Behind Bourne is the CBD area. This is the CBD I took. The weather was not good today, so I can only take pictures like this. Please forgive me. I really tried my best. Standing under the Grande Arche, you can see the Arch from afar (see the small bulge in the distant skyline?). The road is accessible and you can walk all the way to the Arche.
It turns out that walking is a very unwise choice. It's not that the road is difficult to walk, but it's too long. You can't walk without breaking your legs. The Seine River. The river water is green. After walking for ten thousand years, I finally reached the Arc de Triomphe. It's really just a gate. You can buy a ticket to visit the top. The sculptures on the Arc de Triomphe are different and lifelike.
After a quick visit to the Arc de Triomphe, I went to see the symbol of France: the Eiffel Tower. I really don't have the skills and confidence to walk there, so I took the subway, which is not expensive anyway. It's only a few stops away. The black rectangle in the distance is the Montparnasse Tower that I climbed to the top yesterday. Behind it is the head of Eiffel.
I couldn't send a postcard to +^+ after seeing the cloud falling in the Louvre. Fortunately, the travel guide said there is a very exquisite small post office under the Eiffel Tower where you can send postcards. It is the place with a large light yellow sticker on the left. It is not very eye-catching, but it is easy to find as long as you recognize the French Post logo. The following is the French Post logo: There is a very kind uncle inside.
Step by step, I taught Yunluo how to write, paste and send. Finally, I sent out the postcard successfully. +^+, when you see this travel note, have you received the postcard? The rain was getting heavier, and Yunluo was very tired, so he went back to the hotel. I will pack up and go to Milan tomorrow. There is a Chinese restaurant next to the small hotel.
Every time Yunluo went to eat, it was late, so there were not many customers. Yunluo was eating, and the boss was cutting vegetables next to her, so they chatted for a while. Yunluo asked about the security problem in Paris, and she said that Paris was becoming less and less safe, especially because many immigrants from poor countries had ruined the security. Yunluo said that she saw many black people here doing nothing.
She said that in fact, black people do not cause any public security problems. The worst ones are some Eastern Europeans and Arabs. These people are generally lazy and have bad habits. Many people do not work and rely on government relief, or give birth to children to get subsidies. Many people let their children steal. They steal and rob themselves. There are a few bosses who do good business.
As a result, they were followed, robbed and killed by these people at night. The police could only detain these people for a few hours after catching them, and those children who stole could only be detained for a few hours. Due to insufficient evidence, they were released after detaining for a few hours and the case was left unresolved. Since there were many victims, they could not possess guns for self-defense. The police were also extremely inefficient in solving cases, and the local Chinese had no choice.
Only by holding rallies and marches will the government pay a little attention. After a few days, everything returns to the old state. All this makes the local Chinese feel disappointed. Yunluo watched a French movie called "The Violent Zone" before. It tells the story that Yunluo has confirmed that the zone is indeed dangerous, so he asked his boss how the security is in the zone where Yunluo and An Chuyu are.
The boss said it was OK, Yunluo asked again if it was far from the district. The boss said, this is the district, the district is right next to it. Well, I wish you the best. Fortunately, I will be gone tomorrow. The airport is very small, and I walked out of the terminal very quickly after getting off the plane. As soon as I came out, I saw the StarFly bus written on the travel guide, 10 euros per person, directly to Milan Central Station (MilanoCentral).
I booked the youth hostel on Hotelscom. It was a Chinese-run hotel with a four-person room. It was right next to the central train station, very convenient. It was still early after I checked in, so I ordered seafood fried rice at the Chinese restaurant downstairs. After eating, I went to see the Milan Cathedral, just as a walk after dinner. I passed by the Galleria San Manuel II, which is said to be the earliest shopping mall in the world.
It looks very nice when the lights are on at night. Walking out of the arcade, the Milan Cathedral is on the left. The square is also crowded with people. The church is full of exquisite sculptures. You can buy tickets to visit the church and climb to the top. There is a feather on the guard's hat, I don't know what it means. Even the gate is full of exquisite sculptures.
There were many black people selling colored ropes and bird food (there were many pigeons in the square) in the square of the beautiful woman playing the harp. They would stuff the food into your hands as soon as they saw tourists. Yunluo was worried about the legendary trap: they would stuff the food into your hands, and as soon as you took it, they would ask you for money (many gypsies in Europe do this). So when she saw these people approaching Yunluo, she immediately avoided communicating.
Turned away. On the way back, I ran into Leonardo da Vinci. Master. Yunluo came to see the World Expo. Yunluo worked in the World Expo in Sihai City for nearly half a year before the New Year, and decided to come to Milan to continue the World Expo after the New Year. The theme of this World Expo is: Feeding the Earth, Energy for Life. To put it simply, it is the theme of food.
Based on the queuing experience I learned while working at the World Expo in Sihai City, I got up very early today. Good morning, Milan, take the red line of the subway to the terminal station RhoFiera, where there are many signs for the World Expo. Follow them and you will reach the entrance of the World Expo Park. Yunluo bought a two-day ticket directly at the ticket window on the right side of the entrance.
We came early, so there weren't many people in line. The price was that we waited for more than half an hour at the security checkpoint. We entered the park less than ten minutes after the security check. The consequence of coming late was that as soon as we entered the exhibition area, we were greeted by these tall and mighty ancient warriors. Upon closer inspection, we found that their armor and clothes were made of various fruits, vegetables and breads - this World Expo was themed on food.
The main exhibition area is centered on this long avenue. All the pavilions are on both sides of the avenue. There is a national flag in front of each national pavilion. Milan Expo also has Expo passports! I bought two for one. The fully stamped Expo passport is the best souvenir of the Expo. Did you see it? "I'm busy" British Pavilion, beehive. Just like the World Expo in Sihai City, it is not very attentive.
The British Pavilion at the World Expo that year was a seed temple, and there were many things to complain about. As for this time's beehive, Yunluo is too tired to complain. Shooting upwards in the beehive. Traditional Italian drum performance, and a few young handsome men playing big flags. The Swiss Pavilion. Shows the journey of a metal ball. The ball rolls down from the top, "riding" cars, boats, and "walking" many bridges.
Cave. After reaching the bottom, take the cable car to the top and repeat the journey. The whole process was very smooth, and there were also some funny scenes. The tourists around laughed and clapped after watching it. The red one is the Vanke Pavilion of China. The flower-like building in the distance is the Expo Tree of Life. The American Pavilion gave out free potato chips today.
I was hungry and it was a good time to replenish my stomach. Just when I finished eating and was about to leave, they started distributing Coke, so... You know what I mean, haha. The people in front of me were also getting some, but they couldn't get potato chips, so they could only drink Coke. The Russian Pavilion. There is a long eaves above the entrance, like a big mirror, and many tourists took pictures of it from below. Speaking of Russia, how can we miss vodka.
There is a huge device in the pavilion that demonstrates how vodka is brewed. I was already very hungry after seeing this. Many national pavilions have their own specialty restaurants where you can eat authentic national cuisine. Mr. Z from the CS department strongly recommended Yunluo to try it, so we went to the German Pavilion restaurant to eat grilled sausages. When ordering, Yunluo asked which alcohol had the lowest alcohol content.
The waiter introduced Shandy. So I ordered a glass. It was indeed very low and sweet. It was the first time I drank such sweet beer. The taste was naturally quite good. Folk dance performance in front of the Iranian Pavilion. Two dancers danced with a pair of short sticks each. It was very similar to the Azerbaijan battle dance seen at the Sihai City Expo. But the Iranian one was much slower.
There were musicians playing drums and trumpets in the back. Chinese Enterprises Joint Pavilion. You can see many well-known Chinese enterprises have set up booths here, but unfortunately there is no one responsible for introducing the enterprises. Well, Yunluo and An Chuyu would not watch it anyway. In the small screening room of this pavilion, there is an animation video of a panda.
To be honest, the video was so confusing that I didn't understand it at all. It suddenly stopped during the playback, and then there was a screen saying "Thank you for watching, goodbye". Yunluo asked the staff, and they whispered that there was something wrong with the playback equipment. They would play it again. Another staff member saw that tourists were walking towards the exit one after another, so they said forget it, and let everyone go.
Anyway, it doesn't look good. Hahaha, it really doesn't look good. In the Chinese Enterprise Pavilion, Yunluo met Yunluo's lucky star: a volunteer from China who was studying here. Today she didn't go to work and came to visit the pavilion (exactly the same as Yunluo did back then). The WeChat group she joined received an invitation to an event.
The Vanke Pavilion rooftop party was jointly organized by Qyer.com and Vanke Pavilion, with free snacks and free drinks sponsored by the Sicily government and a hotel. She sent the invitation picture to Yunluo, so Yunluo followed her to the rooftop of Vanke Pavilion. Before going up, everyone would receive a Qyer.com luggage tag with a number written on it for the lottery later.
The luggage tag Yunluo received was number. This is a speech by a government official from Sicily. The beautiful lady on the far right translated very quickly, basically translating as soon as the gentleman finished speaking. Awesome. During the lottery, a great moderator of Qiongyou.com opened the prize. He said today is number, and that number is the first prize. Haha, isn't that me!
Then Yunluo gave a speech to thank the friend who brought Yunluo to the party today, and then thanked Qyer.com for giving Yunluo this opportunity and the magical luggage tag, and also thanked Vanke Pavilion for the sponsorship of the Sicily government. Finally, Yunluo said that Yunluo would work hard to make money. A handsome guy off the stage said that he would buy a Vanke house after making money, right?
Yunluo said yes. Everyone laughed. After the lottery, there was loud music and some casual eating and drinking. To be honest, the wine and food were not to Yunluo's taste, but Yunluo still ate and drank with his friends. Hou Haisen was chatting when a beautiful woman about 20 years old came over (she spoke Chinese, so she should be from China? She was wearing a white dress and was stunning).
She said: You are not an agent of Vanke, are you? Yunluo said how could it be possible! She laughed. Then, then, then Yunluo suddenly became speechless. Seeing Yunluo was silent, she left. Then, there was nothing else. Yunluo just watched her leave without saying anything. Yunluo's old problem came back again. Why did Yunluo suddenly become speechless?
It's okay to just chat with her! I saw a white Uruguayan beauty leave in Washington that year, and I saw a white beauty leave again this time. Yunluo's nature is hard to change. He gets scared when he sees a beauty. He deserves to be beaten. Or maybe, as Yunluo said before, she was so beautiful that she stunned Yunluo. Gradually, it was getting dark, and the Expo Tree of Life lit up with colorful lights.
It was much more beautiful than during the day. My friend said there was a light show of the Tree of Life + a musical fountain show at night, so I took Yunluo to see it. The lights + fountains + music were perfectly matched. The next day, I still came to see the World Expo. In fact, I could see almost everything in one day, after all, the scale was so small, and many countries such as Saudi Arabia did not come to participate in the exhibition.
When I entered the park today, I heard the broadcast saying something about the French Pavilion. Yunluo didn't pay much attention. Based on the experience of the World Expo in Sihai City, Yunluo guessed that today is the French National Pavilion Day. Let's go to the Chinese Pavilion first today. Compared with the last Chinese Pavilion, this one is not enough to describe it with cuo (please read the second tone). The picture below is the Chinese Pavilion of the World Expo in Sihai City in 2011. Let's compare it.
First, let me introduce the ancient history of grain cultivation in China. A large array of lights uses the changes of light to display different graphics. The entire array looks like a field full of crops. It occupies a large area of the exhibition hall. Designer, if you don't want to display more, it's fine. But what's the purpose of using such a simple array to take up space? Maybe it's art.
Yunluo, an art illiterate, couldn't understand it. Or maybe this light array had some special meaning, but Yunluo couldn't understand it. I guess you all have your own opinions, right? Then we entered a screening room, where we had a speech, and then an animation introducing the Chinese custom of going home for the New Year. After watching the animation, the tour was basically over.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
On the way, I encountered a performance by a French band. Young boys and girls held various food (models) and danced to the cheerful music. The Romanian Pavilion, like the previous session, had another song and dance performance. Yunluo was walking on the avenue, thinking about which pavilion to visit next. A policeman came from behind and said, "Sir, please pull over." Yunluo looked back and saw a large group of people coming.
It turns out that Yunluo's guess when entering the park was right: today is the French National Pavilion Day, and French President Hollande is coming to visit. Tourists stood on high places to take pictures of Hollande. Yunluo might as well take a picture. Yunluo had never seen it before, and today I finally saw it for the first time, so close. I didn't expect it to be from France, hahahaha. When can I meet it?
This bald bodyguard in a light-colored suit is so cool. Israel Pavilion. Mainly to watch videos about food. The protagonist of the video is the Miss Israel beauty pageant champion of 2016: Moran Adiyas. I found a photo of Moran (classic Mediterranean beauty) so that everyone doesn't know what she looks like.
Yunluo had seen her in an article in Football Weekly and was deeply impressed by her beauty. So when she saw her in the video of the Israel Pavilion this time, she suddenly had a strange feeling of meeting an old friend in a foreign land. Mira, you are right, she doesn't know Yunluo, so what's the point of old acquaintance? Next, we will go to the German Pavilion.
There's nothing to see, just a few videos. Then we entered a hall, two handsome guys, one played the piano and sang, and the other used ventriloquism to imitate other instruments and bBox accompaniment. Today I went to the German Pavilion restaurant again. When I ordered, a tall and beautiful waitress said, "Hey. You're here again today?" Yunluo, damn, you actually recognized me.
Do I have such an easy-to-remember face? As she said this, she came over to help Yun Luo order food, but was stopped by a customer halfway through to order food, so she asked another colleague who was closer to Yun Luo to come over and order food for Yun Luo. Seeing that she was too busy, Yun Luo didn't think about chatting with her. No grilled sausages today, authentic German pork knuckles.
Served with sweet and sour red pickles. As for beer, of course it was Shandy. Today's beer cup is much bigger than yesterday's. I don't know why. Maybe the portion of this set meal is large. Anyway, Yunluo didn't finish eating, but he finished drinking. On the subway on the way back from the Expo, an uncle played the accordion to make a living, which was very nice.
Then he used a KFC (or McDonald's?) cup to ask for tips. He was about to pass by Yunluo, but Yunluo stopped him and gave him two euros. Yunluo usually rarely gave money to beggars, but Yunluo would give money to street performers because they also made a living by their skills.
The evil domestic network made it difficult for Yunluo to open the official website of Italian Railways. Sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. I tried many times but it was still the same. I had no choice but to buy train tickets on Ctrip for safety. Although it might be a little more expensive, at least it was a domestic agent. If there were any problems, there would be customer service to help. Just think of it as spending money to buy peace of mind.
It takes more than an hour and more than 100 RMB to get from Milan Central Station to Rome Termini Station. Yunluo took the white and red bullet train on the right. Inside the Italian high-speed train. The bottom of the luggage rack is transparent, so you can clearly see your luggage. There are only two seats on each side, which is very spacious and comfortable.
Each seat has a foldable table and charging socket, which is better than the high-speed rail that Yunluo and Anchu met in China. Of course, the ticket price is more expensive. You get what you pay for. The CavorHotel in Rome (not an advertisement, please do not delete it) is next to the Cavort subway station and one subway station away from Termini train station. It is very close.
The front desk was staffed by a blonde beauty and a handsome guy. They were very nice and enthusiastic, and answered all my questions. I opened the window and saw the view outside. The hotel is right next to the Colosseum, and the straight-line distance is probably only meters. So Yunluo put down his luggage and went over. You have to buy tickets inside, and it is recommended to rent a guide, which is available in Chinese.
I used to think that the Colosseum was a place for entertainment for the nobility. Now I know that even ordinary people could come to watch the gladiator fights. Tickets were issued upon entry, and your seat was indicated on the ticket. The lower your status, the farther your seat was from the outside. The nobility naturally got seats closer to the inside. (~^~)