" of residues have several, not sure which one. Do not study history, ancient Rome here to visit the end is a shortcoming.

There are clearance.

Walking in the hillside above the ruins, and looking back, this square was once the center of ancient Rome, where it remains at the Centre of Rome, just its players in history's killing disappear. Later it rings, as cultural monuments to visit, like the besieging a mummy. I have no interest in archaeology, but willing to sprinkle the afterglow times between the ruins of a stay. Only when the evening comes, the setting sun was red maps, it seems to be an angry — I do not know why, I always thought was staged in the night, quietly, quiet.

(Four rivers fountain)

(COLOSSEUM)