Too Much Tuscan Sun Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide-Book of the year!!
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Too Much Tuscan Sun Confessions of a Chianti Tour Guide-Book of the year!!
All I can say is read this book, absolutely hilarious!! I purchased it in Siena, its not available yet in the US but can be ordered if you contact the author directly. I am still laughing, its i-n-c-r-d-e-b-i-l-e!!!<BR>Ah i nearly forgot the author is someone that is rather well known on this site Dario <BR>[email protected]
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First, I think Fodors indexing system must be acting up again - I think there have been a lot more than 27 posts by Dario here, but maybe I'm wrong.<BR><BR>Second, he did not come off as a total jerk, rather as someone who had a very unpleasant experience in a café in Italy and who shared it in less than totally fluent English. <BR><BR>I cant wait to get hold of his book, personally.
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A fool of himself? why? I know Dario and have used his services many times in the last 15 years. I can assure you that he is a very polite reserved person, so reserved that very often he replies to many questions posted here with a false name as he does'nt want people to think that he is trying to sell his services. Its thanks to those type of"fools" if this site exists. I am very happy that he has got his book published, he deserves it as well as he deserves a big thanks by all the hundreds of people he has helped out on Fodors.
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Its funny watching people trying to defend Dario's behaviour on that thread. He made remarks about the French for which anyone else would have been castigated on this board. His comments were childish and insulting and have lowered his "stature" significantly. As for his book, you need to read the policy about commercial promotion on this board. Its not allowed, for Dario, his multiple aliases, or anyone else.
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Ok, lets see I checked out the thread about that incident, Dario was reading a chapter of his book to two (2) people sitting down in a bar (not a tour group as someone wrote) A nasty French tourist together shock the entire clientele because according to them one is not allowed to talk in a restaurant. Dario ignores the arrogant tourist who spits in his face. The owner kicks out the French tourist and his wife, the other people applaud. Dario writes about this incident the same day it happened maybe still a bit shocked and angry and points out that after that he had always defended the French who get often labeled as rude he now agrees that some can be pretty bad (how would you feel if a tourist asked you to shut up and spat in your face in your home town?). Now he is considered to be a jerk, a fool. I repeat I have known Dario for years and is no jerk. About publicizing on this forum, ok from now on you are not intitled to reccomend a hotel,restaurant,bus companies, drivers ,train,guides,books and even countries. I wonder if that incident will make it in his next book?
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I'll tell you Jim, if a tourist was rude to me, I wouldn't attribute it to his nationality and attempt to vilify an entire group of people because of an unpleasant incident with ONE person. Your comments do nothing to explain or excuse what Dario wrote on this board.
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