Comments and Afterthoughts of the Students
Cheung Ka Ling
Italy is the dream place of many people and for my first time to go aboard, the destination was Italy, how lucky I was! In the last summer, I had joined the field trips organized by the department ahead to Italy and it had become one of the unforgettable memories in my life.
The beautiful scenes definitely moved my heart. We had been to many places in Venice, Florence and Chianti and there were many uncountable beautiful places like San Marco Square, the Medici Chapels, Piazza della Repubblica, Duomo, Piazza del Campo and the widespread wine field, we were all astonished at the greatness of the foreign architectures. We had met many wonderful people and the adventures in the medieval festival in a castle also let us experience the different cultures and as a perfect ending of our journey.
The 9 days seemed to be too short! It is a precious and impressed experience to be with all the Grmers and here want to thank you to our beloved professor and tutors who took care of all of us for so many days and giving us such a precious opportunity!
Cheung Ka Ling (photo: left)
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Kwok Chung Kit, Kanic
Italy, a place where the Renaissance started, still maintains her characteristics of the internationally influential movement nowadays. We had visited three parts of the country – Venice, Florence, and the Chianti region. As a local student from Hong Kong, who has not travelled outside the Asia region, it was a really great opportunity to take a look to the world that has been recorded in our history textbook.
In Italy, we can find the sinking city in Venice with several canals. Gondola, used to be a major transportation in the past, has been one of the tourist attractions there. St. Mark Square, with thousands of pigeons, also is an ideal place to hang around. In Florence, we have visited lots of historical heritages and also Marble sculpture as well. We had a really great time in Florence and knew more about the geographical issues related to the city through group projects. Then, we got to Chianti region. Unlike the cities we visited before, it is not really a city, but country. It is a rural area that most of the lands are covered by grapevines and olive trees. I have never seen a place like that before.
This was my first oversea field trip and it was a really wonderful trip which I can know more about the culture and geographic related topics about European cities. I would like to thank Professor Claudio Delang and Tutor Vincent to prepare for the field trip. We did enjoy and learn a lot during the field trip!
Kwok Chung Kit, Kanic (photo: left)
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Li Wing Man
The picture below is an olive tree plantation which I can also hardly see in Hong Kong. Together with the beautiful blue sky, it really makes a stunning view. This view is breath taking. It gives me a feeling of peace and harmony. Unlike Hong Kong, here are no tall buildings or overcrowded streets, just a large piece of green which makes me feel relieved and relaxed.
I like the environment here very much. A little pavement with trees on both sides makes walking a very pleasant thing.
People here are really friendly. They would say ‘ciao’ to you with a smile even you are a stranger. I really enjoy this trip because of not only academic knowledge gained, but also cultural experience attained!
Li Wing Man
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Wong Wai Fung
People from Hong Kong recognize Italian people as very nice and polite people. Everyone, including strangers in the street will say ‘Ciao’ if you greet on them. Most Italian people carry a happy face and helpful hands. They will take photos with you. It is quite different from Hong Kong. The first thing impressive to me after arriving in Italy is the nice and friendly people.
After the visit of the Tavarnelle Val di Pesa municipal hall, we are warmly welcomed by some boys in the twinning community in Tavarnelle. They are friendly in helping us a lot. They are so helpful in welcoming us and sharing what they know with us. We also have cultural exchange in terms of music and sport.
Although the traditions and cultures in Italy are very different from Hong Kong, some of us enjoy the atmosphere of the festival in an old village. The people there dress as old medieval time costume. They perform a show which presents different emotions to the tourist. They express their dynamic life by body gesture in the performance.
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During the visit of the vineyards in the Chianti region, we can see blue sky, lots of clouds, miles of grass, vineyards and olive trees and gentle slopes with small farm houses. Not only the view of scenery is wide, our vision also needs to be widened.
The trip is really fruitful and meaningful. We have not only learnt knowledge, but also broaden our cultural horizon. Thank you very much! Grazie!
Wong Wai Fung
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