Chapter 668: Visiting Rome
This time the Strega Literary Award is held in Benevento, the capital of the Capania region in southern Italy. There are no direct domestic flights.
Fang Minghua took an Air China flight from Yanjing to Rome, the capital of Italy. It departed from the Capital Airport at 12 noon. After a 13-hour flight, it arrived in Rome at Fiumicino at 5 pm. Airport.
After waiting in line at customs and picking up luggage for almost an hour, Minghua arrived at the departure hall with his luggage.
He planned to stay in Rome for one night and take the train to Benevento city tomorrow morning.
Just as I was about to ask a staff member how to get to the train station and nearby hotels, I heard a familiar voice.
“Brother-in-law!”
Turning around, he saw a girl with short hair in a white dress, holding a travel bag, looking at him with a smile.
It’s Li Li.
"Lili, you are not in Benevento City?" Fang Minghua was a little surprised: "Didn't you call your cousin and arrive in Benevento City yesterday?"
"Yes, I'm here. But my cousin was worried on the phone that if you don't understand Italian and get lost in Rome, what should you do? I said I might as well come to Rome to pick you up."
Huh?
I don’t understand Italian, but I understand English. Can this little thing trouble me?
But since the two sisters were so concerned, Fang Minghua would not say anything more.
“When did you come here?”
"At around four o'clock in the afternoon, I took the train to Rome and took a taxi directly to the airport. I was worried about missing your flight," Li Li said.
“Actually, there’s no need to worry, it’s very slow to go through customs.” The two said, dragging their luggage and leaving the terminal.
"Let's stay in a hotel near the Central Railway Station, so that it will be convenient to take the train tomorrow." Li Li suggested.
"Okay, it's all up to you."
The two took the airport bus and arrived at the Central Railway Station an hour later. They walked into a nearby hotel called The Hive Hote.
Soon a bartender smiled and greeted in Italian: "Hello, Madam, Sir, do you want to stay in a couple's room? The environment is elegant and the price is affordable."
"No, no, please open one for us. Two single rooms." Li Li quickly answered.
The waiter looked at the two people with surprised eyes.
Not a couple? !
How does it look like this?
However, she immediately changed her professional ethics to a smile, took their passports, and started to check in.
"Lili, what did you just say to the waiter?" Fang Minghua asked in a low voice.
Of course it’s in Chinese.
"Nothing, I asked about the price." Li Li replied in a low voice.
Fang Minghua said oh and said nothing more.
After completing the check-in procedures, the two took the elevator to the sixth floor and booked rooms next to each other. After Fang Minghua entered, he took a shower and changed into a T-shirt and casual shorts. The fatigue from the long journey suddenly disappeared a lot.
Looking at it, it was already past six o'clock, and he was about to go out to ask Li Li to eat. At this time, there was a knock on the door, and Fang Minghua opened it to take a look.
Li Li was already standing at the door.
Huh?
Wearing a tight-fitting shirt on top, denim shorts and canvas shoes on the bottom, a pair of slender white legs are particularly eye-catching.
Li Li likes to wear skirts in summer, especially dresses, which are dignified and elegant. It is rare to see such a cool dress.
"Brother-in-law." Li Li was a little embarrassed by Fang Minghua's gaze, and whispered: "Is it inappropriate for me to dress like this?"
"It's good. How comfortable is it? "Fang Minghua quickly looked away: "Let's go down and eat."
"Okay, brother-in-law, walk east after leaving the hotel. There is a pizza shop not far away. I heard the waiter said there is pizza there. It’s very delicious, shall we try it?” the girl said as she walked. "Okay, I said, everything will be at your discretion when you come to Italy."
"Okay."
The two of them left the hotel and headed east. Sure enough, they saw a pizza restaurant called Life Pizzeria within a few steps. When they entered, Fang Minghua discovered that it was a vegetarian pizza restaurant.
It is said that among the many flavors of pizza, vegetarians dominate. The vegetarian pizza is topped with mozzarella cheese, zucchini, onions, etc., which are all local seasonal vegetables as toppings.
Finally, Li Li enthusiastically ordered a pizza called salmononecontrocorrente for Fang Minghua. It comes with salmon, mozzarella cheese, and ginger.
I eat a pizza called "Eros", which contains tomatoes, peppers, basil and dark chocolate powder.
The two sat face to face at the small table by the window and ordered two more iced Cokes. After a while, the waiter brought two pizzas.
Li Li looked at the pizza on the plate with a troubled look on her face.
"What, you can't finish it? Then give me some." Fang Minghua said with a smile.
"Okay." The girl picked up the knife and cut the pizza on her plate from the middle, put it on Fang Minghua's plate, and started eating happily.
Now in China, exotic foods like pizza are also appearing in big cities like Yanjing and Shanghai. Fang Minghua once took his children to eat at Pizza Hut in Yanjing. Of course, it is not as authentic as here.
In fact, that's it.
While eating this expensive pizza, Fang Minghua felt that it was not as delicious as the pancakes and fruits in Tianjin.
Obviously, Li Li is used to this kind of Western food and enjoys it.
"Brother-in-law, you don't like eating?" Li Li noticed that Fang Minghua was eating slowly and raised her head and asked.
Eating noodles at home is quite fast. A big bowl of Hulu Hulu is finished very quickly.
"It's my first time eating it, so I'm not used to it, but it's delicious." Fang Minghua told the truth.
"I know you like to eat noodles. When I return to the hotel, I will ask the waiter where there is a Chinese restaurant. Let's go eat there tomorrow." Li Li said.
"Don't go to so much trouble, just eat whatever you want."
"That won't work. My cousin said I will take good care of you, so of course I will try my best." The girl was unwilling.
I@#￥￥%
He really treated me like a child.
After finishing the pizza, seeing that it was still early in the day, the two of them started walking on the street.
Both sides of the street are all European-style buildings, mainly Romanesque style. They are tall, thick and stocky. There is a fountain along the way and a church along the way.
Li Li was also very happy. Living abroad, she obviously knew more than Fang Minghua, so she explained to Fang Minghua as she walked.
The two walked to a church, and Li Li suddenly stopped. It turned out that a couple was getting married.
It is a black and white newlyweds, who look very much like the two evil spirits of black and white. The white groom is wearing a black suit and the black bride is wearing a white wedding dress. Fang Minghua feels that it has a particularly visual impact.
The newlyweds looked at each other, their eyes filled with unconcealable happiness.
Li Li watched all this blankly.
Fang Minghua sighed slightly in his heart and stood quietly behind the girl without speaking.
Li Li just watched like this until the newlyweds disappeared around the corner of the street. Then she came back to her senses and turned to look at Fang Minghua.
"Brother-in-law, let's go."
"Yeah"
The two continued to walk on the street, and Fang Minghua clearly felt that Li Li had become a little silent.
(End of this chapter)