After that, we headed to Italy. When we got off the bus, the first feeling was heat. From the cooler temperate oceanic climate zone in the north to the Mediterranean climate zone in the south, we had a feeling of returning to China. Putting cctv intensified my thoughts. The first stop is the water city of Venice. I visited St. Mark’s Square, St. Mark’s Church, the Bridge of Sighs, visited the world-famous glass-making art, and boarded a gondura cruise. Venice, this is a city without cars, trains, or even bicycles. The only means of transportation is the boat. All kinds of boats-taxi boats, police boats, ambulance boats, bus boats... veritable boats. Shakespeare has a comedy called "The Merchant of Venice", and now I really came here and found that this is indeed a developed commercial area, and unlike "mall culture", it is the kind of business that reveals a strong historical flavor with a sea salty taste.
The atmosphere, as if the hustle and bustle of hundreds of years of trading have been integrated into the sea and the immortal wooden stakes. After that, I went to Florence and watched the statue of David in Florence, the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and the Plaza of Santa Croce. Florence, Xu Zhimo once called her Emerald. I think this name is more in line with this city, the source of the Renaissance, a famous historical and cultural city, and traces of art can be seen everywhere. There are more than a dozen in the square named after Michelangelo. Famous statues are displayed here, which is a reverie. The Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore deserves to be the most beautiful cathedral, even the Vatican Cathedral is inferior to it. In the evening, I ate a 60-Euro steak meal, which was the most authentic western food I have eaten in so many days.
On the ninth day, we headed to Rome. The so-called "Rome was not built in a day", we only spent half a day in Rome, and in this half a day, although "all roads lead to Rome", all roads were traffic jams, and spent most of the time on the road. It is very different from the expressways in Germany. It is a bit like China. There are also the phenomenon of two-stranded roads as three-stranded roads, which is full of anarchism. The cars on the narrow streets are all small cars. Because there are many historical relics here, there is no underground garage, and there is not even a TV cable. They all use antennas for viewing. The tour guide said that this is because there is a departmental cultural relics bureau here, and the review is very troublesome. Maybe it can't be approved in 30 years, so the major telecommunications manufacturers have to give up this big cake. In Rome, we entered the Vatican Cathedral in the Papal State, enjoyed the Trevi Fountain in the "Roman Holiday", and went to the Colosseum.
Then he hurried to Pompeii. However, it is a pity that because of the delay in the morning traffic jam, the door was closed when they arrived in Pompeii, and there was no way to negotiate for a long time. The guide Lao Bei, who had been waiting for a long time, had to take us from a distance outside of Pompeii to look at the city that was once buried by volcanic ash and give an explanation. This old man is an Italian and a French professor, but he speaks Chinese to us. He is not happy that we speak English to him. It is very cute. Although it is a bit regretful, it can only be done like this. Come again if you have a chance next time. Another thing to say is that on the way to Pompeii, we seem to have seen a fire on Mount Vesuvius, where Pompeii was buried, and a firefighting plane. Lao Bei said this was an intermittent small eruption because it was an active volcano. But it doesn't matter much, just like the formation of hot springs. In the evening, we stayed in the only 5-star hotel on this trip. I heard that it has a history of more than 100 years. Messi and other superstars have also stayed here. It's really beautiful. In the evening, I ate the authentic Italian pizza in Laples. It felt very different from the Chinese pizza. It was thinner and softer. Before I knew it, it was 12 o'clock in the evening, and I fell asleep in this luxurious hotel, ready to return to China.
