Italian road rage...
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Originally Posted by Dark Blue Mark,Aug 30 2007, 06:48 PM
Me and me Doris at a non high end eatery
never pays to tell them where you're staying
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Originally Posted by Dark Blue Mark,Aug 30 2007, 07:14 PM
Oooh, now that's below the belt
almost knee length, in fact
but that's only part of the problem
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Originally Posted by j8mie,Aug 30 2007, 06:08 PM
Still a part of the World I'd like to visit.
Hope you had a nice holidya Mark? Any nice photos to share?
Hope you had a nice holidya Mark? Any nice photos to share?
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Originally Posted by A7DY W,Aug 30 2007, 09:00 AM
But the service in their restaurants is crap
Australia is too far, so I think France is my next move if the natives don't get too uptight (read - petrol bombing in Brittany etc.)
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Originally Posted by gaddafi,Aug 30 2007, 07:03 PM
did you get that shirt off Ciderboy?
I love Italy. The holiday we had last year south of Naples was in my top five I think.
Service is not quick in most places in Italy because they don't wolf down their meals. You sit down and a meal lasts hours, rather than minutes. It's an event, not just a chance to stuff your face which I guess is why groups of friends and families go out to eat, children are included and somehow don't feel the need to run round the restaurant or demand entertainment.
And as I posted before, I actually enjoyed driving there, even in Naples (supposed to be one of the worst places on earth for driving) - the Italians don't get aggressive with their driving, someone pulls out to overtake, even with a speed difference of 5mph and the other cars allow them through, no blocking, no 'self-policing' of other people, just courtesy and (I think) an expectation that round the corner there will be a Cinquecento on your side of the road overtaking V6 Alfa.