Sole Tour Italy travel notes

Sole Tour Italy travel notes

In early June of this year was finally realized to the aspirations of European tourism.

Although the haste only went to Italy in three cities, but because their one complete the entire journey, that don't have fun. Write down some of the trip, and it went back to before the expectations and nervous state.

Rush to prepare for

The company back in April we issued in Rome global law department meeting invitation.

But I've been busy with a deal negotiation and settlement, as well as prepare a hopeless by examination, has to be done, and are based on the past in domestic tourism always participate in the Organization (company or tours) experience, looking to find a tour after Rome, does not do anything.

But get the visa and colleagues to talk and travel and tourism is going after, colleagues of various experience made me a surprise.

They told me that one person in particular girls separate Tour Italy is very dangerous, many pickpockets, if you ask may not have told you, if you call the taxi is likely to be tried, but most people do not speak English. I panic, immediately online enquiries Rome travel agents and friends help me find the Hong Kong local do European tourism business travel agencies, but check to find out, and have not been able to meet my travel tours, because removing a meeting I have a week's time going 3-4 cities and abroad tours is a place to play for seven days.

Wishful thinking, I'd have been forced to prepare for independence.

Good in project delivery and examination on 21 may complete, I immediately began to collect all kinds of tourist information, develop specific schedule, hotel reservation, Exchange euro Pack. Considering that a person to shuttle to travel around to avoid too tight too much, I decided to give up Paris, destination identified as Rome, Florence and Venice.

A European tours book gave me a very big help, in particular, it provides a simple map of the city and cheap accommodation in the hotel so I am going to place a book about understanding and to accommodation — both are going to strange places we are most concerned about: the destination is? if not find accommodation? a two years ago to European friends experience also encourage me, she told me that when the three of them are such self-help tour, as long as his careful, no problem.

Their experience was lived near the railway station, wherever, buying local map and go to the next city train ticket — subsequent trip I also do the same, that is worthy of recommendation. Also check online before you go to the local train (Italiantrain) of airfares and I have a good time.

In particular, to prepare is mentioned: I made two sets of all important documents such as tickets, passport, credit cards, emergency assistance card, etc., and crafted a carry-on small wallet — these in later experience proved to be necessary.

But an interesting preparing is reviewing the film "Roman holiday".

Due to read the various travel information, see the film in the camera is very easy to identify Spain square, fountain and other attractions, thank.

Rome

Vatican

Arrive in Rome are in the 2 June morning.

Since the company started the meeting day 2, I decided not to waste time and immediately went to the Vatican. Company scheduled hotel is in the outskirts of Rome and the Vatican in the Southeast, in the Northwest of the city of Rome, the first to Rome's City Centre, train station go Metro mini A cable to that spent nearly two hours, when they arrive is 12 noon.

Khaki walls derricks, will the Vatican this world Catholic Centre districts from Rome.

The Vatican Museum is full of various age sculpture, painting, Rafael Studio and the Sistine Chapel is the result of Raphael and Michelangelo's monumental works and Stuttgart, the tourists from all over the world have stood up here. For an Oriental people, the majority of the Catholic religion and the Roman history and mythology featuring murals and our domestic common landscape painting is very different, its colorful, bright, charactor and portraits of the great (occupy the entire surface of the walls or ceiling of a quarter of the sky), gave me a strong visual impact, which suggests that the artist had finished the frescos are wasting time and energy, the more frustrating.

From the Museum, we went in to the world's largest Catholic Church of St. Peter's Church.

From the hallway looked outward, the huge square stand in the middle of a both sides of Egypt Obelisk, imposing Colonnade. Great Church better livings small sense of — I want to worship the layout also subtle so that people become humble. But the Church layout does not make people feel empty, it split into many areas, and layout of a variety of decorative ceiling dome and statue, and many of them is a rarity, as Michelangelo carved by 25 years of the Saint Elegy.

Since this is my first day in Rome, so caught up in the museums and churches in continuous walked four or five hours after feel my legs and waist great before.

After the visit I realized this merciless cons: excessive candle making fun of travel decrease — then I walk every 15 minutes to sit down to rest for at least 5 to 10 minutes before continuing!

Accommodation in cheap hotel

June 4, open up the meeting, I moved to the city centre near the railway station of a cheap hotel.

8 people in one room, the room has four beds-bed, a desk, there are several corridors, public toilets with bath. I stay in that room, four from Slovakia and two girls from the United States. The girls from Slovakia is to come to Rome to play, they bought this book on play Rome, follow the book design of the 8-day trip schedule. They also speak fluent English, and told me in a foreign company we speak English, but not everyone would speak the mother tongue of foreigners. From the United States of the two girls is to travel to Europe for three weeks, United Kingdom and Spain. We met were very friendly greeting, exchange their itineraryAnd travel, and mutual care: for example, I went to bed early, they will turn off the lights, the action does not say anything; while the United States girls to bathe me then help her see live package – of course we can also leave valuables in the foreground.

This hotel is located in the building and nearby can be said with this hotel because it is high season, each hotel has lived almost like ours with big luggage but wallet not drum young man.

The hotel although small and old, but very clean, replace the white sheets cover, mopping disinfection. Because the flow of tourists every night you can live with roommates are different from the other end from the Earth to get to know a completely different person, on the road feel mobile landscape and have eight-party visitor feels so I obsessed with. When I returned from Venice to Rome stay, this hotel is arranged in a different room and two from Spain's girl with short hair speaks English and rapid brittle like jumping beans, so far, my ears are still sounded their laughter.

Walk Rome

After two days I day wandering to Rome's major attractions and square.

All attractions are relatively close, you can take the subway or walking. Amphitheater, fountain, the Pantheon, Piazza Venezia, Campo skin more, Europe square, needless to say is gone, but also all its reputation. Very impressive is the La Plaza and fermenting of the ancient Roman ruins: former Zoo, full flow of people and music, stop here could not forget any trouble; the latter is desolate and perpetually, broken column, the ruins at sunset AfterGlow in strolling, residual, "westerly Han Tomb que" to describe the feeling of the heart.

I am in the rain from lopopolo square walk to Spain.

Three straight Street intersection of Bologna Bologna square Center of Egypt Obelisk, this momentum cannot but saddening Rome's great and it is no wonder that the Chinese will have "bar road to Rome". The rain in Spain has stepped up somewhat quiet beauty and a glimpse of the weekdays because tourists full ladder and difficult to see in its entirety.

Famous Kang up shopping street and didn't give me any different impression, after all, in Hong Kong is also visible to the world class brand boutique.

In the Church, my favorite band chains of St. Peter's Church and the four fountains of shengkaluo Church.

The two churches are very small, in Rome, this is full of treasures of the Catholic Church in the world of local and not particularly well-known distinguished visitors. Belt chains of St. Peter in the treasured Michelangelo carved statue of Moses, the characters vivid, blood is visible. The four fountains shengkaluo Church special quiet, it is very small but exquisite fashion design, conception.

Roman adventures

People are warned me to be careful of pickpockets in Rome.

During a visit to the finish after a Amphitheater pleases me a bus on his way back to the train station, up to one and see which is the Chinese mother and daughter, mother and I got chatting and they come from the United States.

Just talking, daughter told her mother that her digital camera, when I get to know the original station in several Eastern European next to the mother who attempted to steal her camera, of course, did not succeed, but I am beginning to the end, did not note their behaviour.

Another experience I was slow.

It is approximately 8 pm, the day is not black, I'm on my way back to the hotel, only one street away. A foreign man holding a map to me for directions. Because his tourists know who is in the difficulty of getting lost, I would like to try our best to help him. While we were reading a map, a middle-aged man came, he quickly shows us their own documents, and that he was the police, often cheats here, ask us what help you need. I like big release, they told him to ask for directions and I do not quite clear, will soon be handed over to the police for help preparing to leave. He stopped me and said someone here for counterfeit money, requires us to produce documents. Foreign man pulls out his wallet with a thick stack of coins, the credit card and passport. I then took out the applicant's passport. "Ah, Chinese! copy!" the police and told us to take out pocket money, I found a half-day, only 5 euros, and once again asked if I can go? The police then asked me to leave. Back to the hotel, I think it came to pass, and front desk receptionist said, he soon found that I had experienced fraud, because the real police eye will know I am a tourist, never make me pay to him. Usually a liar like find Chinese, because the Chinese people take a lot of cash in the side, but since I don't have the cash, they didn't have to give up oil can be salvaged.

These two distress but not dangerous, it can be said also benefited from my prior readiness: important documents safe deposit at the hotel desk, who can only copy and large cash in cannot easily get to the place.

By car or walking, I will have hands on carry-on bag zipper.

Florence

Florence is a small city, almost remain the Renaissance city appearance.

I live in the vicinity of the station, go to each and every one of spots are walking and stroke are within half an hour. The entire city of housing are five or six layers high, is that the color of red brick wall. Almost all street is narrow, stop full motorcycle. The city gave me the impression that people have lived a life of artists in General, not only because of the city's numerous museums has collected many art treasures (the Art Museum of Jadeite jade sin is the so-called collections of Western art history more than half of the works), and most of the shops on both sides of the street are hawking art. Arnaud River is like a thick oil painting, reflection at dimensional its Austrian bridge and river banks of the Red House.

Baihua Cathedral looks beautiful, but the inside furnishings and the Church in Rome than was rudimentary.

Church of St. Lorenzo is located in the leather market nearby and Maung inconspicuous, easily overlooked, in fact, there are a lot of the inner face of the wall paintings treasures worth look closely. In the leather market I found a beautiful purse on good after 30 Euro price I worry about them, and finally did not buy. Now he wants to come back and is still not the wallet but have missed the opportunity. Many things in life are like this, this feeling will become, just asAlready lost!

To visit the Jade jade Museum waited two hours, but the wait was proved to be worth it.

Queued, I have carefully read the Florence tourist books, of which almost half of this is about the art of painting. Enter when you feel like a visit into painting of sea in the West, while at the appreciation is still to no avail. Some tourists with guide, they right consciousness is strong, if note attempting to hitchhike tourists around listening, they will tell you this is a private tour guide others cannot listen to.

Venice

The train is pulled in, but has been removed from the window to see that stands in the sea of the town, and from the railway station, the following step is the Grand Canal, Venice is so stunning rendered in front of visitors.

For most tourists, it gives people the feeling really seemed like a mirage, a fairy-tale unreal exist, therefore in the boat I kept a lot of people call in Italy attractions in favorite here, surely, this may also partially explains why the visitors than Rome Venice Florence crowded. But on the second day wake up, take a boat tour of the Grand Canal and surrounding islands, this stunning impact sense will slowly decrease. Thus I think that living in Venice's local people that like the Grand Canal on a bus driver, who from small to large daily on this scenery, perhaps feel very boring also like us longing for offsite scenery, not to mention their daily life overcoming the transportation is convenient. San Marco square and the Murano island variety of glass products and masks are very beautiful, I thought it was the best buy souvenirs.

PostScript

Tourism brings different feelings.

For me, a man carrying a package tour to walk in the alien's streets will meet a variety of colour are saying about different languages, the eyes can see is different from the usual turn a blind eye to the scenery, but it all seems a different mirror, deeper reflects yourself and your life. Perhaps we all live elsewhere.