2005 European tour in the USA – AC Milan

This travelogue write seems to late.

As the blank document save nearly a year before starting today, I want to be filled. Maybe it was becoming warm and bright sunshine finally woke kept sealed in the past, for the last year and a half months old that Sun European tour some some memories will be cut back. In this one little talk in the USA, to commemorate the beautiful time.

This trip is ALEX on my time commitment.

He once said that if we are together next year, then I will take you to Belgium. Not too high expectations, and a year later we are still together, so I hit the road with him. For Europe, everything just exist in the mind of the imagination or feel that they are derived from books, from imaging, from information and network. Just like the original feeling of Xinjiang, just think that is a far away place, full of surprises.

Milan

Alitalia in the plane broke the plane will leave us first to Milan, as transit and then fly to Brussels.

Therefore, we will stay for one night in Milan, by the way, check out the fashion cities of Italy.

Although ten-hour flight, Alitalia steward manners, I sat in the history of the most broken seat, simply don't understand the movie hundreds of years ago my impression on Italy's advance is very poor, but the land from the threshold of Milan the moment everything seemed totally changed.

I vaguely remember that the airport has a sidewalk design as a spatio-temporal tunnel, also there took photos, sitting on the airport bus, see neat road, tall trees with green bud manzhi dangled. I saw the sky over the white smoke marks separates them, ask ALEX what, he said, in Europe a lot, I haven't seen in Shanghai, like flight exercises.

When night fell, and finally arrived in the city centre.

Our two Press book well in advance on the Web all the way to get to the hotel. Lie on the road, occasionally encounter a second pedestrian, the buildings on either side of the street, the old Grey Street neatly parked cars, especially the kind of Super Mini SMART car really tiny, like tricycles that size, there are decent in die little grasps the crevice. Sometimes walk stepped on a barbed wire, to the next, like subway system, dirty didn't clean look. No fee is too much trouble, managed to find the hotel. A small iron gates, not know this and think that is a common man's residence. Open doors at the front desk sat a Asian faces of middle-aged man, when he and I see each other, slightly dumbfounded. After registration, his tentative asked where we come from, when that is from Shanghai, he immediately with Mandarin and we said, was the man in the 80 's came to Italy, opened the hotel here. He also said: I heard that China is developing rapidly, a bit envious of the tone, I think it is, of course, otherwise it is not I now to European tourism. Hehe. Is really a drama, the first encounter in Italy's actually is Chinese.

It took 70 euro room more than domestic Guest House, this is better than the European consumer.

No complaints, just glad to be a room, otherwise the hotel but can't afford, Oh. To lay down their luggage, they find that went out to dinner! points Night in Milan, fresh air, high street shops have closed, silence. Take a few minutes before we saw several pedestrians, but also full of tall man, so I doubt there is there a problem of law and order. Follow a few people going the same direction, it seems faintly hear somewhere there are music, how can you escape my ears. Sure enough, a few steps, corner and suddenly there was a small shop selling home furnishings, the advanced age of the shopkeeper indifferent to sit in it. Then he looked up and saw that the actually have a small garden, next to the inside is covered with a variety of beautiful flowers and plants, but further into it some more, suddenly found that there is a Chair desk can sit, I didn't expect to have a large iron gate in front of the vertical, and someone was in and out. Curiosity oil however, open doors, SHIT, there is a restaurant, but also full of guests, the ballpark! Haha, finally found eating!

This is a very interesting dining room, as if by an old warehouse converted, inside the same pendulum full of green plants, the waitress in the busy running around everywhere, the cashier boss busy accounts, guests cup light rum.

However, it's good taste is not expensive. However such atmosphere makes me very excited, took photographs, happily back. Along the way, want to buy a bottle of water, walk half a day to see a meat shop, small facade, is Jewish, see I am warm, although I only bought a bottle of water 2 euro, hyper-expensive Ah. Back to small as toilet rooms, bath, sleeps, tomorrow will see Milan style.

Sun does not appear, the weather was gloomy.

Still quiet, trying to find home for breakfast, and never go a few steps to find a small coffee shop. I would, at the check-in is a Chinese, but also from Zhejiang over man. He also said that many of the nearby Chinese. Think of as the Chinese are everywhere, hard to time Europe, up to all encountered fellow Ah. But there's latte plus song chocolate bread is still very authentic. He finished his farewell, Milan Street during the day or so quiet, maybe Sunday's sake, here's what like China, can't wait 24 hours a day, spell defying seven money. Roadside residence every balcony with flowers, there is a very big big tree pink flowers with branch, too beautiful.Layer. Went into the Church, the darkness, the tall cylindrical rules to support the, very high long window has a colorful patterns, ALEX said that afternoon or morning sunlight came in, it feels like heaven light. Out of the Church, Perdomo square surrounded by many historical buildings, large cold feeling. The square of the Dove is famous, I am playing with it in the past. Then came the famous fashion shopping street, to visit the Opera House, a castle, the sun began to appear, the entire city of an endless stream of tourists, both sides of the street trees planted a huge, new green leaves have just issued a bud, a black backdrop of Chen architecture was very lively. Milan street not as tourists who are dressed woman fashion decent, all are heavy makeup blindness, extremely elegant and poised. Near before, visited the store, bought a few small things, the results really regret not buying much, other European cities things pretty clearly not Milan and bargain.

One day soon passed, and the evening will fly to Brussels.

I brought the box back to the package or the airport, on the road to find a place to eat dinner and became a problem, there is no restaurant is open. Hard to find a restaurant, a sell noodles. A high of group child shuaishuai easy to understand English, out of a bowl of authentic taste of Italy noodles is generally like Ah.

(Italy dessert so appetizing AH)