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  1. e_blazer

    e_blazer Rip City Fan

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    Leaving today for 3 weeks in Italy. First time, so we’re really looking forward to it. Rome, Florence, Cinque Terre, & Venice.

    Arrivederci!
     
    e_blazer, Sep 17, 2024
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    julius I wonder if there's beer on the sun Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Make-uh da-shure you-ah-talka witha your handz
     
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    I only know the hand gestures that @THE HCP showed me. Might end up in an Italian jail.
     
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    Have fun, make sure you take lots of pictures!

    Is this an itinerary you came up with yourself or a tour package?
     
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    I hear food is great.
     
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    Get Euros, you can't always pay with credit cards. Get a good SIM provider (Orange for example).
     
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    We did it. Nobody to blame but ourselves.
     
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    Nice! That's the best way to do it. Make you learn a little about where you're going before you get there, lol.

    Who is this we and does your wife know you're taking another woman to Italy?
     
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    Have never been there but it sounds wonderful. My wife has been there many times when she was working for an Italian company before I met her. She has great photos of her time there. My son in law travels there every year for work as well. To me, the sculpture and the food would be worth it alone. Tuscany seems to be my idea of a good time.
     
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    Sir/Ma’am…..please take a bunch of pics and share over in our photography thread. Always a dream destination of mine. One day FAMS!
     
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    Italy is fun for vacation, frustrating on a business trip. It's the most 3rd world country in "Western" Europe - which can be charming when you are just meandering around but utterly frustrating if you are trying to "do stuff".
     
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    Will do.
     
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    Those look good, Sly. I’ll add them to my list. I’m currently reading Grisham’s “The Exchange”, which is partly set in Italy. I have Stephanie Storey’s “Oil and Marble” teed up. It’s about the relationship between a middle aged Leonardo Davinci and a young upstart artist named Michelangelo Buonarroti, who was pretty decent with a hammer and chisel. Looks pretty interesting.
     
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    Oooohhh, I'll have to get that one.
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    You say Arrivederci
    And I say Bonjourno
    Bonjourno
    Bonjourno
    I don’t know why you say Arrivederci
    I say bonjourno
     
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    PDXFonz I’m listening

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    Mi piace parlare italiano ma non parlo molto!

    Duolingo kinda works! I hope you have a wonderful time. I’d love to see Italy some day.
     
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