nmr: Italy

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2005 8:11 pm

Btw, Rodney, have a GREAT time in Italy! I hope to visit that lovely country or the south of France next year, so take plenty of notes.

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2005 8:17 pm

John Byner Wrote:

Q: You know why Italy is shaped like a boot?
A: 'Cuz you can't fit all that shit into a shoe.

MontyTheMongoose · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2005 8:21 pm

Aural Fixation Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

Never been to Italy but as you may or may not know I'll be a Classical History student come September so I'll be spending quite abit of time in Italy and Greece over the next few years.

Cool, huh?

You need to get over your fear of flying first.

Not with the Chunnel, bitchez. Msr Frew can now take a bus all the way from Edinburgh to Rome.

He will stink afterward, though.

But, yeah....

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Wed May 11, 2005 8:39 pm

Ricky Gabon Wrote:

Aural Fixation Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

Never been to Italy but as you may or may not know I'll be a Classical History student come September so I'll be spending quite abit of time in Italy and Greece over the next few years.

Cool, huh?

You need to get over your fear of flying first.

Not with the Chunnel, bitchez. Msr Frew can now take a bus all the way from Edinburgh to Rome.

He will stink afterward, though.

But, yeah....

True, but a bus? Yeesh, talk about torture. Maybe a train.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i've got my "Rodney" beret ready for my trip to Paris.

Evil Dr. K · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 11:51 am **Posts:** 6327

I usually take the bus to London if I'm ever down there and that is the very limit of my 'coach endurance'. I'm a strapping big lad and 9 hours of hunching, crushed legs and potential deep vein thrombosis is about all I can take.

I'd rather walk to Rome which I may have to do since I have (as Aural mentioned) an acute fear of flying. That or just get drunk at the airport bar.

nacho · **Posted:** Thu May 12, 2005 12:33 pm

The Cinque Terra is really beautiful.

I loved just wandering in Venice.

The Tuscan countryside is amazing. San Giminango (sp?) is a nice daytrip. Sienna is nice, too.

I hope to go back to Italy within the next year or two.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

word to your mother - i am in venice right now, totally unbelievable to walk around st. marks square at night. off to florence tomorrow

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Mon May 16, 2005 2:44 am

rparis74 Wrote:

word to your mother - i am in venice right now, totally unbelievable to walk around st. marks square at night. off to florence tomorrow

You're on vacation and awake at 6am?? Criminy!

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

ok, trip report:

everything was great. went to Venice, then into Tuscany and Umbria (Florence, Assisi, Perugia), then down to Sorrento/Capri area on the coast south of Naples, Pompei, then over to Rome.

Everything was great, had good weather every day except one rainy day in Florence. Saw a lot of art and a lot of churches. Drank a hell of a lot of good wine and ate a lot of good food. Probably walked about 100 miles.

Trip negatives: the grafitti problems in Italy, they really need to ban spray paint, trying to figure out the water bus system in Venice while drunk, and the crazy-ass drivers - saw, within the span of about 1 hour, 2 scooters crashes and one guy dead on the street. They really care very little about lanes or stopping.

Some pictures:

Me at the Ponte Vecchio in Florence

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My head in Pompei

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A beach and the crazy stair way going up about 2000 feet...

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stairway cont'd

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View from our hotel room balcony in Sorrento

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The Grand Canal from the Rialto Bridge

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St. Peter's Cathedral

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Rick Derris · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 3:41 pm

That fucking owns dude.

You have increased my motivation to go ahead go over there 10 fold.

I've got the money saved I have only to pull the trigger.

Beautiful.

d · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 5:48 pm

Beautiful, Rodney, just beautiful. So glad you and your wife had a great time!

jagged · **Posted:** Fri May 27, 2005 8:08 pm

awesome!!...looks like you had a great trip

are there always that many people in St Peter's?...doesn't seem like it could be a functioning cathedral with that much traffic coming through there...do they close it to the public during services or something?

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

i think they shut it down from time to time to allow services - in a lot of the churches they are having services in the side chapels while people are coming in and out, however. A big cathedral like this has probably like 10 side chapels.

Lambchop · **Posted:** Sat May 28, 2005 5:35 pm

Aural Fixation Wrote:

konstantinl Wrote:

Never been to Italy but as you may or may not know I'll be a Classical History student come September so I'll be spending quite abit of time in Italy and Greece over the next few years.

Cool, huh?

You need to get over your fear of flying first.

Who needs to fly when you have buses and rails?

gauchebag · **Posted:** Sun May 29, 2005 12:20 am

Aural Fixation Wrote:

I hope to visit that lovely country or the south of France next year, so take plenty of notes.

i'm to be studying abroad for the entire year of 2006 tania, so if you end up near aix-en-provence in the fall you should come french it up avec moi. the invitation stands to anyone else doing a europe thing.

Aural Fixation · **Posted:** Sun May 29, 2005 6:26 am

cmanhatan4 Wrote:

Aural Fixation Wrote:

I hope to visit that lovely country or the south of France next year, so take plenty of notes.

i'm to be studying abroad for the entire year of 2006 tania, so if you end up near aix-en-provence in the fall you should come french it up avec moi. the invitation stands to anyone else doing a europe thing.

Wow! What a great adventure, Chase! I'll definitely hit ya up.

And, Rodney, beautiful photos! It looks like you had a great time. And those stairs...fuckin' crazy! Did you climb 'em?

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

hell no I didn't climb those stairs - I ain't crazy

a few more:

jsh · **Posted:** Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:26 am

Pagoda Wrote:

Was ufizi drive me to firenze!!

Heh.

So, I've got two weeks free. My parents are going to be in Italy for the first of my two. I have two options the way I look at it:

1. Fly into Italy and focus all of my time on it. Spend a few days putting it on blast first class style with my parents, and then off on my own (which I've never done before).

2. Fly into Paris for $1000 cheaper, spend 2-3 days there with friends, train to Italy, spend a week or so there, train back to France, or arrange to fly out of Italy?

Option 2 seems a little too whirlwind for me, but perhaps I could swing it. I've never traveled before, so your insight is appreciated. Especially those of you who have been to both countries and know that splitting two weeks between them is silly.

rogneeb · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 1:07 pm **Posts:** 12618

I would not split the time - 2 weeks is really only enough to see a few parts of Italy. I saw a lot on my trip but it was fairly hectic.

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