25 August 2014

summer 2014 snapshots | 5 Terre












We took them to the Cinque Terre, an area of Italy none of us had ever visited previously. I think it is safe to say that neither Richard nor I will be visiting that area of Italy again. If you want the details, send me an email.
The End.
PS. We were not robbed or treated poorly.


7 comments:

  1. We tried to go there the summer before last when we were living in Heidelberg. We arrived late at night and slept in a horrible hotel. When we woke up the next morning the area was completely covered with fog. Never got to see anything in these pictures. Love picture 2 and 5! Would love to know why you wouldn't go back. WOW! You guys covered a lot of Italy this summer!

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    1. The short version: too many American tourists, not enough Italians; too much catering to the likes of those tourists, not enough "Boungiorno's"; too much money for too little service.
      There are SO many beautiful places in this country, SO much to learn & discover.
      I learned nothing there & heard English more than Italian. All day. Everywhere.
      Not a joy for me.
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  2. Hah! I recently had a friend ask me if she should go there and I dug up my old blog post on our visit and it was all negative. I was actually embarrassed by my bad attitude and then told her, oh but I am sure your experience will be different!

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    1. I'm looking up your post. I am sure that the bad attitude is warranted.
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    1. Too many tourists and WAY too much catering to the tourists. So very often it didn't feel like Italy. It was quite a surreal experience & not one we enjoyed. There is so much hype in this community about it, but for us it was a huge disappointment.
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  4. We went there years ago and loved it ... Maybe it hadn't been "discovered" yet, or maybe we were still too touristy ourselves!

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