My fondness for Italy comes from the movie Sisters Over Flowers, which was filmed in Tuscany and the ancient city of Pompeii. Although I was also interested in that place, I finally decided to take the most ancient route, starting from Milan to Rome, passing through the most beautiful beaches and Cinque Terre in Italy on the way.

I bought a green train ticket from Paris in advance (yes, it is similar to the slow train in our country, but more comfortable, and the berth has a door that can be closed, so it will not be exposed to everyone's eyes). It took me a lot of hardships to get on the train this time. The train from Paris city to Lyon, France, took several twists and turns. It was also the train station that a local Parisian took me to. I missed it by one minute and almost collapsed to the ground!

I finally caught the train and packed my luggage, but I didn't dare to go to the toilet. The disadvantages of traveling alone emerged. What if I went to the toilet and no one was watching my things? I was very nervous. If I lost something, this trip to Europe would be ruined. However, Andy Lau sang well, and God loves stupid children. On the train, I happened to meet a family from Xiamen, a mother with two children, a mother in her sixties, and my female classmate were going to Rome together. I admired them very much. They didn't know English, but they had been traveling in Europe for half a month, relying entirely on memory and intuition. It was very hard to travel. They met me as if they had met a savior. I happened to be missing a partner, so we traveled together!

Amid the roar and jolt of the train, we arrived at Milan Central Station at 8 o'clock in the morning. We decided to leave our luggage at the train station and head to Milan Cathedral after breakfast (the mother of that woman was a Christian, and her biggest wish for this trip was to see this world-famous cathedral).

The photo was taken against the light, and it was early in the morning, so it was a little dark, but it is actually very majestic. It is one of the oldest churches in Europe. It was very popular for a while, and the idea of ​​"traveling whenever you want" came from here. One year, Hong Kong movie star Tony Leung Chiu-wai was in a bad mood and flew from Hong Kong to Italy in the morning and returned in the afternoon. The place where he fed the pigeons was in the square of this church, so many netizens later said enviously, "Let's travel whenever we want!"

You are not allowed to take photos inside the church. When we went in to visit, a young mother's child dropped her iPhone into the donation box! (It was really strange. The opening of the donation box was very small. It was difficult to throw it in directly, but the naughty child managed to get it in.) I had no choice but to find the staff to see if they could get the phone out. I didn't expect that this matter would be quite troublesome. The key to the donation box was kept by three people. If any one of them was not there, it could not be opened. And one of them happened to be on vacation; so I coordinated to see if I could wait for my colleague on vacation to return to the church, take out the phone and help us mail it to the hotel in Rome. But the result I got the next day was that the church must agree to take the phone, and they were still discussing it. It is expected that there will be a result in 15 days!

This reply made me completely depressed. How could this be considered a big deal in China? Why would we have to go through so much trouble? But then I thought about it and realized that they were actually very honest and followed procedures. As long as the phone was returned, it was fine. Fortunately, the young mother still had a PLUS, and we later decided to leave Milan and head to the next destination!

Good things come to those who wait. When I returned to China a month later, I exchanged no less than 10 emails with the church staff. First of all, they could not send a mobile phone abroad alone, which violated relevant laws. In addition, the express delivery fee was very high, about 800~1000 RMB. The staff was very dedicated and polite, but they were really following the rules, which was very inflexible in the eyes of Chinese people. There was really no other way, so I asked a young mother's friend in Hong Kong to pay the express delivery fee in the name of the company, receive the mobile phone, and handle the customs clearance procedures. Three months later, I finally received the mobile phone, and for this I wrote a special thank-you letter to thank the church staff#注意资金安全 #帮助他人