European travel notes of Rome

The fifth station Rome

The train journey to Rome for five hours, reach is the afternoon starts, but the Sun is still shining, elevated temperatures also obvious.

Because one day earlier than expected to arrive, the hotel has no rooms available originally, our friends at Rome's central station nearby a Chinese hotel, go to surprising discovery Inn is located one street almost is Chinatown, both sides of the street is the Wenzhou clothing store opened. Later with the hotel waiter had realized, Wenzhou best hold together for combat, even though the language barrier, fellow with the villagers also had to survive so, of course, there are women with the local people to obtain identity bogus marriage. The Roman government attitude of foreign immigrants were not friendly, the past two years has also introduced some legal fight to control illegal immigration.

Rome is a continuously give you surprise cities, although it gave me the first impression you can even use the "messy" to describe the difference.

Street crowded, many car miscellaneous, ground traces of a spit, bus and Metro-black-body was covered with graffiti, at first glance it's disappointing that we haven't wandered too long, not too far away to find a round bucket animal farm, sunset of theatre with the golden light, tall iron fence seem ready to walk out of the Gladiators, bucket of residual veterinary field though still dominates the vehemence dumping, photos took a photo of another piece. Separated by a street away from the ruins of the ancient Rome with heavy historical flavor, face it reminds me of the old Summer Palace in Beijing. Today is Saturday, go to the ruins of the nearby square we lucky bumped into a large open-air performances, tourists and the people who sit on the lazy side chat while listening to the stairs of the band, but at the other side of the square there are open-air theatre performances, the massive long lines, the actors were exaggerated and place of performance, quite has the professional level. Point I on the city impressed greatly changed, although the urban streetscape and prior to the cities less color, but the city's cultural connotation is clearly more precipitation, more diverse people and more relaxed life.

This impression on the second day of the tour is the world's most magnificent Saint Peter's Church and the Vatican museums and the origins of the Museum were confirmed after more.

The magnificent cathedral, the main story is 40 meters long and 200 m from the ground to post to the roof, carving and decorating extremely complicated capabilities through the hands of a few generations are all the art of the 16th century. Visitors day is Sunday, out of the Church exactly when the top sermon of the Bishop, when his steady but slightly hoarse voice heard on the square, the time and space as if it were solidified, the square there are thousands of people, but at the moment everybody breath-hold his content, along with the sermons and applause, and sometimes follow reading aloud. We cannot understand the contents of the sermon, but people pious attitude.

The Vatican museums are just rough browsing requires spending, the Museum has concentrated the ancient culture of the European Court, fragrance is the Sistine Chapel and Raphael Studio, Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel ceiling was to make the "final judgment" but Raphael Studio is a collection of this gifted artist artistic peak of works, 14 euro tickets too cheap.

By contrast a bit specious Spain stage, perhaps because step from morning to night full of tourists come here, in the crowd to get to really develop a half point romantic mood. Because time is tight, the wishing pool and the mouth of truth has no time to go, a little regret.

In Rome's last day as a shopping day, Spain square, next to the large and small pruducts shop in and out, and finally buy their favorite things.

Due to the belief, most stores abroad are not open on Sunday, and Saturday was also the early on was closed at seven in the evening, prior to shopping the best look at the business hours, when looking at the free get window sigh.

Rome back to Shanghai aircraft is noon 1 point and a half ahead of two hours to get to the airport, but I almost missed the flight, it was met with a delegation from Wenzhou, to a tax rebate check card, staff always very long, but even so we do all the formalities or fanning to duty-free shop and bought something until I ran to the boarding gate attendant is found and all the passengers are boarding, he left us and another on.

Return the busiest period of time is a steward to sell duty-free goods, so their prices are cheaper than the duty-free shop, particularly direct conversion with dollars.

Knew this would not delay in duty-free shops.

24 June morning at eight o'clock, the aircraft landed at the Pudong International Airport, which lasted 15 days of the conclusion of the European tour.