A bus trip to Monreale worked out fine, but watch the time!
Cattedrale di Monreale的点评
点评:The challenge for us - which we intentionally accepted - was to buy bus tickets for Monreale at the train station. It would have been easier, and taken a lot less time, had we chosen a taxi, but part of our decision was to do what non-tourists might do. It took two different buses to get us there - the bus 109 to Independence (where the Norman castle is) and then another bus 389 to get to the rest of the trip up the mountain to get to Monreale. The difficulty was that these two buses did not have coordinated schedules. We ended up walking/waiting a long time for the 109 at the station, watching many other buses go by, and then what seemed to be an even longer time for the second bus. I was concerned that we would not make it on time to the church, but it all worked out. Once at the church we were told that we should first visit the church because the church closed before the convent. So, along with hundreds of people, we got into the church and spent about 30 minutes there. I got as many photos but the light (it was afternoon) was rather bad for photos - I am not sure how to explain it because the mosaics on the walls should have been much more striking and brighter. Still, a wonderful experience. The way back, which we also took by bus, was more efficient - by then we realized that as long as one knew the bus schedule, it would be fine. And since we didn't need to take two buses back, we simply got off and walked to where we were staying. Walking in Palermo is actually quite enjoyable.
翻译:我们主动接受了挑战——在火车站购买前往蒙雷阿莱的巴士票。如果我们选择出租车,会更方便快捷得多,但我们决定这么做,部分原因是为了体验一下非游客可能会做的事。我们乘坐了两趟不同的巴士才到达目的地:先是109路巴士前往独立城(诺曼城堡所在地),然后换乘389路巴士继续上山,最终到达蒙雷阿莱。问题在于这两趟巴士的时刻表并不协调。我们在火车站等了很久才等到109路巴士,眼看着许多其他巴士驶过,然后又等了似乎更久才等到第二趟巴士。我当时很担心我们会错过参观教堂的时间,但最终一切都顺利解决了。到达教堂后,我们被告知应该先参观教堂,因为教堂比修道院先关门。于是,我们和数百人一起进入教堂,在那里待了大约30分钟。我拍了很多照片,但是光线不太好(当时是下午),不太适合拍照——我也不知道该怎么形容,因为墙上的马赛克图案本应该更加醒目明亮才对。不过,这仍然是一次很棒的体验。回程我们也是坐公交车,感觉更方便——那时我们才意识到,只要知道公交时刻表,就没问题。而且因为不用坐两趟公交车,我们就直接下车步行回住处。在巴勒莫散步其实挺惬意的。