European travel notes

Always wanted to travel to Europe, this summer has finally taken place.

In order to be able to take my daughter to college admission notice, ease of travel, in the end began gathering travel information, preliminary scheduled tours at the end of July, began to prepare for the required material. Because our passport to the 2008 2 January expiration (required guarantee validity before traveling to 180 days), so the replacement passport is required, this would not affect her daughter's entrance, you can apply for a passport must I present.

Each time you travel abroad visa, there is always some undesirable matter, 03 Australia tour, was also a row of seven people, the Australian consular again and need additional material, and some innuendo do you will flee to a country where three people, deliver visa before SOT gave up the tour.

The remaining four were barely able to go because her daughter's classmate, because my mother in Japan, she is single trip, the visa officer will determine that you have not come back, it is better to agree with deposit (10 million), and eventually take place. The European tourism, the flag is 7 people travel together, also because visas last only six people, sorry?

July 23, 5 am to go out, a rocky, multiply by 8: 15 minutes on the flight of aircraft, two hours after arriving in Beijing, then took 13: 40 minute flight to Rome, after 11 hours of flight (Beijing time 24: 36 min), Roman time 23 May 18: 36 am, arrived in Rome.

24 July, after breakfast, we took the bus to the famous ancient city of Pompeii in Pompeii unearthed a mural in writing to the "nothing can eternal", a sudden disaster in destroyed Pompeii also makes the city scenery to eternal life — can hold nearly 2 million people in the Colosseum, more than 100 bar, 30 + bread dessert shop, can accommodate up to 5 thousand people's Theatre, with the large stone block pedestrian street, carved stone sink and exquisite murals ...

It's all because of a disaster and to avoid the invasion of time, as the great poet Goethe said "in a world of many disaster, never any disaster like Pompeii, it brings posterity is such enormous pleasure."

25 July morning we go to the Vatican.

Latin language in the Vatican means "land of the prophets", is the world's smallest State. Vatican City State is an independent sovereign State, is also the center of the Catholic world — to the Pope as the seat of the Holy See.

For Rome, there is a special kind of yearning.

This yearning from "Roman holiday, Hepburn", when I read Audrey Hepburn and · Gregory · Parker starring in the film Roman holiday, full of longing, the movie is everywhere on the streets of Rome sights and scenery that I love and longing – I want to go to Rome, to see the picturesque Tiber River, to experience the Roman history and timeless beauty today, desire becomes reality ...

Out of the Vatican we drove to the ancient Roman Forum, the ancient Roman triumphal arch, in the car to see St. Angel Castle and the Tiber River, the film Roman holiday, Princess Anne River in the Tiber and Joe on a yacht, the merry dance, St. Angel Castle is a beautiful background.

St. Angel Castle built in the HA 139 years, even the great emperor's mausoleum, the seat of the ancient Roman Emperor, later also as his tomb. Now here's internal has become a Saint Angel Castle's National Museum, exhibiting ancient Roman era of armor, weapons, etc.

Enter Rome, I see is that a battered old calendar, all over the city's various sculptures, fountains and everywhere in the Church, square, etc.

Ancient Roman playing field while wall Grier, cave track with many parts of the surface has been damaged, but could not conceal its great shock. Constantine Arc de Triomphe is not and the Arc de Triomphe Paris par, but also powerful, is the largest of the ancient Roman triumphal arch. Ancient Roman Plaza, ancient architectural monuments, has gone from the storms of ruins looking past prosperity, leaving only the stone columns and pillars broken pieces with a damaged party Tablet as the history of the ancient Roman Empire decline.

25 may in the afternoon we went to the wishing pool, and an amazing man and nature, the perfect combination of works of art.

There are many people here, and is also one of the thieves focused, also called the girls here, legend of the Roman Empire in the early spring, ancient consuls Kali PA soldiers return to Rome, in the suburb on the way to find water to drink, just met a girl, she had the clear spring water means to them and, therefore, there is a girl spring in Rome. Relief depicting the story. Four beauties, summer, autumn and winter respectively represent, in the middle of the sea, is a tall vantech, have long been under the driver's wings baijun Ma, the sea God small allowed to drive. At the same time, according to legend the soldiers to go out to war, to come here to throw a coin wish to come back and then drink the spring water here, so here there is a name to call the wishing pool. Come to the wishing pool, the most important of course was the promise. So I find a coin made may, with your right to vote to the left shoulder. Regardless of the spirit and Word is a promise. I wish to achieve.

July 26, today tour Florence

Florence is Italy Renaissance poetry and painting in the cradle. Known as the Renaissance art "three" da Vinci, Michelangelo and · Rafael, meet in 1506, at Florence, become eternal in the history of art.

It is the birthplace of the Renaissance in Italy, and is also the cradle of European culture. Florence, Italy in Italian as "city of flowers". The city has a total of 40 museums and galleries, the Palace and 60 more numerous size Church, the collection of outstanding works of art and artefacts, it is the world's most extensive Renaissance artwork saved one.

Florence, the city is full of retro art culture house roofs mostly pale yellow or light orange, ancient and steady, streets narrow but not crowded.

We walked down the narrow sidewalks, surrounding many restaurants will seat swing to the roadside, the waiter sees our oriental face, Japanese, Korean, ChineseThe phrase "Hello" to greet us to attract business.

July 27, visit Venice and cable-Tower Pisa

Venice is composed of 120 Islands, Venice's lagoon and sea-water mixture, the lagoon and the sea water of Delhi de.

After the ice age, the water level rises and not to a part of the land. Since the island's architecture more and more, it is becoming more and more quickly sink, according to MIT's research, another 80 years after Venice is fully immersed, then to see it, we must dive to see.

Venice is the world's only access to the car and bike in the city nor traffic control lights, boat is the only means of transport in the city, if the water is the lifeblood of Venice, the gondola will be her soul.

This unique to Venice, the bow of the stern high up black flat-bottom boat, sitting in a gondola up when I walk in such a quiet canal, both the House seemed to come from out of the water in long, long suffering from water erosion and some walls have come off, I'm worried about the city of Venice disappearing rumors!

Pisa is famous for its cable-Tower in the world.

This tower under construction in the third tier is found dumped cable, 175 years after completion, the elegance of Utah in the now. To suppress his brains leaning cable, people in the world. Nowadays people in it at the foot of the side cast force to maintain the status quo and become immortal.

In Pisa to only do one thing, find the tower to take pictures, very simple.

Indeed in Pisa can only do so much.

July 28, today's itinerary is Monaco, Nice, Cannes.

From Italy's Genoa until France Marseille this coastline has always been the world's artists and rich people aspire. In this piece of coast district has blue, inlaid with hot Annas, Monaco, Nice, Cannes, Marseille shine shiny Pearl. Eastern Mediterranean was showing off.

In the French Riviera, we went to the three famous loudest place: Nice, French Riviera capital; Cannes, a small seaside town, as is famous for its global film festival; Monaco, a country, but is completely contained in the French Riviera region.

In fact, these three places to feel is similar to the deepest impression is the calm, blue sea, the harbour in intensive advanced yachts, luxury hotels and shops.

Nice has been very small, Cannes is smaller. Movie palace, but in Cannes, it is the largest, most eye-catching buildings. Movie palace in front of the garden floor there are a lot of movie star's fingerprints, unfortunately I do not understand the majority. Searching for a half day nor Gong Li.

Monaco is surrounded on three sides surrounded by France, South Eastern Mediterranean land.

Called the most beautiful Bay in the Eastern Mediterranean. Harbour Park with rich people's transport-cruise ship. Deluxe Casino edge, full of luxury car on the road, or out of print of old cars.

29 July morning from Nice to the Special Express train TGV Paris sit as long as 5 hours per hour over the speed limit is 250KM.

12 o'clock to Paris and then went to is located in the Paris suburb of Versailles. As Europe's luxury Palace architecture of the Royal Palace, the magnificent, the outer wall of the upper stand a beautiful marble figures and statues of flowers. If the appearance of the Versailles palace gives people the feeling of a spectacular, it's internal furnishings and decoration more artistic, more luxurious, wall and roof of the Hall are decorated with colorful murals and famous carved. Hundreds of small office everywhere between the magnificent Hall, luxury extremely. Wall decorated with numerous paintings, sculptures, giant colourful tapestries and shiny Crystal lamp, also comes with 17, 18th century style unique, exquisite furniture and we looked at the Queen's Dresser and decorated with gold deposits, in short a to Versailles, everywhere is glittering luxury furnishings, it is conceivable that at that time, the Qing dynasty court life arrived so luxurious, it is no wonder that will excite France people a long layoff the outbreak of the intifada, the end of the world's largest bourgeois revolution.

Versailles is also another beautiful scenery-that is located in the back of the Versailles palace of France's most beautiful garden.

Because of the time, we can only Palace within the window overlooking the back garden. Kind of neat symmetry full of trees and flowers of a beautiful garden, plus pavilions, flowing embellishment, racy, intoxicating. YINHUA splashes fountain, the pool terrace with fine fountain sculpture, the fountain and Xsara River, associated with an extremely rich European classical romantic atmosphere that makes people forget to return.

Versailles tour is over, we went to the Seine, Seine River Cruise Tour begins.

Sitting in the boat on the Seine River, upstream of this to be a simple solution. Can rarely walk a lot to see more places. So the main attractions of Paris, are visible. The Paris of the mother River is like a yudai, Paris gently in her arms. France, Paris, France is not; and Paris, did not have the Seine in Paris. Paris people deeply in love with the River, they did all he could to prettify a seine for generations. Today, its twists, such as poems like paintings, full of romance, tree-lined on both sides of the riverbank, or take a walk down the Green yin, or on the shore of open space, like a nice picture. Our cruise line is set off from the Eiffel Tower, near the West Island Cruise, then mount to the Saint Louis Island, surrounded by a ring of returns, on both sides of the gorgeous architecture, the colorful. In the heart of the beautiful bridge over from head from time to time, they have to surging Paris create beautiful scene, each must-see are carved exquisite statues, silently watching an endless stream of visitors.