Roman holiday

Southern Europe, narrow Italy is the Western Roman Empire a great leap, which has an image of the nickname called "Italy boots".

7 km long coastline surrounded by boots on both sides, its surface uneven, uplift a throughout North and South of the Apennines, and large and small hills, has been extended to the North to the magnificent mountain ranges, and British Columbia.

From Paris to Rome the overnight train from morning to night, all the way there is no landscape, only a giant Moon following train.

Second class ticket is a 4 person room, crowded. A tragicomic wives married couple of France, and Italy a bearded old man. His English strong accent, I do not understand basic listening. About my weekend to go to the Vatican, Pope will come out the propaganda and the like. His body is fat, leaving a beard, a bit like the first param Varo, hulu playing too loud.

Hotel

To Terry Rooney station to meet my people is the Inn, he stood in the middle of a brightly lit shops-sliding of McDonald 's, the big yellow m, wearing a crumpled white indeed good shirts, pants, a bar and a pair of walking a loud plastic sandals welcome I came to Rome.

"Don't go out at night, here is a mess. "He took my box gedeng gedeng road drag through emitting bake baking streets. "Not far from the front, five minutes away. "Street Jiaoyangsihuo, more like South America. Colour of people like rush merry-go-round amongst crowd around air inside has a kind of fruit is dried long after the subtle sweetness.

Boss is a Wenzhou people, endless edge piece, there is a striking jiuzaobi child and glossy black and red for outdoor workers face, short hands covered with short legs, the top red mosquito block, talking voice hoarse.

He stayed in Europe for more than ten years, just off Germany restaurant here life is open restaurant, sometimes taking points decoration live, but business is not easy to do, he does not like Italy, criticism they all prostitutes, poor styling, and not more than China, why look down? said, jiuzaobi child more red.

The Inn is bleak, but appearance is very decent.

A small road, elegant 18th century building, five or six granite floors, with a heavy black iron helmet flower, more than 100 years of antique elevator, an open courtyard, cyan and floor tiles, many bonsai trees, flowers and keeps the Lotus and Red goldfish large shicao. But climbed to the third floor, the door to take a look at the pictures is China's rural reform and opening up in front of the picture. Two rooms, one master bedroom. No white wall decoration, gouache, Tsing bare cement floor. Guest room property is four cot plus ceiling two bare white lights, towing wire creep into the middle of the roof. Boss couples room stuff more terrible, warehouse was filled with the whole family of sundries, clothing, desk, bed, and cannot be classified in many things. Bathroom faucet without trademark, leakage of water, spray water, washed clothes and no place to hang, only casually on the window outside the wire.

20 euro a bed, Roman life can only be the case.

Room, slender, fallen red paint for Windows, and mottled above shaky bolt, reminiscent of the Villa of Shanghai.

The road is not noisy, some cool and fine crushing fuzzy sound. I sleep with the window open, listening to the Street Cafe ended up. The night have brought the feeling of relaxation, Rome's nightlife is in full swing, the ruins of the Empire, the shadow of street lights, restaurant incalculable warm up in the candlelight.

Early Roman always reminds me of Chang'an during the Tang dynasty.

They are at the greatest empire's capital, an entrenched in the East of the Eurasian continent, one of the most entrenched in the West. When the Sun, with 100 million population of Rome and has 200 million population of Changan without disturbance. When farmers Hoe down, and finally light supper and to bed. Rome and the noble fir, Chang'an people let thy servant point fire to prepare the cart, start off to the city center to the bustling, enjoy music, cuisine, expensive feast and beautiful woman. In the dark world, they also vaguely know each other's existence.

Dinner time, boss, family and relatives in the cramped bedroom set aside a place holder Roundtable, sitting in bed eating fried vegetables, three, a paucity of pork dish, son to eat meat, adults eat food.

The table also put a bottle of wine, two men were down by some in the glass, a life of grumbling to irrigation. For the boss and his wife, Rome is just a working city, mining no charm, not worth it to go bare foot Bastille in the gate of the great lent Cathedral. But when it comes to the Vatican, one face up. Because "there's decoration very luxurious, with 40 tons of gold. "" 40 tons! "and two splendid smiley blooms, Pont wall together.

Vatican

The Vatican's back is clear, it's a country that is located in the segmentation of the Tiber in Rome in the West Bank, is composed of a circle of khaki wall surrounded by beautiful gardens.

Just like the forbidden city in Beijing, it symbolizes a dynasty lost glories. In ancient Roman times, here is a piece of tree full cross lines of execution, solved a lot of Emperor dislike. Until a.d. 64 years, Christian Saint Peter was crucified on Nero sent, it is a beautiful Latin name-Vatican, meaning "land of the prophets."

It should not be weekend, don't see the Pope.

Bernini's circle in the square the jumble, Sun continues to rise, hope of the Church an infinite number of window to see the Pope's debits, and because some trouble and stir. Poland's John Paul II, pp. 263-Pope, finally not out, waved at all. Very few foreigners can sit on this location, so some of the Italy red skin is not like him Archbishop.

Sometimes, Paul will stay at the Vatican that smoke grey curtain hanging den watching the football game and more, he and I like to travel around the world.

Go to Spain, France, Argentina, to go to Namibia, to all the Catholic world hasRuled by the still slightly prestige of the country. No one knows he went there to do what no one will pick up the phone to call the Pope, saying that "you went to Africa to do?" to come just like us, fussing, pass the time. The Church's scenery is languishing, will never come back. Then the Pope does not need to open the Vatican to increase income, under the name of the property including Rome, Italy, when most of the land, and the popular world of mountains of wealth. In addition, he is also a need to give European sizes of emperor coronation, managing the vast universe stars of track, put those holding a telescope at the sky, the nonsense of people onto the stake on a good beating. 392 years later, this matter after, the Vatican finally admit, stand up and say: Galileo is right, the Earth was moving.

Yes, the Earth was moving.

But nobody cares.

Vatican advanced years, see the permeability problem already, it said that science and religion does not exist between the contradictions of the opposition, both can indicate the existence of God.

Finished it turned and we're at your own things to take care of the Bank was, for example, fruit of the inside of 100 million hard cash, as well as the Vatican's various corner of those bugs were found.

Tourists will only take pictures.

Holding the camera in St. Peter's Cathedral excited crowds to squeeze, expressionless through crowds, black suit, black tie, wall, mafia-like cool to defend.

Visitors in and out, the Church of religious atmosphere is very light, but devout Catholics still heart without distraction, kneeling in front of the altar of St Peter, followed by Pastor prayer, silence.

Temple, busy, bustling, camera sounds come, apparently did not affect their souls. They face, kneeling in the desire of the cross, as a group sank to the bottom of the statue. Pray that people above, it is 15 metres of Michelangelo perimeter of large dome, vibrant shape curve, classical-style base, eaves of screen plate carved garlands, looks solid Fuli. The Sun fall from above, the huge mass of light, the Palace in the Dim, dark like a beacon on the sea, which is very hopeful.

The Renaissance

Renaissance is a line of demarcation line.

In this line, stood the Roman power levels-Church. Rigid, greed, power grip. In this line on the other side stands Venice and the bourgeoisie foluolun Isaac. Money, status, with ideas and positive empowerment in the contend with the Church.

These two classes is not you die, I die.

But in the early Renaissance, they also need each other. The Church needs Renaissance talent as the glory of the Empire, the Renaissance church of talent needed to expand. Then the Vatican's St. Peter's Cathedral came into being, becomes the symbol of the Renaissance.

The Church is Rafael 1506, design, cross structure, 270 metres long and magnificent churches.

Renaissance most outstanding talent da Vinci, Michelangelo and-Bernini has worked here.

Michelangelo in Florence Meidiqi family Queen's artist, by virtue of his talent, he saw no need to cross the Pope in his gas, so when you work in Rome, had secretly fled across Florence.

But soon the Pope besieged, Florence people bowed, produced by the artist. He later in the Vatican's Sith Ding Church work for four years, a person writing a 600 square meters of Genesis murals. Describes how to split from the open day to flood the Ark nine stories surrounding around 12 men and women of the Prophet, Moses, David, and other famous personalities. 343 a religious figure than a real person, strong, beautiful, Grand boldness. This work is full of artists ' advocate of a strong will and strength, a lot of people think it is the most perfect of the Renaissance.

St. Peter's fragrance "mourning Christ", m-lang, Luo masterpiece.

Artists in the works at the age of 23, after midnight sneak into Rome, overnight. Virgin first carved into a face jiaomei, baby girls, instead of once upon a time the old woman. The artist explained that is Christ's love to our Lady of perpetual youth. This statue size is large, the characters look and dress folds are very delicate, is said to be polished with velvet. Unfortunately the sculpture a bullet-proof glass in front of the tree, as Notre Dame nice nose had been broken at a maniac.

In General, in a bright and Liberation of the background, the bourgeoisie with Renaissance raised the banner of their own taste.

It is praise Roman enjoy the wonderful landscape of life and encourage waste the day formally in wine, music, Carnival, the tailor shop, and young and beautiful wife, Miss. Instead of holding the Bible pretends to sacred. The aesthetic aspect, everything has to go to Rome in line-colors, delicate skin, plump sexy body, jiaomei face and feast in the forest. For a reverse psychology, this contains sexually suggestive artistic pursuit and even exceeded the ancient Rome.

St. Peter 's-style luxury, towering dome, decorated with an area of amazing paintings, sculpture, sculpture of the sumptuous and many magnificent chandelier.

The Pope's seat above the stand Bernini seven stories high torque Rotary bronze canopy. Despite the crowds such as Chung, floor wiped clean, more than one metre square of coloured marble, kneeling taste must be very uncomfortable. Seventies of Galileo in the above their knees four days 4 nights after finally caved to the religious court, wrote confessions of 27 pages, profound reflection on their own about the earth around the Sun's terrible ideas.

Park scenery above the top-class.

So many tourists want to climb up, at-a-glance picture of the Vatican. Staff is very long, the process of climbing a very scary, spiral stairs and narrow and sultry, is like a snake from twisted chimney lira as slow and painful. Team stops, bare skin and sweat smell coming out, in very bad loudaoli. Luckily nobody Halo to in it, we all live up to the exit. Above the breeze wafting Vista openThe golden dome standing in blue sky cover, at the foot of the magnificent sights of Rome, but also can take a stand of the Vatican Obelisk Egypt overview diagram.

Export, I bought himself a postcard, sitting in a row of large stone pillar feet written, into the Vatican post office.

Then I sat and ate with some squashed egg sandwich. Many tourists are doing the same thing.

Pompeii

On the sea of illusion always entangled me, but Rome did not sea.

Rome South of Naples, Pompeii city is by the sea, but the climate is dry like a desert. From Rome by train 2 hours, and came to the tomb of the sea. As a result of volcanic eruptions, the Pompeii wretched become the world's most famous live specimens. From the ancient city of mosaic murals, 1900 years ago people kind of Pompeii shoulders relaxed, Yung lazy attitude and the body of an addicted to the face, and today there is no difference between the Romans. Pompeii ruins make use of the material on the site of the new structures, a khaki charms of buildings, roads, Criss systematicorder.

All the houses have no doors and the roof.

The poorer of the poor House, there are approximately ten square meters, like the warehouse the same hit next, very few people went in anymore. While the dollar still nurtured, and wealthy guests full, careful listening tour passion overflowing speech. From the magnificent fountain, spacious courtyard, eat and drink xiaji bed, all the way to the sculpture mosaic murals on the walls. I love Italy tour that insolent attitude, they were not dry matter-to talk about history, but with a talk about Valentine warm feelings like that almost in praise of his own culture.

A large number of brothels, usually built above the restaurant, the walls of the erotic figure above is an international language that everyone understands, team 1 had a cordial atmosphere.

As for the lawfully married couples, the ancient Romans believed that it should be in bed, good bed, of a dignified deportment, just as they had died in the center of the statue. City Mart here, various fruit stall, a handsome, fish, cheese shop, caviar shops, bakeries, weaving and silver workshops, gongpingcheng and wine advertising. Housing, Pompeii is a running water, a toilet and heating equipment, City Road extending in all directions, with a glowing cobblestone paving to the night when the Moon Light reflection.

Life is unfair.

But everyone is equal before the disaster. Pompeii's feast in 1900 a night before the coast however only. The whole city was Vesuvius of volcanic ash buried in 20 m from the ashes. Noble, civilians, women and slaves, in this matter have been treated on an equal basis, bundle hands stay till tomorrow. The table was just out of the oven bread, and did not drink the wine. The whole process lasted several weeks, the sky and the Earth becomes a constantly falling debris. In the darkness of purgatory. Life has important things are no longer important, beautiful food, is equipped with ceramic geothermal bathrooms and great gladiatorial show, because it is a pleasant body was already gone. Immortal thing eventually become a.d. 1 century wall broken tile, ruins of the temple, the Valley of the bucket in the magnificent animal farm, countless brothels and their people have a fountain of gorgeous Villa.

In addition, there is a niche of Pompeii graffiti.

Fruit shop wall: "fruit vendors support Cypress Gallery senior administrative officer!" a pub on the walls, useful stone wrote the sloppy sentence "this damn evil city!" it's unusual hot today. Tourists wearing straw hats standing in the deserted streets, Sun without shade of non-stop throughout the empty city, full of quiet, sulfur smell durable.

Oil-field

Rome is always raining in October.

When sunny morning, afternoon, near the evening for a period of time, often without any signs of rain. Once Hugo really big sell umbrella of black people like like mushrooms after the rain from attractions nearby resurface, hand held a number of inferior fold umbrella, shout: $! $ 10. But I always insist on not to buy, in the Woods and Church ranged from Tibet, the last wet back to live.

Oil-field this word comes from Latin "sand".

People in the oil-field with sand to absorb here of any activities of the blood and the smell. The most magnificent architecture in Rome is located in the eastern plains of a gentle, on walking through some strange blocks, turn a no signs of small clay Pack, suddenly appeared in front of a huge towering, owns many arches of the round building. It is said that these arches of area if all together, than the whole building with stone of the area. "The aim is to create an open space of beauty". One is like intellectuals, like Playboy Italy tour of his interpretation of the United States team elated. He has about 40 years old, a handsome curly-haired, proud beer belly, as well as the broad blue striped shirt.

BC is a cruel game, but very exciting.

Spain Bull race until today also prevalent, notes people really love to see blood. Gladiators anyway is more death row, instead of killed, it is better to waste utilization to entertain people, and today's Super girl. Nope, they put on well-designed protector, look down Pat, but the surface of the body mostly naked outside in order to let the audience know that bleeding from hell. The key to the whole game is not only to win, but win beautiful, like Matador's elegant chic as killed.

The game ends, the atmosphere in the climax.

The audience has the right to decide the fate of the Gladiators, together they lend a thumb, down is the death penalty, is to save up.

Ancient Roman times, public holidays to outrageous, 179 days are there in a year.

In order to entertain the public holidays of the Treasury to pay hosting gladiatorial show, animal dance as well as naval warfare. Gladiators and career went, gap, is a more profitable sale. Have a success team, for the nobility, like a play like that to your own team of entertainment, but also for rent money. Famous Cicero, wrote to a friend, remind him "to buy a quality better angleBucket team, as long as they rent out performing twice, just to make back all the overhead of ... "

Usually, gladiators were held in the Amphitheater of the Dungeon, and those who come from all over the world of exotic animals, Lion, elephant, rhino, and black bear live together.

Three meals a day, dark. See sunny day is a bad day, means that they are going to die. Worth relieved to watch their games of nobles and scream of the Virgin are all dead. Close to their private quadrants, decorated with multicoloured marble, and sunshade tents. These things together with the Colosseum floor together all rotten, left a pair of exaggerated his bones, exposed to air.

It was getting dark, rain finally fell down.

Yellow granite blocks of tall stands, to draw together under the blue sky of perimeter 573 m of an arc, straight into the sky. The stadium, bare Super Dungeon and full of melancholy. The ancient Romans had a saying, as long as the Colosseum in Rome, the Colosseum in, if down, Rome is also down. A.d. 420 years, popular 5 centuries of athletic performance and finally sentenced to prohibit, and 467 years a.d., the Western Roman Empire perished.

The thief and female high school students and Gypsy

One day the weather was fine, morning, everyone in the mood.

At the ice cream shop Guy sent me a free ball of vanilla. I eat a vanilla ball, high spirits through several Street, behind followed two hairlines hairlines of Rome the thief. 30-year-old, black hair, wearing old Central Asia men t-shirt and jeans. But they did not succeed. I was at the side of the window suddenly stopped, pretending to look at the shop by phone, through the reflective glass, saw them also gave the station in blocks, sacrifice it. I went away, they continue to follow the gall. It's not tears coffin. I thought, the second stop, turn and face off for two people, brushed past, close by you can see a face of beard. This after they gave, from my sight.

Rome thief known loud.

Always on the first day in Rome, I put the pockets across the shoulder oblique back shoulders, like police revolver as stuck to the left rib until I killed, they can not get anything. So I did not lose money in Rome, in addition to the Park to be pleasing to cents.

It is East of the city a very quiet and beautiful parks.

Does not collect the tickets. Door guard guard said to me, "kong", a few Watts. I told him I wasn't Japan, finished and regret, I am not Japan people there also for him? Park entrenched in a gentle hills, with rows from the prodigious plantation vagina, neat lawns, reflection in the pond of ancient Greece, sculpture, and full of leaves. Occasionally encounter two pushing a baby carriage, in addition to this, full of quiet.

This is a deeply Catholic countries, from the top of the hill overlooking the Park, there are the church spire, high in the shade from the ruins of the Roman, Gothic and Renaissance building from each other, see past magnificent.

Sun Park wood benches of the warm sun.

I was lying in bed for a while. The sun shines in from the Crown, in detail, a swing, a bit harsh, but also cool. When I open my eyes, he saw two girls swagger. They probably sixteen, dressed like a nightclub escaped the Bohemian girl. Paints, thick eye shadow and Rouge, nasal nails, big earrings qihuan, low waist pants.

One girl said to me in English: can you give me 5 cents? my bus home.

Demons believe, but I will give it to her cents.

Young people are doing is worthwhile.

Out of the Park, along with another mountain will be able to go to Rome the richest art of Spain.

17 century outstanding BA fall g building. Lovers around the world, holding hands, walking on the wide and beautiful bench. Here the Lamasery, green tree and neatly, next to Rome's most bustling commercial streets and art galleries. In the 18th century, Spain stage area celebrity highlights, lived many eminent European literary youth, Byron, Goethe, Liszt, Balzac, Secretary Tang da, and sleep here of poet John Keats.

Ten years ago, one of my friends and parents come to Rome to play, in Spain, is a group of Roma children are robbed.

They Fengyongershang surrounded by 14-year-old he, a hand reaching out to him for money, the other opened his coat, his wallet feels accompanying. Since then he has covered in Italy a shadow, always said, "well, of course, the building is good ..."

Italy people who need a good lover, modern-looking, but also speak Italian and handsome.

Holy Roman Emperor Charles v is not a once said: I and my horse speak German, and French Minister, and God speak Spanish, and women speak Italian.

Visible language is designed to pick up hot chicks.

Departure from Rome on the day before, I also have a Italy lover.

This evening, I took a walk home from Venice square, near the hotel, the great lent Church St met a man called easy-Erasme in Italy. The Sun is going downhill, people with work completed by tired and went to the home. However, do not hurry home El, he just love, looking for all the way to escape the lonely. Thus, opposite Café in the Church, he began at the gate of the slow down in me, that would like to invite me to drink a cup of coffee, I looked at him, say Yes.

We in the cafe of the tissue paper to write on each other's name, and then open a chat in English.

Easy tall, black hair. Long hand, long legs, long face, hooked nose is also very long. Looks far from, but there refined, conversation is very polite. He is a sentimental. Just 30 years old, has been for ages anxiety. He complained about the cheating girlfriend, also said that the first two days were open gas suicide. For this story, I doubt. He smoked white million, one cigarette. "What is the meaning of life?" he lives on in the open air cafe cast iron chair and watch the people to peopleTo the crossroads. "Is too short, we can't do anything. "The sunset here, people rush through, like behind a rope pull with puppet-like run on fixed lines. No one to answer to this question. It in the Sun sank down alone in, like a deep sea pack ice.

A rose for short black, lost no time in the edge of the table appears in the us.

He bought a rose to me, in glass bottle on the table. Meaningful look at me, "the flower is very delicate, need to take good care, water, and love. "A", and they die quickly. "I replied.

Easy Erasme in Rome Tourist Board work, but he couldn't travel, of course, been to Asia.

I mention China, his light blue eyes, reflects a loss of light, "Oh, do not understand. ”

"But Rome is the world's greatest cities, do you think?"

"Yes, very good.

”

"What you leave behind, become my girlfriend.

"His eyes burning staring at me.

I say we change the subject, on the boring.

But the readily Erasme felt very energetic.

He said that life is fleeting show, to grasp the opportunity to seize the day. He managed to praise me, use my life heard of most of the beauty of words and overflow of lies.

For example, to send me a Ferrari, I travel around the world, tomorrow to go to the road, just opposite the Cathedral of marriage, such as the great lent.

He took me by the hand, said that is sincere and warm.

"So, are you a Catholic?" and I ask him.

"Yes, of course.

”

"Church?"

"Yes, each week.

”

"Catholics should not lie.

”

"Of course, I love you.

Yiyi face serious. "

"Yes, you love me, today.

2004 ... September in Paris. 13. ”

He couldn't help but smile, eyes round the eye.

"It is.

”

And then somehow, he put down my bad English, and began to speak Italian.

Point to follow.

But? just like listening to a song in French song, beautiful Italy, romantic, delicate and lively, reminiscent of the night skinny-dipping in nautical miles.

Out of the cafe, it was already dark, night sky, soothing the soothing ping hangs a few stars.

We drink a bottle of white wine at the table, like a row of grenade-like pomp and circumstance of the stand.

Easily swayed by stand up, "you're right, this thing with water, drink later feel like water.

”

Fortunately, he's not drunk, remember to bring the roses, send me back to the hotel.

A cool breeze at our stand at the hotel front of the helmet black big, kindly huatie's break up.

"So, do you really want to go?" he asked of grief.

"Yes, tomorrow.

”

"I never see you again?"

"My fear is not seen.

”

All right.

He was soon accepted this fact, and friendly and I said goodbye.

He is a romantic considerate lover.

You ask him where the cafe of the washroom, he will stand up, courtesy of tidy up clothes, take you through the corridor, go to the toilet.

In China, even if your boyfriend, will only lend fingers to air a means done.

In addition, there are also left behind a classic quotations:

"This thing on the girls who is too heavy.

”

He refers to a box of milk, I bought the plan to the next day breakfast.

He insisted on the road for me here, sincere cry out in a sentence.

He did not know Chinese girl bear hardships and stand hard work, come back from the supermarket and vegetable market, more than 10 pounds of weight-bearing can be slapped, batting an eye.

Lovely people.