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Rafael’s Roma Vacation


Prologue

二〇一〇年的二月十日至十八日，我到了羅馬。這確是一個我夢寐以求前往的地方。

我是如此幸運，因為在羅馬我看到了下雪，這是我第一次看到它和觸及它。

我本來應該在新西蘭的Queenstown和北京看到下雪，但我從來沒有。

所以，現在我知道雪如何從天上掉下來，這是令人驚喜的，

看到所有的人高興地在雪地裡玩。

在這次旅行中，我們看到了在羅馬所有重要的景點; 如西班牙石階Spanish Steps，

Trevi噴泉許願池，古羅馬圓形大競技場Colosseum，聖瑪麗亞大教堂，

聖彼得大教堂，梵蒂岡博物館和許多其他地方，

我會在末來幾篇的博客介紹，當然會有圖片。

此外，有一件事我沒想到的，在許多著名的景點如噴泉許願池，

古羅馬圓形大競技場Colosseum和梵蒂岡博物館，這些地方是那麼多遊人混在一起和

無組織的混亂，似乎發生的原因是人不排隊和推推搡搡，在排隊等人被攪得混亂。

這在不同的地方購票時都造成問題，尤其是古羅馬圓形大競技場Colosseum。

吃在羅馬是個驚喜，雖然一些食物較重口味，有一些真的令我欣賞，

如我在酒店吃早餐時吃的巧克力蛋糕，還有在酒店附近的傳統的意大利餐館。

我會在之後再談談這些美食的。

最後，在羅馬購物沒有令我留下深刻印象。它沒在巴塞羅那一樣有給我滿意的購物感受。

昂貴的衣服和許多商店的服務像是不存在的。店員都在聊天，服務員只是坐在桌子。

我可以說，一般而言，羅馬人非常友好，特別是餐館的侍應。

對我來說飲食有一個非常愉快的經歷，這是遠遠超過購物的享受。

From the 10th to the 18th of February 2010, I went to Rome.

It is one of the places that I have dreamed about travelling to.

I was so lucky because I saw snow in Rome and it was the first time I had seen it and touched it.

I was supposed to have seen snow in Queenstown, New Zealand and Beijing but I never did.

So, I now know how the snow falls from the sky and it was amazing to see all the people,

happily playing in the snow.

During this trip, we saw all the important places in Rome; the Spanish Steps, Trevi Fountain,

the Colosseum, the Santa Maria Basilica, Saint Peters Basilica, the Vatican Museums and many

 other places that I will introduce in upcoming posts in my blog and of course with pictures.

Also, one thing that I didn’t expect at the many famous sights like Trevi Fountain,

the Colosseum and the Vatican Museums, were the hoards of people visiting these places

and the unorganized chaos that seemed to occur because people were pushing and shoving,

 people not lining up in queues and others just been disorderly.

This caused problems when buying tickets to different venues, especially the Colosseum.

Eating in Rome was a surprise even although some of foods were heavy, others really impressed me,

 like the chocolate cake I ate for breakfast in the hotel, and eating in the traditional Italian restaurants

 around our hotel. I will talk more about this later.

Finally, I wasn’t impressed with shopping in Rome. It didn’t give me the same satisfaction like

shopping in Barcelona did. The clothes were expensive and the service was non-existent in many stores.

 The shop attendants just sat chatting with each other or just sitting at tables.

I can say that generally, the people of Rome are very friendly, especially the maitre des’ in the restaurants.

 Eating there was a very enjoyable experience for me and it was far more exciting than shopping.

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Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore & Fontana di Trevi (Fountain)

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Piazza del Campidogilo

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Architecture around Arco di Tito

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Piazza di San Pietro (Plaza of Saint Peter)

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Via del Corso & Piazza Della Rotonda (Pantheon)

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Snow in Piazza della Repubblica

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Piazza della Repubblica & Colosseo (Colosseum)

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Beautiful statues in Ponte Sant' Angelo

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Eating in Rome

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Eating in Rome

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Napoli 那波里

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Pompeii 龐貝古城