Lyon – France Hanukkah diary study abroad

December 9, Sunday Yin

Fête de lumière yesterday was the busiest day.

The day before yesterday I had some good Juliee them yesterday and then went to see the light, listening and speaking activities is very rich. So yesterday afternoon, more than 6 points for supper, we set off to Emilie and Olivier's House. They sit there for a while, 7 point we take MTR to Vieux Lyon. Vieux Lyon, Lyon's old town is the seat of the famous St. John's Cathedral, on Fourvière Hill, the tramway are all here. At Valmy when saw some other sill lit a row of candles, scattered light that has come of the night looked calm and gentle. When we take MTR, immediately felt more than ever, because we are the second Valmy station is a station, generally in the evening the whole carriage is no more than 10 individuals, but yesterday it almost all the seats were filled with people. Everyone is wearing a purse, a lot of people out with your beloved dog, the children sit in their seats, it's not like the national holiday of the children is so excited and happy. The Vieux Lyon, Metro station was flooded with people — the entire evening we learned to France after most of the crowd, and Millennium night of Nanjing Road and Xujiahui comparable, we feel is Lyon all clustered into three zones of Vieux Lyon Bellecour and the municipal square, came, and saw the usual almost do not see the police and the police. But here's one more let us very bearable, because no one wants to compete with crowding, as we all move forward by order waiting in line, Lyon City Administration also arranged a large number of staff in the subway, tramway, Harbour Plaza to maintain order, it does not make me feel crowded troubled.

We first came to St. John's Cathedral, the church doors in the open layout of a big yellow big Ant, staff also climbed down to decorate it with, or in the evening's program will act as a kind of roles.

We line up to enter the Church, which is full of people, we also went over a person spends 10 francs bought just plug in a blank sheet of paper folded into the shade of white candles, sitting in the back seat. Soon there was a young priest in white with lighted candles to long for a lit candle a. The Church front lights, I was thinking of neck look magnificent ornament, but do not know the white Red Hat priests say what, everyone stood up, Europeans a personal high horse, like I'm in China but also short stature, impassable barrier over the preceding layer to see the front sight. I had to make candles in hands, go to the priest to do mass and choir singing. The song is beautiful, two male voice singing a bright and peaceful deep hymn tunes, a group of harmonious soft female voice behind gently and, with pipe organ playing, there surprising mood clarify effects. Half an hour, people began to leave the Church, we as people went to church on the square. We know that starting from 7: 30, the crowd will depart from here, walk along the uphill driveway to the mountain of Fourvière Basilica. I saw the square is full of candlelight, the House next to the square on the window sill have lit a candle, rows of people feel Holy and warm. After a while, we started to walk to the mountain. There are some personal back speakers, each about 100 meters, you will stop reciting a segment about the Bible prayer, then everybody sing hymns and then forward, a way to see several dial such a handful of people, in their side always gathered a group of people. We are a bunch of "Pagan" didn't understand what they were saying, singing, but out of respect for religion, and we are not just whisper loudly, and those who also won't stop people together, more than they went to the mountains. Some people, it may be that the newspaper and television reporters, carrying a camera equipment, microphone or camera, shoot a photo and the camera, and interviews with people in the team. May participate in such activities is very rare in the East, they gave the camera a few times at us. Our French is still very poor, but also really not Catholic, so direct to worry that they will come to interview us, so when a girl holding a microphone asked me: "can speak French?" and I quickly responded, "only a little bit, a little bit. "Everyone smiled, laughed very kind, very happy.

After approximately 45 minutes of walking, we finally arrived at Fourvière Basilica.

The Church was hit on the blue and silver light, looks deep secluded pure, also next to the high standing of the golden statue of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Sunglass brilliant. Because the Church's liturgy is not over yet, we were stopped at the door. For nearly half an hour, people began to put an end to mass queuing up, walked about half an hour to walk outside, it's essential for people to turn in. We handle the candles in the Church entrance candlestick, sit on the second row, ready to take a good look at a field mass. The day before Halloween I have ever visited Fourvière Basilica, at that time had to lobby the strokes, on both sides of the colourful murals that deep admiration. But the Church comparison Dim light, haven't been able to observe carefully the front of the Church. Now there countless lights burning bright light, candle lit the numerous, put the centre symbolises the Virgin Mary statues had shone resplendent, next to the pattern, sculpture shining golden light, I am amazed. Waiting for a long time, the mass hasn't started yet. We began to worry about mountain performance activities, anxious for a mass start we'll withdraw halfway will certainly not fit, so after some struggle, we decided to give up going down the Hill. So very embarrassed in full view of the left seat, slipped out of the Church, consoled to those against a wall next to the stand up seat of monks also merit a piece. When our team of six people have been dissolved, we three girls together, the three boys did not know where to run.

Wait for the cableway of overcrowding, but orderly.

A car after we reached the top of the second car, Came to the Hill. From the Vieux Lyon Bellecour square and along the Saône River Zoo, everywhere there are Arabs pendulum carnivorous, BBQ sale last time we ate at the Arab markets clips of mutton. We do not, by and large the index finger and Emilie Juliee helplessly watched was on the phone with me. I know they mean — who have no money, looking to have 90 francs I bought for them. I smell the fragrance also have traveled, and let the Arab guy help we do three, two greedy little devil not only to clamp mutton, adding a toasted aroma overflowing of sausages, I let the LAD in three clips cake on a sausage, finally, I asked him how much money, he said: "three, mutton with sausage, 120 francs. "I'm shocked, really embarrassed smile he said:" but I only 90 francs. "He laughed, and said:" just 90 francs. "So I put in my pocket all the money out to him, the way sound:" good night. "Think of the Arab guy really knows how harmony. Domestic some businessmen in Festival overcrowding, if you run into me such customers, mostly to I called back.

We are happy to eat a fragrant mutton with cake, Bellecour square, the roads are still encountered Li Li Yu, the Forte and see what we are eating, they joke that we must be deliberately Jiang Qian, they dumped.

Come to the square, it appears that the show has ended, people are packed with equipment and other equipment. The bronze statue of Louis XIV around happy crowd, he saw his people's descendants are so happy, must also be very comforting. We walked around Bellecour square a few laps, and so just give me a call to play together, but find that Jacqline for a long time didn't find her, call nobody answered, so I had to first take the subway to the municipal square, it is said that the municipal square of light is the most beautiful. When we just stepped off the Metro, we hear the air with a cannon, people cheered, at the time, is already a 10-point, original is Fireworks time is up. But in the Bellecour square can only see the light, but I don't see smoke, so we rushed to catch the Metro, thought to the municipal square area to see the fireworks. But 3 minutes later when we arrived at the municipal square, only to find that the Republican road on both sides of the ancient and tall buildings completely blocking our view, only to see the Republican road side sky shone the light on. We start all the way to the Moon, and the Republic of France's evening saw three Chinese girl with amazing speed and dexterity, left-right-to-bursting from their side Flash briefly. Finally we ran to the River Rhone, see air beautiful Fireworks. Bright light lit up the night sky is beautiful, colourful, although it has no domestic every day of the Beijing fireworks of scale, but in such peace and quiet of the sky, full of joy, good atmosphere, see Fireworks, still makes me feel happy life. The last field to see the Fireworks, or in 1994, 45, Daqing, Frankie and I was, sitting in the bustling big huazheng Park Lawn at Zhongshan garden setting off fireworks. Subsequent reunification, 50 anniversary, I do not know what the busy, never feel that way all the fun atmosphere.

Watching Fireworks, I found missing Emilie Juliee, we smiled and said: "had lost three, teams may not be able to reduce it."

So we stood on a traffic light, into their necks, big eyes and look for a long time for a long time, is in the midst of the sea of found her little figure, our lungs called her name, through the crowd to keep up with her, this is called and a smile, my throat is almost lost.

We made a telephone call to Viviane, let her give us money to actually ask her out to see the hilarious.

When Li from Pocket found a 10 francs coins, we see the side of the road there are several France girl with several table, desk with disposable cups and water bottles. I was studying them in the free water supply or sell water, a girl at our Chinese saying: "you want some tea?" we delight, not by laughing. Juliee French asked: "how much money?" she answered: "Chinese 10 francs. "Juliee in this alien suddenly hear the foreigner should speak Chinese, excited by this last 10 francs spent out, return a cup with a strong smell of water and chewing gum. The next scene is very interesting: the France girl in Chinese, I used a French, a sentence to chat about heaven, she used to work in Hubei Shashi city half a year, we mutually compliment each other in English and French, cheerfulness and parted. Beside a playing music of edges stay for a while, we go back to the Bellecour square and Viviane.

Full of joy to the crowd, the subway A line cannot be directly underground to the D-line, but must return to the ground from the D-line entry and then went in, it was tedious, we finally and Viviane and Victor victory at the baggage claim area, you have approximately 12: 30.

We walked for a while on the square, decided to go to the Vieux Lyon bubble.

Usual number of Vieux Lyon reception is foreign to tourists, quiet.

The first is full of people today, all the bars are full of people, we try to into a bar. There are only the most narrow aisle can walk, many people do not have the table, just sit on a stool against the wall drink the wine, we render 5 individuals. We in Vieux Lyon slate consensus.She two trips, watched a juggler will two lighted the stick in the body dance to dance to. Indeed, their technology and we used to see in the country of acrobatic troupe even folk artists than are poor far, always keep the stick fell to the ground or yourself, but we still he kept as they applauded. Shop around for a while, weWalk into a small restaurant, one a glass of beer – although not a pure bars, but the atmosphere and the bar is quite similar, as is the bubble. In question for a long time, many with McCain a pass, the waitress came very politely said to close, we realized that pay out.

The outside cold pressing, I wore a pair of jeans, cashmere sweaters and coats that are invading the body's cold shivering with cold.

Come to St. John's Cathedral, there are a lot of people are listening on several people playing side dancing. We also jumped up with rhythm, even if not fun, and you can also have your own warm. In addition to music is not so noisy outside, probably down some domestic disco atmosphere — jump better, worse, know, do not know, a large dance together.

Jump up, your body also warm up, we went to the River Saone.

You have 2 o'clock, Metro and bus business is finished. I know it would be interesting to find Emilie a bar or dance hall simply sit on the 5 o'clock MTR commenced business again, but I don't have any money, Viviane doesn't speak I am sorry to say where to spend, then walk along the River Saone is recommended. In my lead after approximately 45 minutes of walking, it seems that all of a sudden, we found the home of Emilie is just before eyes. After this great night of tossing about, we are all tired, but this is really a fun night.

Bad taste-PEAR--day one

France Paris 6: 00 a.m. daylight saving time arrives at Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport. The plane of the first desire is to breathe the air of Paris, only to find that cool feeling is so like Beijing. Airport facilities are very delicate and full of industrial design of mechanical sense, feel different from Shanghai.

In order to look for in a foreign country, I pay particular attention to the look of it, the airport cargo truck drivers, between clean cleansing, customs officer, Office of the unknown is what foreigners "crowded" ...

Everything in the I hinted that I was being in a foreign land, but I do like looking at a foreign film and couldn't get into their world---maybe flying has people spend time on the trip, but also took away the feeling of traveling from one out of the box is another piece of land, this magic I can't immediately into the role.

BERNARD (Bernard) is waiting for us outside, he was an easy-going old man, early in the morning from Brie Brittany came to meet us.

Everyone with a curious and eager for new things on the road of desire, from the airport to the hotel along the scenic but inevitably makes people disappointed, this is my first impression. Eat a meal and not afraid to flattered by the BERNARD buffet breakfast with our marching to the Seine River, walk in the street, there are a variety of colour variety of hair color of the stranger, small shop entrance sit relaxed people, a cup of coffee and watch the traffic of pedestrians. We had three Metro---with a ticket, near the Eiffel Tower, Paris Metro is very old, very simple but very convenient; metro network is extending in all directions, to.

Finally to the Eiffel Tower (Eiffel Tower), all at the same time said: "is not very high?!" (Fortunately, old Bay do not understand), the Eiffel Seine side stand, feeling is not impressive, but watch out is very old, today there is no log Tower.

The river Seine is clean, no garbage on the River with a brief discussion of the Green, the other side of the building and we arrived in La Villette is located in the community completely different, clean and tidy and with strong European style; the bridge over the Seine has a lot of character, each building has a different decoration of his bridge or sculpture, or purposely, or ancient quiet, or simple modern, to add a lot of the Seine.

On board the yacht, we are ready to tour the sights of the Strait.

Yacht design beautifully, transparent roof and walls formed an integral whole, you can pan after another to form open space. Beautiful tour with us do not understand but very useful in French to the tourists about the Strait of civility and legends of allusion. Both sides of the landscape and how much to my surprise, Notre Dame, the Louvre, the French Academy and so on, are all familiar sights, have a television, the magazine read multiple times. They are very reluctant to stand on the shore, quietly exudes elegant incense; visitors, clean, and the domestic many famous attractions of impetuous and messy.

In Paris a Pocket big circle, back to the starting point of the Effeil, old Bay and take us into the Metro network, now everybody's destination is old Bay apartments in Paris.

Out from the subway, old Bay belt we visited Notre Dame, Notre-Dame of the facade was renovated, so no pictures. Went into the darkness empty Inner Temple, cold air with wax oil burning smell upheavals, superior Dome, splendid incomparable praying painted glass Windows, table row rows of flickering candlelight, people face a solemn expression are enriched by my mind on the Bell character and beauty of the girl's masterpiece, so plug.

Out of the Notre Dame de Paris, they started walking Street channeling lane.

Along the way, the numerous small restaurants, bistro, rare are all decorated elegant and rich flavor. I walked past the eyes constantly to shop in sight, from small small door look into the depths of duplicating courtyard is so attractive, sitting in a BAR and a handful of people and carefree. There are many wine shops sell, door with rattan baskets and works of big rough crate, which naturally is a wine bottles "France." Shop furnishings are neatly exquisite, diverse wine rack on the merchandise without exception is wine, but the prices of the different packaging, but also very uneven, us amateur, buy a bottle of wine and a dozen francs for thousands of francs wines is almost the same worth and pride. Flower shop where are the most beautiful along the most beautiful scenery, is also my favorite place to visit, where you can see many domestic seen species, in the form of packaging is also more free and pay attention to environmental protection, multiple paper packaging. And roadside flower stall is even more simple, often even the packaging is province, little one, the most common is the kind of purple white white very simple little flower, a lot of ties together in carton, lush lush.

Bad taste-PEAR--day 2

The next morning wake up slack and yunwei sense has left me, opening Windows, noise immediately sifted, packed into the busy traffic, street, Street across from the small cafe has long put furniture left in the open doorway. Supporting the Chinese supermarket, we ate breakfast-familiar--in soup with milk rot, downstairs and old Bay converge.

Morning, in Bernard's Office started a more formal work (work situation, I would say that lovely lunch) say Chinese love at the dinner table about the business, it seems better than the West.

Entered the Museum curator private restaurant, but is a long dining table has been neatly in place cutlery, one wearing a white uniform waiter waiting at the door. France's English is not how clever, even they have a tendency to reject speaks English, perhaps they are very proud of the language of the motherland, disdain and our non-English speaking countries as very positive for people to learn English, English. Dinner with a total of 10 people, the waiter a busy busy back before as we all: pour wine, side dishes, heat exchanger and fork, clean up your desktop ... We need to do is wait for him to do a good thing, just say "MERSI" (thank you). First the white wine and appetizer was the first dish: Fried Goose liver and pizza. Very few foods in a "huge" dish, it seems to be not so empty, or to add some color, cooks in Goose liver poured around a few road I do not know what sauces, and I don't know of fruit and vegetables dressed a little, much to watch, entranced, was nice. Foreigners are fast and quick to put personal dish eat clean-shaven, we have to all pieces, cross and fork does not worry about the pizza, but very delicious Goose liver. The first dish and second dish is very long transition times, foreigners are off limits to chat, we may use their French mutual irony to irony (expressions on guess). Our Oriental guest, only Liu Jianping can freely side dining and they talked, others just 70% of the mind on the pizza. The second dish is fish and rice, in fact, I'm not sure whether you should call it rice, is a similar black sticky rice or cumin stuff, they call it White Rice, there are special fragrance. After the dessert, ice cream, and finally, coffee. Coffee Cup is very small, and internally used to drink liquor and cups, coffee is concentrated, bitter than traditional medicine, and not with milk. Remembered with great enamel cup bubble a large cylinder Nestle coffee feeling, really interesting.

Restraint and requiring the first meal!

Afternoon visited Laviettle Park, this is a very focused on environmental design of public space.

From environmental facilities, guidance systems to essays, children's play facilities, design of the handicapped. No one has not been carefully planning and design. Especially enjoyed the entire park consists of a simple and not monotonous spatial sculpture series, if the Park is a chess board, the unified style and unique piece of sculpture is red. They follow certain rules in the Park, as colorful and body weight and in the case of a building, hidden in the green trees or independence rather broad square corner has a very good visual effects and environmental organizations. Many environmental sketches have been seen in the book, like a giant bicycle, like being buried in the ground, only to reveal a stepping, small half wheel and half cushion, and that with a small Bell car put inclined inclined to point to the sky. Children in the car parts climb climbing Afar. The Park has plenty of space, high and low level ground, bridge tunnel, wavy ground processing, omnipresent sculpture you unknowingly already in a sculpture, as others in the eyes of the King. Even you can put the entire Park as a sculpture.

After a small break, we map pointing to the famous Arc de Triomphe, above, means of transport is, of course, Metro, now we have a Metro weekly pass, take the subway is not dead, but also wish to use it more to several places.

Arc de Triomphe is located in the city centre, is the intersection of several road, and its axis is the consistency of the Avenue Champs. Champs, French: Champs-Eylsees, is Paris's most famous and luxurious shopping street, the first sight, width up to 100 meters of the chestnut Ave. towering tree to the pregnant store hidden and can clearly see the open-air cafes and restaurants, visitors or more, and Nanjing Road commercial Street in the lively scenes can be different, in a way also reflects the differences between Western and Eastern business cultures. We from one end of the Champs to Arc de Triomphe, a long way, looking at the Arc de Triomphe from door to door, finally became like the Guinness in the shampoo, the lens looked up from the artistry, look at the arch internal spectacular carved box, experience the essence of the French culture. It began, drizzle in blue-gray sky background on the Arc de Triomphe on hero wild statue Moran, my mood to the Scout leaders and also change blows, it is likely to affect the environment.

Dinner is in the vicinity of the hotel called "Fortuna" in the restaurant to eat, the boss is in Paris for several decades in the restaurant, our entire meal, there is no other than customers patronize us, boss complains to us doing business is difficult, nearly 50% of revenue, this site is not good.

In Paris, in a restaurant eating is Western cooking, just some of the features of the dishes like Chinese food, in order to we, the boss original installed in six dish dishes in a dish, try as we create the atmosphere of Chinese food. Out of the restaurant, we slowly walked back to the hotel, took a look at the nearby shops. Day in the past ...

(The second day out, to be continued on the third day)

I was in France who cheated credit card-we must guard against

Previously as the working relationship in France in Nantes, Lyon and TROYES for nearly a week's time, a trip to Paris this weekend.

But when I just arrived in Paris in less than 2 hours, my credit card be on strange people cheated!

Was the high ground in Montmartre Sacre nearby.

Follow the Guide, I chose the path of the Church on the left hand side, take photographs while walking. This happened to a tourist train had, at the corner there is a blue shirt of middle-aged man making a gesture "command" small train traffic. I am so behind the small train, think this must be the tourist routes.

I didn't think I was on a small Museum entrance photo, just the shirt man stopped me up.

With poor English asked me to passpart and produce police documents. I heard Paris thief, it will be important documents will stay in the hotel. I and he explained a long time, but he seems not to understand. At this point I was not the end, because I do not know in the streets without passports abroad.

This time, he suddenly said MONEY, BANK.

I think he is, let me not on the street to go to Exchange Bank. He motioned to check my bag, and asked if I did drugs. I quickly shake waving said certainly did not.

I don't know how to do a good job, I put the package to him.

My back is a big bag, there are a lot of messy things, umbrella, coat, notebook, guidebooks and more. He turned over, or side of the ask what drugs, I still did nothing but have no explanation, but it seems that he was to follow. The entire process to my feeling is that we exchange is very difficult and confusing. But I told him I am Chinese, he is also on the radio a few words, a word of French I hear that encounters a Chinese ...

Suddenly he took out my wallet, turned up, there are not many with cash.

He also repeated his earlier money bank. He pulled out my credit card. Later, some I remember and fuzzy. It seems he asked many times drugs, money, and finally, he asked me to tell him the password. I was also, and he argues that the "password to tell you, you can withdraw money? this is my private stuff, can't tell you" he's very impatiently took out a book, write a lot of things, he handed me, asked me to write. I don't know how to write to him. Even more ridiculous is that my digital writing is not clear, he also and I double check. And then on the radio a few hanging la says a pass. A he will give me my wallet, cash again, repeat the money bank, the money game inside cover, wallet, deeply into my package, and pack all la, motioned to me to go.

At that time because I have a pen in his shirt pocket, I motioned him back to me, this time he suddenly picked up the phone, and I waved like motioned to me to wait, and then start with intercom, u-turn away at first I thought he had what urgent things to the past, but now my head already feel something wrong.

But I do not know what is wrong ... ...

So I Pull Pack, edge more brisk walk behind him, when I took out my wallet, discover credit cards no, this is realized.

I ran after him in the past, they could shout, vanishing la!!

When I head a drone.

I ran to the nearest shops, to help give me a call back to China reported missing, but the shop said phone cannot play. I've come down from the heights, just can't seem to find a public phone. Later also asked the scenic spot, where can I find the police, they were surprised to see me, that she didn't know. Finally ran to the street, is a public phone, however, there is no coin, with card or credit card. Saw a black man on the phone, I said I have a very urgent matters, you can tell me how to call you? he is very enthusiastic to lend to me. However, due to an oversight on my part, I do not know the credit card phone, find a family for help, the results were in a while, actually put the card play. Then I felt really really helpless.

Black brother kindly steered me to a Chinese restaurant in the open, said that the Chinese people will help you.

He even gave me his phone card money do not. The kind people I took photos, we look at how friendly black brother Ah.

The most maddening is that when I put the case and the Chinese people say he is relentless in Chinese, we here call can't go to China, you will no longer ignored me!!!, I was the cold heart.

I go abroad, specifically call the Bank increases credit limit, many months of salary. Actually hanging out.

No way, I've made that compatriots on the store, to continue forward, found a small small hotel, rushed in to say that I have to pay for a call back to China.

At that time that France is enthusiastic guy asked me, has also repeatedly taught me not to get excited, to calm. This can be solved. As a result I hit n multiple calls is not into credit card loss, because we provide my number will not be able to access from France. At this time, France man help me phone to international credit card because I remember that I am using master card. But the credit card to my quote Bank English name. Damn, the China Merchants Bank say? they help me out all the banks in China, read me. But I'm not sure. Finally found a card Center, help me to go through their centres received the China Merchants Bank card.

From card fraud, loss reporting, period experience 1 and a half hours.

Prior to this I also commissioned in Shanghai's relatives helped me loss reporting, but she said credit card said to my loss.

I 'd!

The thing that gave me great lessons.

The following is what I have to remind you.

1, remember that your bank English name and foreign access phone number.

The best and then write your card number.

More than 2, the

Information with you wherever you go. But not a purse.

3, if you have urgent things to the phone, small hotel can pay to play long distance.

4, do not think that the police you're afraid of him.

I think he has no right to search the package, deal with him back to the police station. It's the police wouldn't be so unreasonable.

Although there are seen before a similar story, but when they meet, they cope with the problem.

The road over a long period of time a person is not, think also quite terrible. If a person, especially girls, it is best to follow the crowd go really remote places.

I put the deception of the road and two kind people's photos are posted up in the hope that we will not suffer!

(Fraud path)

(Kind of a hotel desk)

(Kind-hearted Negro brothers)

19 days by Italian family tours-itinerary and Raiders

I feel tourism should be a very personal things, so chose tours. Very often, in addition to their own places of parents of those details is the journey deeper experience. My trip to a large extent refer to the following two books. Whereas the emergence of the Internet, which greatly reduces the difficulty of tours, all information, all subscriptions, you can easily get things done online. Reference books: while network gonglue many, but not sufficiently comprehensive and professional, with a good travel book is very necessary. There are many kinds of travel books, I know there Australia compared to the famous Lonely Planet series, of France's Michelin series, Japan's traveled the world series. Personal feeling LP text too much too small, relatively few pictures; Michelin map function not strong enough, not enough convenient; retrieved sites went global series plates, maps, attractions easily find, it is better to use reference tool. I go out with a Michelin of the France classic tour "and a" go global "in Italy. Hotel: in France, I chose the IBIS. This is a all over France, Germany, Spain and other European countries economy chain hotel. Practice shows that the general location of this hotel are good enough, enough comfortable room layout, the price is quite reasonable. In Italy, I chose the BOOKING. COM Web site of the hotel. This is a global professional reservation network, the company on the stock market, the choice of the hotel are numerous, site pages clearly, convenient map features enough, there are scores of reference, so everyone can choose to your heart's hotel. Web site does not collect the reservation fee is only charged the Commission with the hotel. Traffic: traffic is recommended to use in Europe, as Europe rail railway is very developed, can take you to almost all you want to go. As regards the need to buy European rail coat-tail, depending on personal itinerary. In my case, for example, I need to take bus number of times not too many, spanning time and long-tail but not cost-effective purchases. Therefore my train ticket is now bought a one-way ticket. The station staff understand written English, there is no need to worry about language problems. The following describes a simple itinerary and basic expenses for reference. D1: Hong Kong direct flight to Paris, stroke 13 hours, CPA, noon-2: 50PM, local time is 9: Charles de Gaulle airport 35PM arrives. Chose direct, mainly want to hurry up and save on the cost of physical, price is too high and more than 8000 block. two-way Physical good comrades can choose to transfer two of the flight, you can save around two thousand pieces, at the cost of total trip may take 24 hours or more. D2: Paris City Centre. All the way from the Arc de Triomphe, the Champs Elysees to the South, the size of the Palace, the Concorde, konduy Le Lee Gardens, the Louvre, Seine, Notre Dame de Paris. The entire trip is a little long, but one that is first days, no questions on basic physical strength, because the latitude of Paris, close to the ten o'clock at night dark genius, so you can use quite a lot of time. Arc de Triomphe if not top, does not require charging, so this day ticket costs. Paris I currently know of the most developed underground subway system, scattered on the floor there were 14 subway lines (MEtRO) and 5 light rail (RER). One-way ticket 1.7 Europe, regardless of the length of long distance suburban areas. Individuals can purchase a week ticket itinerary or ten times, with prices more favorable. In principle, Paris is not resolved you can walk, Metro is a must. D3: day tour of the Louvre, in the evening visit to the Eiffel Tower, after sitting in Alma Wharf Seine Cruise Tour. Light reflecting from the Seine will make you memorable. Cost: Louvre adult 9.5 Europe, 18 years of age free of charge; the Eiffel Tower 2nd tier adult 8, 1 euro, children 6.5 Europe; cruise 11 euro/person. D4: Versailles. This is France's most luxurious Palace, a must see. In addition you can visit the Royal Palace and King Suites, there is also a beautiful backyard garden and two tRIANON garden. Therefore needs a whole day is sufficient. Fee: 7 Euro/round trip; Versailles tickets 25 euro (including size garden 6 euro), 18 years of age free Palace tickets, but inevitably gardens tickets 6 euro. D5: Paris Disneyland. Here is the Disney parks and Disney movie studios Park, our day into the two Park, practice has shown that: 1 the two Park time is a little catch up, if you run into many more is too late. Cost: Euro/person round-trip 13.4; two Park 67 Euro/person. D6: morning went to Monte Thurgau region (Montmartre), tour of the Sacred Heart Church, white Hill square, you can also freely between the surrounding residential walk and see. Afternoon Malai district (Marais), visit the Picasso Museum, the Georges Pompidou Centre; the Latin night watch and eat dinner. One day walking area is helpless, because of insufficient time, and we want to go too much more time in fact if! one day, you can schedule slowly around the Latin quarter, here is the old part of Paris, a life, is also very pleasant. Cost: Picasso Museum refurbishment closed to 2012; Pompidou 11 European adults, 18 years of age free of charge. Because of the time, there is no time Olympic Museum. Alas, this is the day short heart long. D7: from Paris to Lyon railway station nice, full five hours. Arrival time is a nice 15 o'clock, after a short break at the hotel, there is enough time to sneak around the sea, slowly walk to the beautiful port, is the Golden sunshine Cape onto Earth, beautiful port abject beauty. Cost: Paris-Nice train 96.3 Euro/person. D8: Monaco one day. Claims is the world's rich holiday places in Monaco in Nice of nearby just stopped by to visit. Built on a cliff of the underwater world, the luxury of the Palace, are worth a visit. From high up on a cliff top overlooking the blue of the Eastern Mediterranean and the beautiful scenery of the fascinating Hong Kong, Monaco. Cost: Euro round trip train ticket 6.8 Monaco; the Palace tickets Tickets for Europe, 8 3 euro for children. D9: nice walk a day. Nice old city can simply walk in and see, Nicholas Orthodox Church has a lot of character, Eastern Mediterranean Palace near the beach is very popular, very Eastern Mediterranean. NiceAV Jean Medecin Street-shops, there are a Lafayette. Nice is not like Paris, its town size can walk, of course, if you do not want to walk, there are small bus, train. Nice is the kind of place where you can spend time, don't need destinations, find a place to sit. D10: nice to go to Venice, the way in Monaco, Ventimiglia Stazi and Milano Milan interchange, full of about eight hours. Arrived at five o'clock in the afternoon, before it's too late to Santa Rosalía square one. From Paris to Nice, from Nice to go to Venice, actually is from North to South and from South to North, itinerary is a little detours, but because I want to exit from Rome, had to go to Italy, then fold in the North to the South. Cost: train tickets 62 Euro/person. D11: morning and afternoon visit Venice and MURANO island, five o'clock in the afternoon, departure to Florence. Venice nearby there are several small islands, have their own characteristics, one of the most famous MURANO island is where the production of glass products internationally. Another island called Burano, allegedly also very characteristic, but because of the daily boat class is very small, we schedule, had to give up. Personal feeling Venice very beautiful, very much worth a visit!: Venice 24 hour ticket 18 Euro/person; MURANO glass museum tickets 10.5 Europe (a little). D12: Florence city tour. Starting from the central station, the new Cathedral, Church of our Lady of the flowers, Medina lease family Hall, all the way to San Marco Church, the Virgin Mary Annunciation Church, children's Welfare Institute, then back to the waltz of the Madonna with the square of the Republic's SIGNY Rio Plaza, along the Arno River back to the hotel. Near Medina lease family is a new market, there are many stalls you can buy genuine leather and leather goods, scarves and small remembrance; Republic square side are noble shopping district, the famous shops are everywhere; wechiau bridge is a series of Goldsmith. On the way to eat at all, very convenient. D13: train to visit the Tower in Pisa. Pisa, not far from the city of Buddha, about an hour by train, the ticket is OPEN, basically to go with. Pizza in addition to the Tower, there is almost no other place to visit, so generally half day is sufficient. Afternoon return to Florence we arranged shopping time. To Pisa railway station opposite the platform after the can bus, a Europe that ticket to the station's smoke shop purchase, called torre Tower station. Cost: no fee not on top of the tower. Personal feeling of fact on the tower is not very necessary to queue very troublesome, and looks after and not many scenery you can see, also caused the burden of the tower. So we're only in the following photos, purchase shopping around, they headed home! ticket to return 11.6 Europe. D14: Siena Xiye that day. Sita bus you can reach by SIENA, time 1 hour 10 minutes. Siena is one of the world heritage town and a town area, tuosikana visitors more. The Cathedral Church of our Lady of the flowers than it favourably, blue and white marble interior decoration of the church there is a photo taken solemn mesmerizing. Cost: bus ticket 7.1 Europe, Siena Cathedral full ticket 10 euro. D15: San Gimignano San Gimignano one day. This is a very unique historical town, a city of beautiful Tower. Here you train, the train can only sit Ponggibonsi, then buy the bus ticket at the station to San Gimignano. The whole is an hour by train and 20 minutes by bus. Here is an itinerary design experience to share: we are because the hotel set in Florence, so every night to come back the next day, then go out. If the SIENA and San Gimignano row together visit, may route. Because the two towns are in the interim, the two Ponggibonsi, City between the bus interchange. If an earlier visit to a city that afternoon and then visit another city, time is also acceptable arrangements, or between the night and the next day to go to another city, this trip even more easy. In addition, it is recommended that you do not have conditions of comrades who participate in our local private tour, so you can see more real tuosikana of pastoral scenes, just this fare is not cheap shot, approximately to 100 euro per person. We have two points of tuosikana tour, a private group tour is not participating in, or in small spell, and second, we went to two days just rain, don't see the most beautiful scenery!: Florence to Ponggibonsi, train ticket round trip 10.40 Europe, San Gimignano Ponggibonsi, bus tickets for each journey 1.85 Europe. D16: morning from Buddha, sat Eurostar to Rome, a station and a direct train journey is always an hour and a half. Continue along the road to see tuosikana scenery. Afternoon "Roman holiday", the ancient city centre districts in Rome walking tour. Starting from the central station, see Angeli Kunstverein, Republic Plaza through national Street come to Venice square, Campidoglio square, the ancient Roman Plaza, bucket beasts of the field. Evening walk to the Pantheon, Navona. Cost: Buddha city to Rome train 44 euro, bucket beast tickets 12 euro. D17: St. Peter's Basilica and Vatican Museums day. The world's largest Catholic Church and the world famous Museum is not to be missed tourist attractions. Cost: free church visit, an additional fee, the top floor Museum tickets 15 euro for adults, children 8 euro. D18: Rome visit and shopping day. The day went to Spain square and the nearby shopping centre, along the CORSO street there are many shops can satisfy your cravings. D19: from Rome central station take the train express to Rome Fiumi Fiumicino airport, its NOK 30 minutes by car, 12: 40PM flight fly back to Hong Kong. The railway station to the airport for flights is green, the platform is fixed, like he is 28, 29, platform, just note that the platform is very far from the station waiting Hall, walk to at least 15 minutes, luggage and more is hard. Costs: Airport line 14 euro. D20: 6: 50 a.m. and arrive at the airport smoothly. The Forum is not a picture, interested friends can move personal blog http://blog.sina.com.cn/yxhyzzz or http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4df474a80100k05e.html do know. I wish you all a successful beautiful journey to go online before!! also received information that the older generation. We believe that sharing is a virtue!

Plug the River is a person's romantic

Dusk and dark I quickened, hastily to input plug the arms of the River. Like to see a long time never, in the heart but a long lingering fear of former lovers, Nova Scotia has different God, he would hurt ... Saw, saw, so you now.

If you like you can walk along both sides of the stone steps go down, go to the shore.

I'm so close to the River Seine, beginning from the Saint Michel bridge, direction towards the Louvre gradually, imperceptibly, floating in the sky from the rain. I always go a few steps, break down and have a look, Tokushima, Notre Dame has gradually been looming behind me. The Paris city only because of the war, disputes, or even a modern urban development and change of lovely little island, I do not know how people live, where you can hear the music of Chopin?

A few metres in front of a small Pier, sporadic-Park with various types of boats, end high mast, a greasy old man holding a hammer knocking.

At this time, little light appears in a plug for the River, the left bank of Ossetia Museum and the Louvre cross flicker on the right bank. I found a bench to sit down, just on the opposite bank of the estuary Osei beautiful clock, the clock back seems to have a figure, just sit around and do not want to. Since I left Shanghai the moment seems to be all sorrow and happiness will come away with the Airbus 340. Spatio-temporal transposition, people really can temporarily forget all troubles, but remain in the care of the home that you wanted, then come back, only to find care original is self-righteous fantasy. Available at that moment, really beautiful. There came the two black children play with sound, interrupted my thoughts. Alexander III bridge in dazzling Golden Bridge and Bonny's sculptures have been in close proximity.

I wonder how long it took, the rain had suddenly become larger, I still think that to Paris for a week, also do not know the rain in Paris.

Look at the weather did not let us, storm ensued, alive to me trapped in the Concorde edge of a bus station.

24 September 2004 in Paris

Look at the map to play Paris – 30 August (top)

August 29 is the Monday after two days must be to the Hall last week arrangement see panels have fallen, but also about this day is the day of the Museum closed to the world.

Morning at the exhibition hall, the afternoon was sent to Ms. home treatment exists Z her house of 99 years of Chinese cultural week in Paris. Z woman married to a member of France's bankers, live close to the Arc de Triomphe near a small street, the street door locks are invariably, the lobby is large, but very small elevator remains. The door to the apartment the room doors are highly significant, room ceiling, let us live used low housing people feel uncomfortable, do not bear that out, Kuang unbearably. Fengshui also said that excessive exclusion, easy to disperse human essence, this may not be suitable for foreigners. Visited France house down in the second, and asked to the exact address of the Museum may have hit count me in her arms grass Hare, an act of hypocrisy.

Base MUI Museum is always want to go, but the real France style "but in any case this was stumped, corresponds with reality: not a distance book marked it is the nearest subway station Rambuteau, and awnings skin du is the same, but in the vicinity but can not find, regardless of the map, or on-site.

Z said: outta sight, base MUI, on the edge of my house. Today is too late, I tell you the MTR station, here should be the Iéna. She pointed to the Iéna station said that here, sure you can find.

Today's trip:

① come out from the Hall, in the morning to the nearest station → M10 Ségur of Sèvres Babylone for M12 → Solférino Osei Museum.

② from Musée d ' Orsay sat RER c line-Pont de I ' Alma station, walk to the base MUI Museum.

③ I é n a take M9 → Franklin D. Roosevelt for M1 → Concorde for M12 → Notre-Dame-des-Champs, walk to the Luxembourg Gardens.

④ I n t S a Germain des Prés x M10 → Ségur, participate in the dinner.

Osei Museum (Musée d ' Orsay), Musée d ' Orsay M, tickets 7.5 euro

In the morning and then go to the showroom, to 10 point before it was closed, companions to go shopping, or run "Lafayette", in the subway part, for the first time a man in Paris through smooth out of the station!, will soon see Osei Museum Qing, walk a few steps to the front door.

Queue down the Museum la alert level winds, then to see the picket line is too long to be found around the many curved, bent tail team crossing guard at the Museum of managers is to adjust the picket line and standing for more convenient opening to visitors. Buy a ticket to enter the Hall was overcrowded.

Osei Museum, close to the Seine, a Chinese specification and presentation, should be free, but the latter do not quite understand the instructions, or you do not want to stay too long, it missed its idea.

And the front door as the train station, Paris train station is also located in the city centre, and later migration, making the old railway station into a chicken, idle from 1940 to 1986. All of a sudden one day train station was born into Ossetia Museum. Do not know because the former railway station identity, or modification of design, high above the showroom floor in three of the dome, not only make this gallery has open, and the light is good, can fully enjoy the most works with natural light. In the book at the Museum of said to collection 19, 20th century Impressionist paintings, but also comprehensive, even the furniture, stage design has. Because of the time and the body, only on the layer to select several galleries around, anyway, I did also for painting, is posing. Although it is a holiday, but with a group of children to school teachers really many, occupy the entire wall paintings, teachers and kids are sat on the ground ...

From Osei out already in the afternoon, subway map, from the Orsay Musée d ' RER line C of the SAT to Pont de I ' Alma station, underground walk to the Alma Marceau for M9 → Iéna, seems to be a quick subway RER, like Beijing's suburban bus has a variety of extensions.

I know a bit more difficult, as it will go up to people who ask, ask, not reluctantly took a few points, simply from the Pont de I ' Alma station on the ground out of the station walk, I'll go with reference to a well prepared, but the good news is that over a bridge, not far away. Passing the map Japan built in front of the Museum of modern art, is the base MUI, which is quiet in a small corner, there are very few cars pass, but crossing the street, but multiple connections to a staggering — nine, and there is also a building on positive across the street, or almost half of St, i.e. in a semicircle on the distribution of the nine at the gates of the base MUI! in Clip for two Street near the tip of building end, high above the high level, without a door on the rest of the note on Tuesday. Gatekeeper firmly forbid me to step back, despite the close proximity of the exhibit hall, also had to give up.

With sadness to leave base MUI, still take the subway, Franklin D. Roosevelt in transferring the tickets, you may encounter when the station is a major transit point, there is a long channel (Paris some subway stations to underground walk a lot or even take a flat elevator, note that metro map drawn as tuo circle station, may be such a transfer station), see stood several men and women in uniform, I also don't understand what the police uniform, that is, find the bad guys, in Beijing has not stopped after I do the police, I didn't expect a uniformed to my hand, and read out a Word, I see about Gu is stopped will not feel like the bad guys, is checked, busy to go to the felt in the bag: luckily I didn't

Listening to others "as soon as useless, throw away, don't not used ticket mixed up" suggestions, luckily, I didn't go through the first few days of relaxation, there are always chops in a corner of the bag, and ensure a clear day. But the same-day tickets are all together, I felt a, uniformed shaking his head, then touch also shook his head, made me nervous: no tickets? my bag with only a day of invalidations, finally won her nod by: or tickets. Big sigh.

(Osei Museum)

(Class of students and teachers)