2020 Winter escape to Italy: Roman Holiday

48 Hours in Rome🍕🍦

As a movie fan, ‘Roman Holiday' is one of the classic romantic stories on my watching list. What Roman appeals to me are not only food and historical monuments, but also a movie focus.

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The storyline of 'Roman Holiday' is about a royal princess (from an unknown country) who seized her opportunity to get rid of tightly scheduled life and enjoyed exploring Rome trip in a free and easy way, on her own, and with her new friends.

Pantheon

Fontana di Tervi & Scalinata di Trinita dei Monti

Basilica di Santa Maria Sopra Minerva

Foro Boario

Foro Romano

She sat in a street café to drink an Italian coffee; decided to have a new hairdo; visited the ‘Mouth of True’; rode a Vespa through busy Roman traffic and finally she found that fell in love with an American journalist.

Ponte Sisto bridge on Isola Tiberina

II Tempio di Adriano

These are beautiful moments that a royal princess could not and never had before but was finally able to enjoy the simple happiness as being an ordinary lady which she called herself: Ann. 

Spagna Square

More U-bikes than Vespas in Rome now

Street store

Audrey Hepburn, an iconic actress, has given the image of Rome a very romantic promotion. 

Piazza Navona

Bocca della Verita ('Mouth of True')

In the final plot of 'Roman Holiday', when the princess returned to her country’s embassy and was asked about which city was most impressive in her visiting journey in the press conference, she replied:

‘Rome, by all means, Rome. I will cherish my visit here in memory, as long as I live.’

Arco di Costantino

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Colosseo

So, I follow her steps in Rome in the film to pick up some pretty moments in my Winter escape, including the taste of ice cream named ‘Roman Holiday’ at the famous store: Golitti. 🍦

Giolitti Ice Cream (favours: 'Roman Holiday' with cinnamon, recommended by the staff)

Enjoy Pizza of course!

except for pizza and ice cream, don't forget to try olive and truffle

冬季避寒到義大利: 羅馬48小時

作為電影迷，“羅馬假期”是我觀賞清單上的經典浪漫故事之一。羅馬對我的吸引力不僅是食物和歷史遺跡，而且是電影的焦點。

“羅馬假期”的故事情節講述的是一位皇家公主（來自一個未知的國家），她抓住機會擺脫排滿行程的生活，並以更自由的方式充份享受自己1個人以及與新朋友一起同探索羅馬之旅。

她坐在街邊的咖啡店裡喝義式咖啡; 決定換個新髮型; 參觀了“真實之口”；乘坐Vespa穿越繁忙的羅馬交通, 最後並發現自己愛上了一位美國記者。這些美好的時刻是皇室公主無法做到且從未有過的，但是終於能夠像普通女人一樣享受簡單的幸福，她給自己這個平民女子身分一個名字：安。

具有時代象徵性的女演員奧黛麗·赫本（Audrey Hepburn）為羅馬形象增添了浪漫色彩。當公主返回她的國家大使館並在新聞發布會上被問及哪個城市在她的訪問之旅中印象最深刻時，她回答：

‘羅馬絕對是羅馬。只要我活著，我就會珍藏我在這裡度過的每一時刻。’

因此，我跟隨她在影片中在羅馬的腳步，在冬天避寒之旅中度過了一段美好的時光，包括在著名的Golitti店品嚐名為’Roman Holiday’的冰淇淋。