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Oct 24th, 2006, 05:28 PM
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If you can change your plans to visit Italy-tuscany-please do!! Go to France-go any place but not to Italy-Italians are rude-stealing-so many other negative things-this was our 5th visit to Italy-we just spent a month in Tuscany-for the pits!!!
Oct 25th, 2006, 02:44 AM
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Strange observation considering you previous comment:
Author: sandper
Date: 09/09/2006, 10:40 pm
With only a short time-I,too,would stay near Pienza,maybe Montepulciano-from there it is 45 minute drive to Assissi and about 1 1/2 hour to Orvieto-both are wonderful.
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Date: 09/09/2006, 10:40 pm
With only a short time-I,too,would stay near Pienza,maybe Montepulciano-from there it is 45 minute drive to Assissi and about 1 1/2 hour to Orvieto-both are wonderful.
Oct 25th, 2006, 03:42 AM
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I have no idea what sandper experienced (will be curious to hear), but I do see signs of trouble in Italian tourism, such as the NYT article a few weeks ago about restaurant ripoffs in Rome (some such incidents have also been reported locally - going to the police in these cases is a good idea).
And I wonder if Tuscany may be more subject to such simply because there is so much tourism there - the more apples you've got in the tourism-provision basket, the more statistically likely it is that some of them will be rotten.
If this is the case (and I don't know that it is), my advice is to let the Tuscans get over themselves for a while, and hie yourself elsewhere in Italy. There are plenty of places that will be delighted to see you and treat you well, and can offer food, wine, views, history, culture and everything else at least as good as Tuscany, at lower prices and with far less crowding.
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And I wonder if Tuscany may be more subject to such simply because there is so much tourism there - the more apples you've got in the tourism-provision basket, the more statistically likely it is that some of them will be rotten.
If this is the case (and I don't know that it is), my advice is to let the Tuscans get over themselves for a while, and hie yourself elsewhere in Italy. There are plenty of places that will be delighted to see you and treat you well, and can offer food, wine, views, history, culture and everything else at least as good as Tuscany, at lower prices and with far less crowding.
best regards,
Deirdré Straughan
beginningwithi.com
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