Chapter 10 Trip to Italy
The trip to Italy was held on weekends. The whole family went out on Friday and drove Volvo to Rome. They often traveled in Italy and were as familiar with it as Switzerland, so they came to Rome not for the sake of travel, but for the Vatican to serve big week.
In the Vatican, Swiss nationals are more popular with bishops than Italian nationals. The Vatican guards have always been served by young Swiss people. At the beginning, when the guard recruited members, Jonas almost signed up.
Their family's piousness and a donation of 100,000 Swiss francs, and Bavaria's immigration status was successfully invited by the German Cardinal. Not only did they give a small mass for their family, but they also invited them to attend a speech hosted by the Pope on Sunday. Zhou Lei did not pay attention to this religious country with dissatisfaction with China in his previous life, and he had never met the Pope when he came to the Vatican to travel. Otherwise, he would have known that the German cardinal and the head of the Cardinal Corps in front of him would be the Pope in two years.
After arguing the next day of meeting, the two old men stayed in Rome, and Jonas and the others drove to Modena. Modena has always been the headquarters of Ferrari. Because of the existence of the three world-famous sports cars, Ferrari, Maserati and Pagani, this ordinary town has become a holy place for car fans all over the world, and the Engine Capital has always been her nickname. Another world-famous car, Lamborghini's headquarters, is also next to Modena, and is a veritable city of luxury cars.
Before coming to Modena, Yonas had contacted the Ferrari Sales Center at the entrance of the Ferrari factory headquarters. Although it was a weekend, the sales center was still open. A young and beautiful Italian woman warmly welcomed their family.
The car model was ordered by the most popular 360 Modena. The color was the classic Ferrari red, and the seats were also personalized bucket seats. All personalized customizations were actually negotiated online before coming. At present, you only need to confirm the order and pay a deposit.
Although Modena is also a famous tourist town, the family did not waste much time on the tour. After completing the payment procedure at the sales center, they did not even stay for a minute. Even the Ferrari factory tour that Jonas longed for was not implemented, so the whole family set out to the fashion capital Milan.
This time, Cecia paid for the itinerary. She had the right to speak, directing Yanik toward the holy land in her heart like a queen. Both men were secretly calculating that she didn't know how much her wallet would be deflated this time.
Milan is Italy's largest city, its economy is also the leader of Italy, and the first of the world's four fashion capitals. This city has more brands than any other place in the world. Only in terms of influence in the fashion industry, Paris, London, and New York are all willing to give up the disadvantage. This is the dream place for beauties around the world, concentration place, and the gold-selling cave for men.
Zhou Lei has been to Milan with Xue Ling many times in his previous life, and Xue Ling will spend a lot of money here every time. And Jonas has come to Milan a lot. From his house to Milan, to Paris, to Munich, it is only a two or three hours drive, which is very convenient.
Zhou Lei’s initial impression of Milan originated from the Serie A match in his youth. AC Milan and Inter Milan were both favorites in Zhou Lei’s youth. Although AC Milan was older than Juventus, Inter Milan was also in a turmoil under the unreliable Moratti, Zhou Lei later admired the reborn tough Chelsea, but his love in his youth has not changed.
Yannik suddenly said: "Jonas, you said that next year's European Cup will be Greece to win the championship, which is incredible. How is our Swiss team's performance?"
Yonas withdrew his gaze from outside the car, thought for a while and said, "You won't be happy to know the result."
"Uh." Janik smiled and said, "That's it. What about the German team?"
"The German team has also been at the bottom of the valley this time. It seems that there is no group qualifying. However, the German team behind it is good."
Cecia said, "Yanik, you cannot regard God's favor to Jonas as rumours."
Jonas laughed and said, "It's okay mom. All this is God's will. Since we know, no matter how we do it, it is God's will."
Cecia stroked Jonas' face and said softly: "Baby, even without God's favor to you, you are still my angel. Mom doesn't want your blessings to be affected by her greed."
Jonas said: "No, mom, I hope that our whole family will bathe in the well-being of God. Everything should be borne by our whole family. Whether it is happiness, joy, pain, or disaster."
"Yes. We're all together." Cecia hugged him tightly.
However, there are always some things that are not suitable for action together. For example - shopping.
Facing Napoleon Street, which is full of most famous clothing brands in the world, from the first minute, Cesia broke out
Super strong passion. Janik, who had been prepared for this, just pretended to be a hard work for a long time, and followed him to be a qualified follower. Jonas was dizzy in various clothing stores for a while. In the name of buying gifts for his grandmother who was about to celebrate his birthday, he said that he would go to the Emanuel II corridor to choose some suitable gifts first. With the permission of Sesia, he threw his eyes down and looked down at his father in a shameless manner. He was a mortal fellow Taoist, but I was not dead.
The Emanuel II Gallery is the oldest shopping center in the world. Yonas ordered a cup of coffee in the cafe and took a good rest for a while. Because he was trying to save trouble, he did not bring a crutch, so he suffered. After resting for a long time, he slowly began to wander around.
I bought a set of gold and silver jewelry for my grandma, and then chose an oak pipe for my grandfather. I felt that it was unreasonable to buy some gifts for my parents, and I was too lazy to transfer, so I bought a belt for my father in Dior's store and a bottle of perfume for my mother.
It was already dark, and Cecia, who was strolling around, called Jonas and asked him to settle the dinner by himself and go back to the hotel by himself. Jonas had to feel sad for his miserable father.
It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, and the energetic Cecia finally returned to the hotel with the decadent Yanik. Yonas had already taken a shower and was playing with the computer on the desk in the living room. Looking at the full load of Cecia, he asked, "Mom, have you had supper?"
"Of course. I had a candlelight dinner with your dad."
Jonas exclaimed flatteringly: "I feel so happy."
Yanik sighed and said, "Because of this dinner, I spent another two hours with her after the meal."
Yonas laughed, "Hi, Dad, you should feel honored."
Cecia smiled and said, "Baby, maybe we can go for two more hours tomorrow morning."
Jonas said with a worried face: "Mom, I really want it too, but this afternoon, my left foot was already sore, maybe we can find another time."
A sentence immediately diverted Cecia's attention. "Is it serious? Baby."
"Fortunately. I have been deliberately protecting it, but I am a little too tired today."
"Thank God. It's fine if there is no problem. Baby, I want to go and take a shower soon. We can't take a shower in the hotel after 10 o'clock, as this will affect other people's rest. I have bought you a few formal outfits, you can take a look first, and I'll come and chat with you later."
Yanik lit a cigarette, took a sip and said to Yonas: "My son, you slipped away alone today, and you did not do it properly."
Jonas smiled and said, "Dad. This should be your date with your mother. It is my duty to leave, but if you call you away, it will be cruel to mother."
"Okay. You said it right. I'll go to your room to take a shower. Your mom will definitely be slowing down too much time."
"It's all women, dad."
Yanik turned around and said, "I don't seem to see your girlfriend recently."
"She has gone to the United States. We have had very little contact recently."
"I always feel unsatisfied with this French girl as a wife."
"I don't know what will happen in the future, I'm afraid it won't work this time."
“This is the best news I’ve heard today.”
After resting in Milan for a night, the next day, they returned to Rome. They were originally going to wander around the road to observe the scenery, but Yankel's phone call became more and more urgent. Because a big event happened, the Pope wanted to meet them. The whole family who received the news, except Jonas, was very excited. In any case, as the spiritual leader of the Christ world, the Pope's influence was greater than that of the seven Swiss co-consuls.
Every weekend morning, Catholics from all over the world gather in St. Peter's Square, quietly waiting for the bell to ring at noon and the pope came out to give a speech.
The Hoffmans were not in the crowd in the square, but stayed in the side hall of St. Peter's Church. After the Pope's speech, they would be met here.
Listening to the voice of the 83-year-old pope came from the sound, Jonas was distracted. He was in the heart of the Western church, which gave Jonas a wonderful feeling of the right and wrong of things. If it were Zhou Lei in his previous life, this kind of experience would probably never happen in his life. But what caused the current situation? Is this the so-called destiny?
Neither Zhou Lei's experience nor Jonas' experience can explain this mysterious fate. All he can do is to bear silently. However, the troubles and struggles of his past and later life made him extremely entangled. Is there any Zhou Lei's survival in this world? Jonas's heart has flew to the distant China.
Chapter completed!