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Rome 罗马 I don't know of any other city as redolent of the Old World as Rome. Not Milan, not Madrid, not Budapest. Not even Naples, perhaps just because Naples has the ocean air to purify its notorious fragrance (salt water cleans everything from wounds to smells). Invisible Rome is gorgeous. Like the classic Italian masculine colognes of the 1950s, it's a particular style, and you have to like it, but if you do, the act of breathing is a real trip. The ancient walls give off a slightly dirty, sometimes greasy smell full of cedar and car and bus exhaust. Most concisely, it smells like L.A., but with 2,000-year-old stone and 500-year-old palazzi, peeling paint, and espresso-spiked decadence. 我不知道还有没有其他城市像罗马一样散发着旧世界的气息。米兰、马德里、布达佩斯，甚至连那不勒斯也没有，或许只是因为那不勒斯的海洋气息净化了它声名狼藉的空气（盐水能够清洗伤口，也能够清洗气味）。罗马的气息是一个用眼看不到的世界，如同20世纪50年代经典的意大利男性古龙水，是一种独特的风格，而且你必须喜欢它，但是如果你真的喜欢它，呼吸便成为一场真正的旅行。古老的城墙散发出一种带有些许尘土的气息，有时还有油腻味十足的雪松和汽车废气的气味。更简单的说，它闻起来像洛杉矶，但是还混杂着拥有2000年历史的石头和500年历史的宫殿、剥落的油漆以及浓烈的意大利特浓咖啡的颓废气息。 |
