Rafael's Roma Vacation Episode XII - Eating in Rome

Episode XII

Eating in Rome

吃在羅馬是一個意外的驚喜！雖然一物口味較重，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也給我一個大驚喜。

我去了一家在我的酒店附近叫做Piccolo Abruzzo的餐廳。當我第一次去那兒，沒有菜單，

接待我的是一個非常酷的女侍應。她首先給我們一瓶水，然後，所有的食物只是一直來 ...

再未！再來！第一道菜，第二，第三，第四...所有的菜式就一直來了！

讓我驚喜的這一切，食物只是一直的送來。

因為我沒有叫任何食物，我不是太知道我要被這樣服務。這是一個套餐。

我最後得得到了10道美味的菜式，豐富的意大利農場風格的食物。

接待任我們的人都是非常有禮的人，每道菜都非常美味！

我想知道這是否一些傳統的羅馬盛宴...我來到這家餐廳兩次，因為食物是如此令人驚喜，

我建議你去那裡吃！如果計算我吃了多少道菜，這裡的價格真是非常合理。

大約消費 40歐元一位。我吃了這麼多的食物已經幾乎不能走路了，

這肯定是我在羅馬吃的最好的餐館。

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.

Eating in the traditional Italian restaurants around our hotel also give me a big surprise.

I went to a restaurant called Piccolo Abruzzo near my hotel. When I first went there,

there was no menu, and I was served by a very cool looking waitress.

 She first bought us a bottle of water, and then, all the food just kept comming...

and comming and comming! The first course, the second, third, fourth...

all the dishes just kept coming! I was so amazed with all this food and it just kept comming.

Because I didn't order any food I wasn't too sure what I was going to be served. It was a set menu.

 I think I ended up with 10 courses of delicious and hearty Itallian farm style food.

The people who served us were really nice people and each dish was just delicious!

I 'm wondering if it was some traditional Roman feast...I came to this restaurant twice because

 the food was so amazing and I recommend you go and eat there! The price was very reasonable too,

 considering how many courses I ate. I think it costed around 40 Euro for one. I could barely walk after

 eating so much food and it was definitely the best restaurant I ate at while I was in Rome.

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The interior of the traditional Italian restaurant called Piccolo Abruzzo

Rafael's Roma Vacation Episode XI - Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

Episode XI

Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

 在羅馬的聖母大殿，是一個古老的羅馬天主教教堂。這是四大主教堂或四教皇聖殿之一。

這是一個非常漂亮的教堂。我到那兒一看週日禮拜。我在那裡拍了很多照片。

那裡的地下層有一個金娃娃雕像, 真是非常漂亮。

The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore is an ancient Roman Catholic Marian basilica of Rome.

It is one of the four major or four papal basilicas. It’s a very beautiful basilica.

I went there on Sunday to watch a church service. I took many photos there.

There is a gold baby statue on the ground floor. It is very beautiful.

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The Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore

Rafael 的羅馬假期 - 序章 Rafael’s Roma Vacation - Prologue

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)