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Rome is great. Loud, lively and invigorating. In fact its so invigorating I might go somewhere quieter for the New Year’s to have a bit of a rest.
A Roman Christmas
Nickjenkins2003-11-20 11:12:08
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Terre
On the second day of the new year we boarded a train going north to La Spezia and the Cinque Terre. After a whistle stop in Pisa to take cliched photos in front of the leaning tower we arrived in Monterosso, largest of the Cinque Terre.
The Cinque Terre ("five towns") are five tiny villages on the North West coast of Italy. The weather was picture perfect, sunny and warm. We spent out time drinking coffee and hiking between Monterosso and Varnazza the next town in the group of five.
It was also in Monteross where we had the best meal of our Italian experience. In the tiny Ristorante Pirata we ordered a Linguine Di Mare for three people. This turns out to be linguine with red lobster served in a vast clay pot that they simply plunk down in the middle of the table. It's then up to the diners to fight over the morsels contained within and divide up the dish appropriately. This, coupled with a bottle of the local (5Terre) chianti and a chocolate pudding desert was a truly memorable meal.
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The High Life in Venice
Tue, 5th Jan 1999 06:13:56 PST
I arrived in Venice on a dark and rainy day. The clouds made Venice dark and gloomy, far removed from it’s image as the most romantic city in the world. It was cold and dark, and as I negotiated the narrow little passageways in search of our hotel the city did not seem to hold much promise.
When the day dawned however things had changed. The sun broke through the clouds and Venice sparkled in the morning light like a newly minted coin. Crawling out of the hostel in a bedraggled state I made it exactly fifty metres before collapsing, slug like, into a chair in front of a café on the border of a sun warmed piazza. I sat there with the heat beating down on my back and let the cafés helpful
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