Tour to Europe – Part 1 (Now with more Chinese meanings)

I am back. Do you miss me?

After the tour, I realize more deeply that human is great, yet tiny [adj. 微小的] in this world.

Human is great as we can build so many different marvellous [adj. 令人驚歎的; 非凡的; 不可思議的] buildings and create really fantastic [adj. 極好的, 了不起的] art.

Human is tiny as there are many things which are out of our control [phrase 不受(我們的)控制], just like weather [n . 天氣].

On the day of departure [n. 離開; 出發], the typhoon suddenly came back to Hong Kong. Very soon, typhoon signal [n. 信號] No. 8 was hoisted [v. 升起]. Unbelievable! [adj. 令人難以置信的]

The weather was not so bad in the afternoon. So we decided to go to the airport at about 3pm to avoid troubles from rain. Originally [adv. 起初] , we could arrive at the airport at 9pm!

Luckily, we arrived at the airport smoothly. After a long and boring wait at the airport, we finally set off [phrasal verb出發] at the time scheduled [adj. 安排,預定的].

On the first day in Europe, we visited Vatican (梵蒂岡) and Rome (羅馬). St Peter's Basilica (聖彼得大教堂) is worth [adj. 值得(做...)] visiting simply because it's huge [adj. 巨大的] and spectacular [adj. 壯觀的], though it is a Catholic [adj. 天主教的] church. Although we often see it in news reports, it is completely another thing when we are there!

Nevertheless, as the capital of Italy, Rome is a bit disappointing [adj. 使人失望的] compared with other big European cities, in terms of tourist spots, food, shopping centers, etc. That day, I visited the Colosseum (or Coliseum鬥獸場), the Arch of Constantine(君士坦丁凱旋門) and the Trevi Fountain (許願泉), which are the only few famous tourist spots in the Italian capital.

On the coming days, we visited other cities in Italy, which gave us more joy. Tell you soon!