I'm leaving Rome today heading to Florence.
Yesterday I went to Vaticano, and I like it! I dunno why, maybe beczo I got the Saint Christopher (it's probably the best souvenir I've ever had), I got ah Ching's Harry Potter sent (by a funny old man in the post office with the special Vaticano stamp on it), and I met an extremely adorable Norwegian baby! =)
It is very small (well, the smallest country), so I didn't get lost. Then I thought 'yea, I'm good at it, I can go anywhere I want'. I read on the LP about a small town named Trevere , that it is a cultural centre with cinema, theatre, gallery and so, and it's very near Vaticano. So I thought maybe I could go there by bus, and stay for not more than two hours, then I could use the same ticket to go back to Vaticano or the train station. Really smart right? Well, I managed to get on a bus (got help from a businessman-like but very nice old Italian guy who can't speak English), without knowing where it is going and when to got off. I got off when I saw 'Trevere' not sure if it is the place I'm looking for. I was quite excited at first, coz I knew nothing about this town, I dun have a map, and it's not planned. But then I start to scare.....the cinema is closed, the streets are empty, it's more like a 廢墟 more than a cultural centre. I stopped at a Cafe, then it started to rain. I was stuck, in a Cafe ,in a wasteland. 時間像停下來，我也不知等了多久，雨才停。The ticket is already expired, I gotta buy a new one. Usually the tickets can be bought at any kiosk or Taboo shop, but the people said that they were sold out! Okay, I'd use the machine then! After I put in all the coins I have I found out that the machine is broke. Things can't be worse. I asked the people in the kiosk to help, but they just shook their heads and refused to try to understand. I was devastated. I stood in front of the machine hoping that it would suddenly start working again. Of course it didn't. After I dunno how long, three people passed by, and asked me what's going on. ANGEL! I told them I wanna buy a ticket and they said the machines are all broke. Then one of the guys said "wait" and took out a notebook, 'I think there's...yes', and gave me a ticket. I dunno what to say despite of 'thank you' as they refused to take my money.
Finally I got back to the hostel at night, and I met three Hong Kong people in my room. One of them is actually a CU student and lives in Shaw! See all the HK people are coming, I'm not the only one. =P
This becomes more and more like a real holiday. I've stopped blaming myself for coming here, but it's exhausted to walk 8 hours everyday. That's why I booked a single room in Florence, hope that it'll make me feel better. And I'm definitely going to 云姨's. I need a break.
Sometimes I feel boring and lonely all by myself, but it's always overshadowed by the extreme tiredness. I dunno why, but I can't help myself counting the days. There're 6 weeks left, but I shouldn't be like this right? I mean I'm traveling, I should be enjoying and hoping it could be longer rather than thinking about going home. But I'm already away from home for one and a half month now. Could I not think about home......
7/7/01 Rome