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Spagna

用景點造句: On top of the Spanish Steps is the Trinità dei Monti Church, turn left and you can see Medici Villa, straight ahead is a park that oversees Popolo Square. Cool, 4 attractions done!

Nothing really interesting apart from Medici was a really rich family in Florence, and Popolo square used to be where people head gets chopped (Popolo means people :|).

Trevi

Trevi fountain is flooded with tourist, tripod is no good for our group pic. First pic is a failure by 路人甲 because you can no see fountain, so I said "more fountain please" and we got the second pic.

It was raining so we encountered a really WTF moment here, a very kind 路人乙 saw got rain water on our camera lens, being so kind, she used her finger to wipe our lens... Then we saw her holding a big umbrella to take pic... Her pic probably will look like this...

Some BS legend says if you throw a coin and make a wish, you will return to Rome again. An estimated €3000 are thrown into the fountain each day, WTF!

Basilica

Basilica di Santa Maria sopra Minerva (Gothic), I think it is special because Minerva is a goddess (Roman myth), outside the church is a curious elephant obelisk (Egyptian), inside the church lies the tomb of 伽利略.

Gladiator

Colosseum, amphitheatre. A theatre is half circle shaped, amphi is double (like frog, an amphibian). Amphitheatre is 2x half circle = round. I wish I had watched Gladiator (2000) before I visit this place.

According to our tour guide, guys in the gladiator costume will often come take picture with you, then with your wife, then with both of you, then he will ask for €5 each = €15. (I think our guide looks like 莎莎 from 食尚玩家).

The tour we joined is called "Skip the Line: Ancient Rome and Colosseum Half-Day Walking Tour", sometimes I wonder why is Lisa so clever, know how to join this kind of tour, look at the line we skipped!

Vomitoria (stairs), like vomitting, designed to make people get out very fast. Wikipedia says this is a common misconception though.

I also learned about Emperor Nero, who has a tight association with the great fire of Rome. He had the city burned down in order to build a palace (rumour). The CD burning software Nero, brilliant name.

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