Those miltary junta's have a strange way of 'having a good time'

Lake Como is the nicest place ive ever been...in travelling terms, im a Europhile [and i cant bear to be on a plane for very long because of the recycled air and the heights and the plummeting and the crashing and food...i could go on...]

I am with you Mikey, Northern Italy does it for me. My favourite place is Lake Garda but I fancy a Lake Como trip sometime. Where did you stay on the lake ?

Never been further north than Florence, but that place takes some beating.

Rome is fantastic but I generally prefer southern Italy to the north, although Bra and Alba were very nice. Fermo (little town south of Ancona) is jolly nice too and I had my best ever meal there

Which was??

I've only been north of Florence once, when I went to Verona in 2001.

The Arena is quite nice and some of the architecture is fairly pleasant, but that's about it.

There didn't seem to be much going on, really... the weather wasn't great, there weren't many (or any) galleries or museums and the food wasn't particularly inspiring.

Also, the people were less friendly than in Firenze, but that may have been more to do with my 'non-white' wife. It's got a bit of a reputation has Verona...

I'd imagine Southern Italy is much better for the tourist, but Northern Italy would be a much better place to live.

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Originally posted by Leadbelly:
I had my best ever meal there

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Originally posted by lee:
Which was??

Egg, Sausage, Beans, Chips and Mushy Peas.

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Originally posted by lee:
Which was??

Slow food place called L’enoteca (cunning, I know) on the Piazza del Popolo. We went two nights running and it's one of these great places where there's no menus - you just get what you're given and no need to choose wine either.

Six or seven (depending on what you count)courses every night, generally starting with a plate of freshly made sausage and salami(an outstanding liver sausage), followed by some soup, some pasta, more bits and bobs, a bit of meat, some cheese, dessert, coffee and some little chocotates. All freshly and excellently made. I was in heaven. And a little bloated and tipsy.

And Martina Franca managed a 1-1 draw.

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Originally posted by Mezz:

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Originally posted by Leadbelly:
I had my best ever meal there

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Originally posted by lee:
Which was??

Egg, Sausage, Beans, Chips and Mushy Peas.

Mushy peas with a pie, surely? And not combined with beans. Come on Mezz, this is basic culinary knowledge

What are you supposed to do with lady-boys?

Run?

Have them with mushy peas?

And why aren't they called Gentleman-girls?

I don't know but it's a salient question.

Perhaps you need to go higher than this forum to find out.

There is no place higher than this forum.

So which part is lady and which part boy?

As if you don't know, Gio.

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Originally posted by Giovanni Lavafiume:
There is no place higher than this forum.

So which part is lady and which part boy?

I think it depends on how much you pay.

Never mind that, get this

Drunken elks attack old people's home

"Last year another elk in Sweden stole a bicycle from a garden, which it regularly visited to eat the roses"

flippin elks!

I can tell it has been a long week because I read it as "elfs".