@myleftear
Never mind. There’s always another day.
Our travel party have been laid up in a hotel room for days due to a waterborne illness that goes straight through you, if you know what I mean. Fevers sweats dysentery the lot.
One of the learnings of travel is to appreciate what you have when you don’t travel…
Never mind. There’s always another day.
Our travel party have been laid up in a hotel room for days due to a waterborne illness that goes straight through you, if you know what I mean. Fevers sweats dysentery the lot.
One of the learnings of travel is to appreciate what you have when you don’t travel…
Should do that! It’s ten years ago I‘ve been there, stayed in cisternino… veery nice too!
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Yeah!
They went so far to build the facade‘s details (edges around the windows etc.) in bricks! I didn’t take any pictures… but you did 😊
They went so far to build the facade‘s details (edges around the windows etc.) in bricks! I didn’t take any pictures… but you did 😊
I travel as much as possble. At a time I never understood why anyone would prefer travelling alone when they are very much in love with someone. I used to think the very idea is crazy. And of course the first thought would be, those cherished memories are best shared with your loved one. Are they, are they really?
By the way be a traveler not a tourist.
By the way be a traveler not a tourist.
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I think the OP is a traveller ....but he is with his family who are tourists (life is give and take) 🙂 Seems to me the gist of his post.
I was generalizing. That additional comment was not directed at anyone in particular.
Another thing I found crazy, and will remain to. When 10 people were asked if they would travel to their dream destinations if they couldn't post about it on social media and, almost half said no they wouldn't. I'd consider those ones tourists not traveler's. For just one example.
Another thing I found crazy, and will remain to. When 10 people were asked if they would travel to their dream destinations if they couldn't post about it on social media and, almost half said no they wouldn't. I'd consider those ones tourists not traveler's. For just one example.
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I know. The post was more for myself. As I was busy yesterday and did not read properly his first post. Only today I understood...hence my reply to you.
Another example, would be flying a few thousand miles only to stay in some "gated community". And not getting a taste of the actual place you just spent 5k to see. While investors dictate your trip for you and reap the financial gains from the trips people take. Again those ones are tourists, not travelers.
The world is changing in to a nuttier and nuttier place thats for sure. Most often its driven by greed.
Enjoy yourself the best you can OP, without feeling guilty. If possible.
The world is changing in to a nuttier and nuttier place thats for sure. Most often its driven by greed.
Enjoy yourself the best you can OP, without feeling guilty. If possible.
Been there, and there are a lot of nice monuments, but after a day you've seen it. Go north to the southside of the alps where the big lakes are, there it's very nice (but often also very expensive). I had the luck that i know people in the mountains arround Como who showed me arround when i was there often. But the regions more close to Torino like Aosta or Gressoney (a largely german speaking town in Italy) are very beautifull, and the mountains arround great to hike
If you want more German speaking people, you've to go to Bozen province (the capital of South Tyrol). There you will find beautiful mountains, the Dolomites, and many wonderful valleys!
Gaetano.
Gaetano.
@ghitus even in the mountains arround Como (like where the family of my ex lives) some speak what local Italians call Alamani (but they call it Walser), a form of German that is very close to the Swiss German dialect. And in Val Aosta and the mountains arround it, a lot of people speak Occitan, a form of French, close to what they speak in the Provence in France. But all speak Italian also off course.
The Italian Alps are a border region between the French, German and Italian cultures, and the cultural borders (as far as they exist) don't correspondent with the country borders. In Lugano (Swiss) people speak Italian for instance, not French or German or even Romansh (vulgar latin).
The Italian Alps are a border region between the French, German and Italian cultures, and the cultural borders (as far as they exist) don't correspondent with the country borders. In Lugano (Swiss) people speak Italian for instance, not French or German or even Romansh (vulgar latin).
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Did know nothing about this Walser dialect. Everyday is good to learn something new! Thank you.
Gaetano.
Go to Rome. All or most public fountains use drinking water.
In Torino the most interesting bit may well be the old Lingotto FIAT factory and a bunch of palaces which are very common throughout Italy.
Thankfully there are very few Starsucks in Italy, less than 20 nationwide. I suspect they cater for US&UK migrants and tourists because their coffee is really quite bad especially compared to the local fayre.
May be ok if you really need a cappuccino after lunchtime that nobody spat in. As a hint: Do not order one in Italy after lunch, it is strictly a breakfast beverage.