Rome, June 30, 2011
Before I arrived in Rome, I was already impressed, but it was not the joyful image of Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn in the black-and-white movie in "Roman Holiday", but the tour guide constantly reminded you to pay attention to thieves, not only to prevent theft, but even to prevent robbery, as if this known as the world's largest open-air museum is also a paradise for thieves in the world.
Rome
Legend has it that Romulus was founded in the 7th and 8th centuries BC, who was thrown into the Tiber by vicious usurpers at birth. Luckily I met a she-wolf and fed her alive. A hunter adopted him and raised him as an adult. After taking revenge, Romulo founded the city of Rome. The history of Rome for more than 2,000 years, full of blood, violence, cruelty and intrigue, is it not related to the blood of wolves?
The Colosseum in ancient Rome is a typical representative of wolf nature, this originally magnificent but now incomplete building, witnessing that human beings have not yet shaken off the animal nature of the past.
The Colosseum
The Colosseum
The Colosseum
We didn't go in, just watched from afar. The tour guide said that there was nothing to see inside. Actually, it's because you need to buy tickets. Of course, so many movies about the Colosseum, such as "Spartacus", etc., can also be satisfied with brain supplements.
There was a fountain in the city of Rome. The main sculpture in the pool is Poseidon, the god of the sea, around whom the gods of Roman mythology surround him, which is known as the Trevi Fountain. In ancient times, Roman men would go to the Trevi Fountain on their expeditions, drop a silver coin, and pray for their triumphant return.
Trevi Fountain
Poseidon
At some point, this ritual became superstition. If you turn your back to the fountain and throw a coin in your right hand into the water from above your left shoulder, you will be able to grant your wish. One coin means that you will return to Rome in this life, two coins represent the ability to unite with the person you like, and three coins will make the person you hate leave. This is not a difficult action, and many tourists crowd around the fountain to toss coins. The cistern also became a source of tourism income for Rome, and every day a special person was responsible for collecting coins from the pool. A few years ago, the police caught two cleaners who had stolen coins from the pool, and they actually made 12,000 euros!
Trevi Fountain
Trevi Fountain
There is an ice cream parlor next to the Trevi Fountain, which is said to be the most authentic Roman ice cream. I bought a tasting, it's big, and the taste is unknown. Leather goods in Rome are said to be handmade, so a brown cowhide satchel was purchased. The special feature is that the store can burn the customer's initials on the bag with gold dust for free.
There is a long staircase next to the Trevi Fountain where Pike and Hepburn once sitted.
The steps were full of people
At the top of the stairs I saw a man wearing a helmet and an ancient Roman warrior's costume, and I had taken a picture from afar. Unexpectedly, this person was sharp-eyed, and he could find me dozens of meters away among the tourists. He rushed over and reached out for money. I gave a few coins, but he was too few, and his angular face had a fierce look, so he had to add a few more.
Ancient Roman soldiers only recognized money
When I think of the earth-shaking slogans of the Roman soldiers: courage, strength, and glory! Today's Rome is not the same!
What are you worried about?
Caesar and the Senators?
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, and it has been more than ten days of special forces-style travel, and people are exhausted. His mind is full of sculptures, paintings, and ancient buildings, and he suffers from the European art syndrome, unable to distinguish who is who and where is where. There are two conditions that need to be met for European travel, one is to have a certain knowledge reserve, literature, art, religion, history, and even science, you must know a little bit about it, so that you can have greater gains. The second is to have time, Europe is not big, but thousands of years of civilization have accumulated too much heritage left by human beings, and ten days to go to four countries is not even a horse and a horse, it can only be regarded as a horse and a flower.
Throughout the four or five centuries from the Renaissance to the modern era, an important reason why European civilization was superior to the East was that many of their outstanding figures followed one after another, giving birth to Mr. De and Mr. Sai, that is, democracy and science. Democracy has brought about a sound legal system, and science has strengthened rational thinking. In the East, on the other hand, there is still a certain morality instead of the legal system, and a certain enthusiasm to stifle reason. Perhaps, except for Japan.
Just like people, the environment in which they grew up and the history they carry form a certain personality. The same is true of countries, where a long history can sometimes be a burden. But one thing is very clear: whoever can conform to the law of historical development will be able to stand in an invincible position in the world.
I threw only a coin at the Trevi Fountain, and in this life I will go back to Rome, to Europe, to savor the best of human civilization again.
When will I see you again