I and the father of the European tour

Me and my dad is 2009 in late September or early October tours to Italy, Switzerland and France.

A back to Shanghai work are very busy, but now I have to write about the experience in the process and feel that you can give us some information.

On the trip:

We take the Netherlands Royal aviation, Pudong airport, in Amsterdam after connecting flights to Rome.

(Here also remind had never been to Europe classmates from your arrival the first airport in Europe even if it is entering, you fly to the next EU-countries, cities, it does not matter entering this thing is like flying to Beijing, Shanghai, what procedures do not run. Under reach Rome airport) after we follow the direction to the luggage Department, looked circles never seen our flight identification, ask a second airport staff do not understand English, ask the third that woman seemed to understand, that is our special luggage in A Department, Division B, and B is exit, we go all the way to ask our nasty sweat, while worrying about if this big luggage lost the big trouble, go to the basic things for the is in the big box, go a long way would be to place, and don't let us into the long time said that he understood after the call to show your passport and airline tickets to let in, went in after a will to see our big box is transferred from there to see it when they see their loved ones, get to know our special luggage also arrived not long enough to describe a place to hear we go wrong when in the mood, the running speed. The following machine must ask to avoid trouble, and even a big trouble.

We are in Shanghai purchased three European countries 6 train ticket (I personally think that this ticket is extremely easy to use, the train ticket has six squares can fill out for yourself, so you don't have to say you need to buy tickets in advance of trouble, and this train is to second base price, purchase a block of seats, the first block of General carriage who are not a lot, so it does not need to worry that it will not place each time before you just put the day's date can be filled, but remember that a train will have to fill in, if not complete, is found, the ticket inspectors may not punish a little bit of money), the ticket must be activated before the opening (seal), our first take the train from Rome to Florence, so we need to activate her in Rome railway station.

Since there is no experience in Rome railway station asked a lot of people including information desk, railway stations are a lot of staff do not understand English, no way so a long time to know the station ticket office. We also work to advance to the station, or else we bought from the bus will not catch, effort, but it also speaks their own language for the people of Italy, in Italy, English is not a prerequisite courses.

Pisa also has other city bus, the bus ticket must be your own initiative.

The car is not a conductor, train tickets at the station near the shop to buy, you don't know which shop you sell, have asked a very time-consuming to find. In order to avoid multiple search for shops to buy tickets (each 1-sat 1 car), count down, once purchased, easy.

Venice transport is the ship, take the second boat per person, 60 minutes for euro 6.5.

We live in reato bridge Chinese family hotel near the train station in Venice enjoy end returns, we reato bridge on the boat to return to San Marco square reato bridge and then to the railway station and less than one hour, the use of policy, seen enough of the water city scenery of cross-Strait.

Metro:

In Europe a lot of people, including young people, especially the service sector, do not understand English, to the tourists bring certain difficulty (heard they excluded foreign words, it is not exclusively in English).

Rome subway no schematic, direction identifies, finding the target up to ask also often run into snags, finally find people on the map to see accompaniment became popular ticket was Italy, also good hit kind people she help us operation, look back to the future will, HA HA;

Paris subway, a coupon (single) 1.6 Europe, buy coupons (10 tickets) 11.6 Europe; therefore the purchase of coupons to save money and save time (just as long as well).

But when that woman conductor purchased I say she did not understand, my dad took out when the first prepared using French language of purchase coupons (Carnet) notes, gave her a look, she is aware of that.

On the spot:

This time I go to all the attractions only to Milan Thanksgiving in the Notre Dame church in the last supper "we don't see.

Reasons must be paid for in advance.

Notre Dame church in Milan, thanks to the "last supper", since there is no reservation we got there in the morning, said team or individual bookings often have vacancies you can buy, but get there recently, they were not intended not to sell tickets to see, nothing to late, sorry!

Switzerland's big spenders, iron men of snow (Ingeborg) worth a go, natural landscape and human landscape, walk in the NPV is enjoyment.

From Ingeborg (elevation of 1050 meters) were sitting six rectangular ropeway, ropeway, and 80 rotating cable car will take you to 3015 m iron Guinness Snow Mountain (Hill did not rent cotton).

Buy European train ticket you can also enjoy a discount, as long as 33 euro (price 59 euro), and also in elevation 3015 metres and then take a cable car, open mountain station in the wooden bridge, 360-degree view of the whole is, according to a lot of photos, beautiful!

In addition to the Louvre in Paris, Versailles palace is its attractiveness.

The Louis XIV built luxurious Palace, with a variety of sculptures, paintings and furniture and facilities. The most luxurious of them mirror Hall, mosaic floor mirror on the wall, facing the courtyard's side there are 17 fan French window, very bright. Various sculptures of lamp posts abound. It's back garden is one of the world's best gardens. Because it is in the suburbs, RER, metro ride is sitting RER outbound to ticket. (City subway once a ticket for one price, at the ticket to).

About the accommodation:

Italy

We are living in a Chinese family hotel, 60 Euro a day — 70 euro, also package, dinner, delicious. As the sisters family hotel Florence (phone 0039-3479570858), and Venice's sea city family hotel (mobile 0039-3475984321) are good. Lunch and evening meal, in tourist attractions nearby to deal with a good meal, very good. More than half a month's European buffet youquan eat pizza, McDonald 's, Western food, not to mention money, may your eating habits or adapt to it.

In Switzerland, I and my dad live youth hostel backpacker, strongly recommended, very clean and close to the Lake, the trip was very convenient (about 10 minutes you can walk to the train station), 40 euro for one night, is quite effective.

In Paris, we live in is the IBIS, personal feeling generally, room small to mess.

About rebate:

We are ahead of nearly 4 hours away from the subway to ibis Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, the airport tax refund procedures, there are not many but staff movements really amazingly slow, so my tax refund after Todd luggage, started boarding, refund the whole cost me 2 hours, refund older sister typing speed is slow.

It was also in order to catch the plane could only reluctantly abandoning the rebate;

Geneva railway station is even worse to the pole, the purchase of watches is a salesperson's attention to the Geneva seal for rebate.

We find the first and early to the station, bound for France of train stops at 7, 8, platform, dedicated customs, tax stamp, we took 6564 times car 7 point 17 separate, but to 6: 50 more also see figure, you can only get on the train. Well then buy when the table was unexpected, ask the salesperson to many a can send back to Switzerland's tax rebate, have got into this thing, as we do in Switzerland before rebate students worry too much, as long as the next European Union countries, fill, list, accompanied by a picture of you in another country of the consumer list (such as McDonald's meal, mainly to prove that you had left Switzerland), and then return to Switzerland (envelope with an address for), but must be sent back within 30 days, otherwise you'll find your credit card will be debited.

The following attached our travels (photo gallery), hope you can share with you.

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