Its an emergent decision, due to many reasons, but I finally decided to travel Greece before I go back to China. Its also a great time, summer vacation, relaxing days and Miss Fengmei finished her final thesis right on the day we departed. Pity thing is some good friends could not go due to the damn permit. I bless you could got it in August.

 

Since emergent, tickets were not cheap as usual. Volareweb.com is an airline opening only in summer and flies a lot between Greece and Italy. It turned out to be a nice airline, coz it allows free luggage check-in, which offers much more easiness to passengers than Ryanair and Easyjet. But I still love those two, coz they are cheap.

 

To start talking about the trip, I have to address that I wrote this article in English coz now I am sitting in the cabin of KLM airline flying back to China, with too many Chinese travelers sitting around I am shy to write it in Chinese.

 

The first stop in Greece is Athens of course. We booked round trip but if other friends would like to visit islands I recommend that to fly back to your home from the island directly, simpler and cheaper. Athens is a tourist city, everybody could speak English and English signs are everywhere, and the style of Athens is much more like China, not European. For example, there are many more grocery stores with selling man physically instead of automatic machine, buildings there are modern styles as well instead of Baroque or Roman in Italy, France etc. Later on I heard from a Spanish traveler that most of the construction works in Athens were carried on in 1970s and some in 2004 Olympics, like the subway systems.

 

The Acropolis, don’t know what to say about Acropolis, it’s the sanctuary place for Greek people between 700 BC to 300BC, its high on the mountain as we know, with a lot of sand and wind sometimes you feel dirty, but that represents the natural face of the historic site. Want to remind that student card can get you a free entrance instead of a 12 euros ticket, it’s the only moment that I want to stay as a student forever. Pathenon is under maintenance right this moment, a bad time, but it has been like that for a year, so nothing to complain and think about Duomo in Milan, don’t know how many years it needs to take off the billboard in front. See out from the highest place of Acropolis people can get a real beautiful view, view of whole city of Athens. A few steps downwards are the Agora and Stoa. I clearly remember that in the architecture history class I asked the professor many times what are Agora and Stoa, for Eastern students without European background its hard to understand at first. Well, it is just the public market place for normal people trading and shopping and hanging out, like People’s square in Shanghai, just this one is 2500 years ago. Now there are only incomplete parts of the Agora. Stoa obviously had refurbishment which is a museum right now. And don’t touch anything even stone in the Acroplis ;).

 

Also we visited Olympia Zues Temple, the first Olympic holding site and 2004 Olympic holding site on the second day. Athens is Athens, all related to Olympics. In the 2004 Olympic Stadium, I thought about Beijing, could not imagine how busy Beijing is now. And am so happy that I can watch the games at home this time:D.

 

On the second night we boarded on the Ferry to Santorini. It was my dream trip, floating on the Aegean sea for 10 hours, would not feel tired. Havent traveled by ship for a long long time, I was so excited. Fengmei was excited as well but because she majored in ship manufacture before…Our ticket is deck ticket, which has no seat for us, well, its ok, they sell more deck tickets than seat or bed tickets to guests on each ferry. Everybody sleeps in his/her own sleeping bag, anywhere on the ship, the hallway, the sofa, the deck. I could not sleep that night until morning. After talking with a Korean guy, I got to know more about Santorini, he is a kind of tour guide for a Korean group (just for part time job). He had traveled there for 5 times!!! What a crazy and lucky guy. Santorini is the southern most island of Greece apart from Crete island, and it’s the most famous one among all the islands of Greece. Its as small as a district of Shanghai, but with one side of cliff and other side of beach.

 

First day on Santorini we lived in Karterados, it’s a town near to Fira, which is the capital of Santorini. The hostel was exactly like a home villa, about 2000 meters away from Fira. We visited Fira and Oia in one day. Oia is the northern most town of Santorini, which is famous for White House(I call it like that), where once Kangta had a VCR there. The scenery was beautiful, all small white houses with blue dome and red and pink flowers on the white wall. The blue Aegean sea is right down the cliff. Oia is also well known for watching sunset. When we got the “best” place to watch sunset, its already crowded with people, and we waited for one hour to just see the final disappear of sun, and people cheered and clapped. They have “too much” leisure time I guess.

 

One thing to mention is that just now I was served the cabin food from KLM, what a nice meal, real Chinese food, not the food in Chinese restaurant in Italy. And its like Sichuan food, my favourite. I will eat hot pot directly after I got home, now I am YYing~~~J.

 

回头接着写，现在已在浦东机场了，没人在旁边“偷窥”了，我又可以写中文啦。前面讲到在圣托里尼岛的第一天，第二天我和丰梅姐就去了PERISSA这个小镇，换了个地方住，那边条件好多了，还便宜些。有游泳池，房间也更大。PERISSA是著名的黑色沙滩，我们就是为晒沙滩去的。在爱琴海边晒沙滩实在是很享受和惬意，可以完全忘记平日的烦心事。天蓝，海蓝，周围各式比基尼和沙滩裤，来自各个国家的游客。但代价也是惨痛的，虽然用了SPF50的防晒霜，我还是被晒伤了。第二天皮肤都还火烫火烫的。

 

回来的船上又在爱琴海上漂了10个小时，但一点不觉得累，下船时还很不舍。今后，应该还会再去的吧。

 

谢谢LECCO的XDJM，为了我回国的日期把聚餐时间调整了。你们写论文的好好写，出去玩的好好玩哦。

 

国内的朋友，我回来了，想死你们了。

其实既然是学生,主要任务就是学习.这句话好像是废话,但很有道理.

 

本科和硕士之间没有间隙,没有工作的缓冲,会让人产生对学习的倦怠,并开始向往工作之后的生活.

可是不少工作之后的人也再回到学校来学习,是为了什么呢?不是文凭,而是知识.他们会有他们的特殊困难,比如家庭的负担,不再习惯学校的生活等等.

他们会说一鼓作气读完最好.

 

既然在学校了,不曾学过的专业,就好好学东西吧.多享受当学生的乐趣.

虽然会有疲累,会有彷徨,会有日复一日的上课和考试;但没有老板,没有利益冲突,没有社会压力.

虽然没有工资和奖金,没有成功的喜悦,没有翘首期盼的目标;但有可以旅游的假期,有毫无保留的老师,和同样正在享受学习生活的同学朋友.

 

一个时期就做一个时期的事.既然我不属于工作之后再回来学习的类型,但可以把自己假设成那样子.这样就会觉得自己是在度假了...

 

P.S.已经是本科毕业答辩一年纪念日了.时间过得真快.这一年感觉有收获吗?有.那就OK了.

 

Sex and the City is BACK!!Today.

 

 

 

虽然在意大利看不到电影,至少今天以后就可以知道剧情了.

 

 

My lovely girl Charlotte is still that adorable. Who is the lucky little Chinese girl on the horse??

 

 

 

My fabulous Carrie is still shining. How?

 

 

Will the girl's dream come true?

 

THREE IMPORTANT MEN IN CARRIE'S WORLD:(the right pic of each is in real life)

   

BIG is getting old(a little), will he still be this powerful force of nature in Carrie's life?

Aidan, will he rejoin the cast of this film? Fans always cheer Aidan to up BIG in the battle over Carrie's heart. I expect him making a big screen appearance.

Stanford, whose images in the film and real life just differentiate from the suits. Looks like the green guy Ferrara?(hope I can pass his exam)

 

Everything real cherished worth while waiting. A film, a person, a dream...

意大利的夏季就这么无声无息的来了.自从来到这里后仿佛一直在冬天里泡着.现在终于可以享受热情的地中海阳光了~~~

到处都是手拿冰淇淋的人们,意大利让人"可恨"的是他们怎么吃甜食身材都还那么好.不少游客也都学着意大利人手持冰淇淋旅游,可是如果是美国人之类的一眼就可以看出来,因为身材太不一样了.

 

 

    

                                                                           第一次登上DUOMO看米兰,只是票价又涨了.

 

 

 

                              

        无意中发现在米兰的奢侈品街的尽头有家ARMANI咖啡店,那里的冰咖啡太好喝了,不过就是东西有点贵.我就不谈价钱了,否则好象我跟钱过不去.说到VIA MONTE NAPOLEONE, 那里才是米兰为什么是时尚之都的原因吧.看似居民区的小街道,挨家挨户都是名牌的旗舰店.门面很小,里面很大,但很暗,大概比较方便明星来购物吧,给人一种隐蔽感和安全感.并且和另外三条街围成一个四方形,全都是专卖店,不用过马路,不用看红绿灯,一直围着那个街区转就可以了.并且窄窄的马路让人豪不费力的进入下一家商店.恩...真会做生意,这是我的新发现.谁不喜欢到这里来呢??-_-!!!

 

        坐船去BELLAGIO,那个在COMO湖的人字形中央的小镇.一路被太阳晒的不行,被湖风吹得要倒.每次我撑伞就会听到某些意大利人的笑声.我知道你们就算晒到身上起红斑也不会撑伞的,我就要让你们知道为什么亚洲女性皮肤这么好.BELLAGIO这个小镇小到一个小时必定逛完.但高高低低的石板小路延伸出去的小镇中心让人不舍离去.这里仿佛游人比当地居民还多.在小镇上发现一家很有特色的商店,有卖皮包,鞋,领带和披肩的,具有一种统一的古典色彩,当我忍不住赞叹那里的东西的精美时,店主小姐说这都是她父亲亲手设计的,他们只在BELLAGIO和VENICE有店,图案是文艺复兴时期的艺术图腾,材质是皮革和真丝的结合.看着那一双双女士高跟鞋,我只觉得即使买了也不会穿的,完全是艺术品.但我想给妈妈买一双.太帅了.

 

 

     五月就迫不及待日光浴的意大利人                  BELLAGIO的小路                                         CHEER FRIENDS

 

 

 

 

 

                                              I think I met them twice. First time I saw them I surprised: how easy they are!!!

                                                 That was a sunny sunday, everybody in the city was out for the sunshine.

                       

 

But the second time I met them, they were still waring the same clothes and walked carrying some food and that loyal dag was obviously hungry.

I realised that they were just strollers.

The whole thing just makes me think fun. If they see what I wrote here I hope they would not be angry.

三个城市，两个人，一周时间。很悠闲，很快乐。

 

童话般的绿茵草地与清澈小溪，走不尽的宫殿历史名迹，巴伐利亚让人神往不肯离去的风光，城市火车轻快惬意的回忆。。。想永远留住那一刻。

 

旅游就是应该寻找一个目的地让人最放松神经的时刻。乍暖还寒的德国虽然冷，旅馆里却聚集了各地熙熙攘攘的游客。我们暂别温暖的意大利，北上德国开始这次轻快的旅程。

 

FRANKFURT小到一个白天可以绕上好几圈。高楼林立在美因河北岸，是古老的欧洲罕见的风景线；美因河的南岸有博物馆街和住宅区，地处市中心，但被绿地和树木包围着，很静很闲。商业街蛮小，橱窗也很简陋，不仅是相对于意大利而言，相比柏林和慕尼黑也去之甚远。当地人的素质极高，赞一下, 我们遇到的每个人都能说流利的英文，并且对待外国游客以一副主人家的姿态，很值得学习。久违了的星巴克到处都能看到，里面西装革履的人三五成群坐一桌。FRANKFURT给人的感觉是一切从简，小巧玲珑。毕竟是欧洲的金融中心。

 

火车5小时到达慕尼黑。慕尼黑这个巴伐利亚州首府，占尽了得天独厚的美丽风光和宜人气候。有人说没有到过慕尼黑就没有到过德国，我也赞成。慕尼黑城市不大不小刚刚好，柏林太大，法兰克福太小。座落在市中心的HOFBRAUHAUS王家啤酒馆到了傍晚很热闹，当地居民一般每周都有爱好过来喝啤酒，来听LIVE BAND，或来狂欢。一大杯啤酒1升，6.6欧，有original，black，classical，beer with lemon。我们也喝得微醉。那天是拜仁慕尼黑队打了个1：1的日子，大街上有很多醉鬼，吹着酒瓶，还颠三倒四。街头一个讲脱口秀的人挂着吉他，说今天是他生日，他很喜欢“招惹”围观的人，叫我不要COPY他的秀，还闻出我们是从王家啤酒馆里出来的，牛。

两小时火车开外的新天鹅堡是此次德国行的亮点。国王路得维希二世为什么偏把行宫修在那儿呢？去了之后终于知道了。这里仿佛是欣赏巴伐利亚风光最好的地方，新天鹅堡也被喻为世界上最接近童话的地方。一群日本女生在山脚下刚看到新天鹅堡的半个脑袋就开始兴奋尖叫，原来日本的女生也怀有浓厚的童话情结。上山的路标出来是步行40分钟，我们只用了20分钟，赞一下。一位韩国老太指着上山的路问我一通韩语，我只听懂了“castle”，惭愧以前还学过韩语。。。但看她一脸认真的以为我是韩国人的模样，我就笑着回了她一句：ne。慕尼黑的亚洲游客最多。在新天鹅堡度过了很快乐的一天。

 

去柏林的一路可谓风浪后见阳光。我们买了夜间出发的火车，一路要换四趟车。结果从第一趟开始就晚点，车上没有英文报站，列车员不会英语！！！我们完全不知到哪了，下错了站，已是12点。一个当地的越南人过来帮忙，但他不会英文和中文，我们又不会德文和越南语。他一直保持微笑，打电话给了一个中国朋友充当翻译，他听我们也去柏林很高兴叫我们坐他5点多的车去柏林，但一看他的票价，是129欧的快车，晕。他说我们那票应该也可以搭的，早上去跟列车员商量。我们只好将计就计，忐忑不安的在麦当劳待到早上5点跑去跟列车员商量了一通，居然答应了。省了近100欧。他还很不放心跟在我后面怕列车员又不懂英文。我们就这样赶上德国最牛B的火车ICE飞驰到柏林了。

东西柏林完全是两个样，东柏林破烂不堪，到处都是涂鸦，西柏林是一派现代化大城市样子。还需要些时间吧，毕竟合并后20年不到。柏林墙博物馆里的管理员一口流利的中文，并且说：你不说中文的话，我们就不要说了。呵呵，德国人也会搞笑哦。残破的柏林墙散落在柏林各地，检查站还保留在原地，并有苏军和美军的照片各向一面。柏林人把这段历史保存得很好。犹太人博物馆是Libeskind的作品，用扭曲混乱的设计着重突出犹太人经历的一段曲折泥泞的道路，馆内的设计和展示很吸引人，我们虽然时间不多，但我读完了几乎所有的英文讲解牌，可见这个博物馆有多成功。

本来只是想去SONY CENTER看看新柏林的风貌，这里是SONY的欧洲总部，柏林电影节举办的地方，现代建筑群汇聚的地方，但遇到了华纳《10000BC》的首映。没有赶上2月柏林电影节，却遇上了这场红地毯秀。我去的时候人还不多，于是不小心占了一个最佳观赏的地方。明星陆续出现，我们都不认识。当男主角走到我们面前，我们也学着其他人伸出本子和笔要签名，一开始差点拿车票去签名了。既然来了就装一回影迷吧，男主角以为我是从中国追他到柏林的影迷，很高兴的在本子上签了个CHINA和他的名字。我后面一个蛮像同性恋的男生尖着嗓子叫：我拍到照片啦！突然想到马克吐温的一句话：有时候现实比小说更加荒诞，因为虚构是在一定逻辑下进行的，而现实有时毫无逻辑可言。

Potsdam也去了。但吸引我的既不是赫赫有名的无忧宫也不是划分德国的Potsdam会议会址，而是那一大片的绿茵地地和小河。因为从小看日本漫画讲欧洲中世纪故事的就有这样的景色。我又回忆了一遍小时侯崇拜日本漫画的道路，还绘声绘色的给爽讲述了一遍小甜甜的故事。

 

德国之旅轻松的开始也轻松的结尾。

 

 

 

 

最近的日子,不好过.每天都是凌晨2,3点,3,4点睡觉.一直要持续到2月21号建筑物理考完.当然白天也就12点才起床了.效率高不起来,面对着全是宗教史的建筑历史,还有建筑物理里那些本科学过的让我们很抓狂的工热和传热,怎么高?

 

说到mazzarella,很有意思.上次我们问他怎么答疑,他说你们可以安排一天我到LECCO来,你们也可以到米兰我的办公室来,我们说好远不想去,他眨了一下眼睛说,你们可以顺便享受一下米兰的夜生活嘛.第一次遇到这样的老师...但是怎么享受,建筑物理这门课对人就是一种折磨.上次他讲辐射换热,提到complex number(复数),说为什么要用complex number呢,不是想complex你们的生活,而是要更简单.我看着旁边建筑同学的脸,估计他们根本不知道complex number是什么.我也忘得差不多了.在mazzarella的英文世界里,I和Y总要说混,consider总是说成[kensaider],等等等等,还没适应过来,这学期的课就结束了.但是mazzarella是个很好的人,任何问题,无论大小都会解答.而且理论知识很强,我本科学过的东西,专业课的,基础课的,他都可以不加思索的推倒出来.电脑也很牛B,活象一个编程员,一切暖通问题,都用excel里的自编函数解决.在意式批萨里有一种料叫mozzarella,每次看到都会想起他,呵呵.可是该教授好象身体不太好了,上课经常咳嗽,有时甚至要吃药丸才能停止咳嗽.估计是太专情于工作了.希望他还是以身体为重呀.

 

枯燥乏味的复习充斥着我的生活.可以做的就是下山去游泳,买菜,走路散步.2月22号的旅游在朝我招手,加油.他们说我们这里主修做饭,辅修旅游...

 

轻松一下,看个视频 http://tcc.itc.it/people/rocchi/fun/europe.html  意大利人还是很可爱的,不像那样,个人觉得.

 

 

 

 

 

昨晚很晚才睡,还发生了一点小状况,在此感谢lecco兄弟姐妹的照顾,现在没事了:).尽管这样,今天还是早起了,想看看新年的早晨.

lecco的早晨太美了,气候总是宜人,尽管是在冬天.我想这是意大利的北部让我最爱的一个特征,几乎每天都能看到灿烂的阳光.附上两张我的窗外.

                                    

 

今晚又要动身去巴黎了, 希望不要留下遗憾. 不过如果留下遗憾也好, 因为我还想去第二次、第三次……

希望出门一切顺利!

 

 

 

 

 

 

终于平安回来了,飞机加大巴加火车加朋友做的晚餐加洗澡一共十小时,我又坐到了电脑前.这一周巴塞和马德里的天气都很好,更没被偷被抢,感觉很幸运了.要感谢一起出游的不同文化背景但很互相CARE的同学,团结力量才大.

 

我的相机的580张照片中只有一张"全家福",因为在西班牙旅游不能轻易把相机给别人,直到在马德里的最后一晚才找人帮了忙.那晚我们都很HAPPY,因为最后一天我们去SHOPPING了,ZARA和MNG原产于西班牙,要便宜些,还有其他一些当地品牌也不错,所以我们GOT A LOT~~还好有人提前预定了托运行李.

                             

 

巴塞给我的印象,是一个十足的旅游城市,到处都可以说英语,服务也好,干净,好于米兰和马德里;城市规划得好,VERY ORGANISED,可以从明信片上看到,新老建筑相并和谐;是一个艺术的城市.

                                                                 

 

提到巴塞不会忘记1992年奥运会,那一年改变了巴塞很多.西班牙广场对面的那座山全是为它而规划.有国家艺术博物馆,奥运会主运动场,CALATRAVA通讯塔等等等等...

博物馆(外观+内部+穹顶) 

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巴塞的最最精彩是高迪,19世纪末的建筑师,在巴塞有9幢建筑,地标,旅游胜地...

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