I go to Italy today, WOOHOO!- Page 2

[Fabrizio2]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 9:31am

I went to Italy about three years ago...I have a good photo of me and my mother in a gondola....as well as many others. Tuscany is beautiful.


I love to travel...just got back from Paris and London actually.


I brag too much.


Sorry.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:10am

Dolly I had the red passion, didn't like it, odd, huh?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:13am

guess I'm the only on NOT impressed with Florence.....the art, yes.....but it was way too crowded, way too touristy, way too expensive.........I would not go back again.

Everyone said base yourself in Siena, and I with I had.

It was nice being there when Italy won the world cup.........they went nuts. 5 Euros for a fanta in Florence, less than 2 in Siena....makes no sense.

Florence can't compare to Roma

[Corine2]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:43am

Sardenia is the most romantic place on EARTH.
If I ever get married it will be in Sardenia.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:45am

Florence is beautiful, but Siena's beauty is on such an intimate scale that it takes your breath away.

And our favorite Tuscan town was Lucca. The top of the ancient walls of the city have become a park that encircles the city with trees and benches.

Enjoy every minute--no matter how hot it is! I'm going back in October and I can't wait.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 10:55am

joey, out favorite comment was that Siena looked like Strasbourg on crack.......it was loke God said, Hmmmm, I need a perfect Renaissance town, and poof, made one.

Our favorite hill town was Colle Val d'Elsa, an amazing little town...few tourists, simply charming

http://www.abctuscany.com/siena/colle-val-delsa/index.cfm

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:00am

Elphaba, did you get to visit that chapel in Florence--not far from the Duomo--where all the walls are painted with a stunning fresco of the Magi? The artist used a rare and beautiful blue for the sky and it was breathtaking. I wish I could remember the chapel's name.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:03am

The farmhouse we rented was between Colle Val d'Elsa and San Gimignano. I can see why it was your favorite.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:39am

we may do that next time, were talking about it last night. A customer of mine husbands family is from Lucca, and they go every year.......had we more time it would have been a definate! Looks fabulous.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 11:52am

"In Lucca, join the daily 'passeggiata' (promenade) atop the tree-lined perimeter. Here one may enjoy the wooded gardens above each bastion as well as the vistas into the town and out to the distant mountains. There are also many delights in Lucca for the lover of art or archaeology."

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:46pm

MUCH more peaceful and quiet than the daily walks the Poles take through oldtown Krakow.........

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:55pm

I spent several days here last month. I didn't expect it to be a demi-paradise.

Monastero Santa Croce

Updated On: 8/7/06 at 12:55 PM

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 12:59pm

Bocca di Magra

Updated On: 8/7/06 at 12:59 PM

[mizzairee]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 4:04pm

Yay! I'm leaving for Italia on Saturday. =)

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:14pm

[Elphaba]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:41pm

yes Dolly, we saw that chapel, and I also can't remember the name.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/7/06 at 5:44pm

That chapel doesn't allow photos and didn't sell postcards, so I don't have a record of how beautiful the painting was.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/9/06 at 9:46pm