Yup & gelato was left out in the buzzfeed piece Benny put up.
Alps are awesome too.
We think a couple hundred year old stuff is old here. Italy’s old stuff is much older.
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Alps are awesome too.
We think a couple hundred year old stuff is old here. Italy’s old stuff is much older.
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Ha, I just saw this:
"It's The Thing I Will Really Miss When I Move Back To The US": Americans Are Sharing Everyday Aspects Of Life In Europe That Feel Like Luxuries If You Didn't Grow With Up Them
"I studied abroad in Italy and there was just so much less of it everywhere."www.buzzfeed.com
I secretly hope to never fly again. Italy (and maybe Norway) are the only things that might change my mind. Italy is awesome.
The tipping thing is funny. I was in Switzerland I tried to leave a "good" tip and my brother-in-law whispered to me "if you leave that tip the owner will think you are trying to sleep with his wife!"
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Saw excavations of Roman ruins in Lecce and Verona.
On bureaucracy:
In the late 80s, I flew to Italy with co-workers from my employer - Italian wine importer and distributor. Flew from JFK to Rome. In Rome, we had to walk across the air terminal to catch a domestic flight to Bari. This was the end of the time of the Red Brigade, and there were soldiers with machine guns and German shepherds patrolling. One dog came up and sniffed one of my co-workers. He and I were whisked off and grilled, "where are the drugs?" It took an intervention from my employer to get us outta there to catch the flight.
Turned out my co-worker Vincenzo got on the airplane wearing the same jeans he'd worn the night before while smoking pot.
In 16 days, I only had one bad meal.
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Odds?
jasonwx
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Zero
But imo one of the best locations
Great mtb
Small city
Close to real medical care
Close to major airport
1/2 to hour to fantastic skiing
One more
It hardly rains
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I didn't think this was you, Matt - too ostentatious (if I spelled that right).
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Wow that's a cute baby pic. Congrats
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So here is the 'trouble' from my point of view, there are so many awesome things to see just in the U.S. I don't think I have seen enough to pick a spot. Went to CO once, blown away. I love the Gore and Belleayre areas. I love what Stowe used to be, and these are pretty much the only mountain areas I have been exposed to.
My wife, who is wonderful but noncommittal and I were talking, and I think (assuming no money limits), I would do small place on Fire Island or something like that (quarter mile wide, thirty miles long, no cars, handful of towns, wild seashore fun bars, and a drink called rocketfuel [pina coloda topped with a shot of 151 and ameretto - sounds gross but it is fun]), tiny place in the City, and a place in the mountains.
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Don't try the last one in times square : )
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Do you know Jazzy Jeff? Blue Rivian truck, nice guy, very active in Long Beach. I think he moved away but then moved back.
