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Italy bound.
Gentrys:
Wife and I went there for our 25th. That's an awesome country to visit and easy to get around. English is taught in the schools there, so most people speak english, other than the elderly. Very friendly people. I'm not much for travel either, but this country is definitely worth seeing. I'd go back.
Taco280AI:
Only been to Verona and Venice, road trip when I was living in Germany. Verona wasn't nearly as crowded which was nice. The drivers are pretty bad. Beautiful areas, good food, nice change in architecture.
Smokeploe:
If you are expecting food like Olive Garden you are going to very surprised! At about 99% of the restaurants all the food is made fresh, that morning! Pasta made that morning, all the sauces made that morning, etc! The tomatoes are the sweetest you will ever taste, no acid the burns your stomach. The seafood is killer, fresh caught that morning. We took a couple of cooking classes, made 4 pastas, sauces and pesto! Killer! Bring loose fitting pants you will need them!
Smokeploe
pd:
Siracusa is nice, typical for Sicily. You are there just in time, Sugar Daddy from the EU has coughed up the money to build the longest suspension bridge in the world, between Siracusa and San Giovanni on the peninsula. This is going to be a mammoth project.
Much further east (west, sorry) is the metropolis of Palermo--the 3rd largest city in Sicily (Italy, ugh). It is actually very nice for such a large town.
Sicily is very interesting. The food is great. Eat as much seafood as you can. The wine production standards are light years ahead of what they were even 20 years ago. Drink local.
The dollar is strong right now, enjoy yourself. It is not expensive.
By the way, your other two destinations suck. (You asked for my opinion...)
trophyhunt:
Thanks for the info guys. Rome and Venice will be quick visits, figured I’d just check those off, really looking forward to just relaxing in Sicily. Is the fishing any good? Or will I puke like in Westport the whole time? Thought about diving and/or snorkeling.
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