At a restaurant in Rome when ready to pay the bill we were told no credit cards. Probably not true but we didn't press the issue.
We gave 50 euros and expected 13 euros in change.
What we received was a plate full of coins.
Of course we were cheated by more that 3 euros.
When called to task immediately two 5 euro biils and correct change appeared.
Be ever alert. Never accept a plate full of coins.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Rome Restaurant: "You can't get a bad meal in Italy" -- Oh yes you can in Rome
The age of myths is over. There are so many tourists in Rome, every day of the year, that food is in huge demand. Many restaurants/trattorias/osterias because of locale are innundated with customers. The key is, they will not see these customers again.
So the tourist-diner gets sub-standard food at top price. The restaurants/trattorias/osterias that exploit their customers can stay in business in Rome a long time since their bad reputation, in the eyes of Romans, is irrelevant: they only serve bad meals to today's tourist.
So trust your own instinct -- walk in, look around, walk over to the antipasto table and look at today's products and concentrate your interest only on today's specials, don't be seduced by a menu of a 1,000 selections. Italian food, authentic Italian food, is of fresh produts, simply prepared, in a homey-neighborhood, friendly, unpretentios environment.
For good food and restaurants in Italy, visit the Food Channel of www.WebVisionItaly.com.
So the tourist-diner gets sub-standard food at top price. The restaurants/trattorias/osterias that exploit their customers can stay in business in Rome a long time since their bad reputation, in the eyes of Romans, is irrelevant: they only serve bad meals to today's tourist.
So trust your own instinct -- walk in, look around, walk over to the antipasto table and look at today's products and concentrate your interest only on today's specials, don't be seduced by a menu of a 1,000 selections. Italian food, authentic Italian food, is of fresh produts, simply prepared, in a homey-neighborhood, friendly, unpretentios environment.
For good food and restaurants in Italy, visit the Food Channel of www.WebVisionItaly.com.
Rome Italy: You can't get a bad meal in Italy" Oh yes you can in Rome
The age of myths is over. There are so many tourists in Rome, every day of the year, that food is in huge demand. Many restaurants/trattorias/osterias because of locale are innundated with customers. The key is, they will not see these customers again.
So the tourist-diner gets sub-standard food at top price. The restaurants/trattorias/osterias that exploit their customers can stay in business in Rome a long time since their bad reputation, in the eyes of Romans, is irrelevant: they only serve bad meals to today's tourist.
So trust your own instinct -- walk in, look around, walk over to the antipasto table and look at today's products and concentrate your interest only on today's specials, don't be seduced by a menu of a 1,000 selections. Italian food, authentic Italian food, is of fresh produts, simply prepared, in a homey-neighborhood, friendly, unpretentios environment.
For good food and restaurants in Italy, visit the Food Channel of www.WebVisionItaly.com.
So the tourist-diner gets sub-standard food at top price. The restaurants/trattorias/osterias that exploit their customers can stay in business in Rome a long time since their bad reputation, in the eyes of Romans, is irrelevant: they only serve bad meals to today's tourist.
So trust your own instinct -- walk in, look around, walk over to the antipasto table and look at today's products and concentrate your interest only on today's specials, don't be seduced by a menu of a 1,000 selections. Italian food, authentic Italian food, is of fresh produts, simply prepared, in a homey-neighborhood, friendly, unpretentios environment.
For good food and restaurants in Italy, visit the Food Channel of www.WebVisionItaly.com.
Monday, October 20, 2008
Italy Travel: Three Strikes You're In
Find a caffé or a wine bar close by where you're staying and patronize it.
First time, you probably will not even be acknowleged.
The second time, you will get a slight nod.
The third time you will be greeted by a smile and a certain look, one that says I know you've been here.
Each time thereafter, as soon as you enter you'll be greeted with a "buon giorno" and a welcoming smile. You are now part of the "inner" circle.
Skip a day or two, and when you return, don't be surprised if you get a hug and a "where have you been"?
First time, you probably will not even be acknowleged.
The second time, you will get a slight nod.
The third time you will be greeted by a smile and a certain look, one that says I know you've been here.
Each time thereafter, as soon as you enter you'll be greeted with a "buon giorno" and a welcoming smile. You are now part of the "inner" circle.
Skip a day or two, and when you return, don't be surprised if you get a hug and a "where have you been"?
Saturday, October 18, 2008
Italy Vacations - On Tour with Isabella Dusi - Emilia Romagna
On Tour with Isabella Dusi - Emilia Romagna
Italy vacations with Isabella Dusi in June Web Vision Italy arrived in Parma from Lucca. We'll cover the Tuscany hill towns with Isabella Dusi in another blog.
We stayed in Parma three days visiting Prosciutto di Parma farms, Parmigiano Reggiano farms, and balsamic vinegar distilleries.
Parma was our base for Emilia Romagna. We also traveled to Modena, but skipped Bologna this trip.
Sipping Brunello in Montalcino today enjoying our Italy vacation, while having a look at the Italy cutting room floor that the Web Vision Italy crew produced in Parma in June, and plotting 2009's productions from... can you guess where?
Parma's Piazza Garibaldi yellow color is native to Parma and the sun dial on the building makes Parma's centro storico one of the most picturesque squares in Italy.
The crew works hard to film, produce, edit, and post it on the web for the world's enjoyment. Our passion for Italy is really making the whole Web Vision Italy project possible and so much fun.
We have interns blogging and editing, being mentored by Hollywood video producers and directors, all contributing to a common passion about Italy.
For more about traveling in Italy with Isabella Dusi and Web Vision Italy send an email to:
ItalyVacations@gmail.com
Italy travel with guides, full tour, or personal itineraries for your interests with and without local guides Italy vacations by Web Vision Italy. Meet a guide for three hours or six hours and a driver to buses for tour groups in Italy, Web Vision Italy vacations sends you to Italy however you like to travel in Italy. Web Vision Italy brings you Parma hotels - best areas in centro storico at lowest price.
Italy vacations with Isabella Dusi in June Web Vision Italy arrived in Parma from Lucca. We'll cover the Tuscany hill towns with Isabella Dusi in another blog.
We stayed in Parma three days visiting Prosciutto di Parma farms, Parmigiano Reggiano farms, and balsamic vinegar distilleries.
Parma was our base for Emilia Romagna. We also traveled to Modena, but skipped Bologna this trip.
Sipping Brunello in Montalcino today enjoying our Italy vacation, while having a look at the Italy cutting room floor that the Web Vision Italy crew produced in Parma in June, and plotting 2009's productions from... can you guess where?
Parma's Piazza Garibaldi yellow color is native to Parma and the sun dial on the building makes Parma's centro storico one of the most picturesque squares in Italy.
The crew works hard to film, produce, edit, and post it on the web for the world's enjoyment. Our passion for Italy is really making the whole Web Vision Italy project possible and so much fun.
We have interns blogging and editing, being mentored by Hollywood video producers and directors, all contributing to a common passion about Italy.
For more about traveling in Italy with Isabella Dusi and Web Vision Italy send an email to:
ItalyVacations@gmail.com
Italy travel with guides, full tour, or personal itineraries for your interests with and without local guides Italy vacations by Web Vision Italy. Meet a guide for three hours or six hours and a driver to buses for tour groups in Italy, Web Vision Italy vacations sends you to Italy however you like to travel in Italy. Web Vision Italy brings you Parma hotels - best areas in centro storico at lowest price.
Italy Travel: Montalcino-On Tour with Isabella Dusi
Our Italy Vacation is winding down after our week in Rome we are settled into Montalcino for a few days.
The light is beautiful here this time of year, of course the hills are always breathtaking. The Brunello is inspiring!
Our Tuscany hill town trip report may become a trip novel!
We are also in the Tuscan hill town of Montalcino visiting with Isabella Dusi, an Australian native now living in Montalcino with her husband Luigi. She is the author of Vanilla Beans and Brodo, she works to save the Church of San Pietro in Montalcino, which is full of Ventura Salimbeni masterpieces painted on silk, and a tour guide, which Italy travel vacations she combines the wonderful Italian culinary tradition, fine Italian art history by region, and Italy's political history to make the vacation in Italy travel that much more interesting.
Isabella Dusi invited the Web Vision Italy crew, photographers, etc. to join her on tour in Italy to bring our viewers new shows about Italy travel.
On Tour with Isabella Dusi is a series of Italy video television shows that we hope provides Italy travelers an idea of what to see and what to do when enjoying Italy vacations.
It's been a very busy 2008 with many programs slated for release in 2009. We started On Tour with ISabella Dusi in Tuscany back in April, then we traveled to the Italy's region of Emilia Romagna in June and ended in Veneto.
Some of these shows from Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, and Veneto are available now on our Italy travel television network Web Vision Italy. More Italy video is coming to Web Vision Italy all the time.
These shows provide a great route to follow along when traveling from Venice to Florence to Rome, with stops along the way at interesting sites in Italy.
The light is beautiful here this time of year, of course the hills are always breathtaking. The Brunello is inspiring!
Our Tuscany hill town trip report may become a trip novel!
We are also in the Tuscan hill town of Montalcino visiting with Isabella Dusi, an Australian native now living in Montalcino with her husband Luigi. She is the author of Vanilla Beans and Brodo, she works to save the Church of San Pietro in Montalcino, which is full of Ventura Salimbeni masterpieces painted on silk, and a tour guide, which Italy travel vacations she combines the wonderful Italian culinary tradition, fine Italian art history by region, and Italy's political history to make the vacation in Italy travel that much more interesting.
Isabella Dusi invited the Web Vision Italy crew, photographers, etc. to join her on tour in Italy to bring our viewers new shows about Italy travel.
On Tour with Isabella Dusi is a series of Italy video television shows that we hope provides Italy travelers an idea of what to see and what to do when enjoying Italy vacations.
It's been a very busy 2008 with many programs slated for release in 2009. We started On Tour with ISabella Dusi in Tuscany back in April, then we traveled to the Italy's region of Emilia Romagna in June and ended in Veneto.
Some of these shows from Tuscany, Emilia Romagna, and Veneto are available now on our Italy travel television network Web Vision Italy. More Italy video is coming to Web Vision Italy all the time.
These shows provide a great route to follow along when traveling from Venice to Florence to Rome, with stops along the way at interesting sites in Italy.
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Most Beautiful Garbage Dropoff in the World
We rented an apartment on Via Farnese by the Farnese Palace at the corner of Via Giulia, in Rome.
Our front door was less than 10 feet from an arch designed by Michelangelo. I photographed it, stood under it, all the while marvellling at the fact that the arch is a work of Michelangelo.
When instructing us on the details of the apartment, our landlord casually informed us that garbage is picked up 3 times a day and that our assigned spot is on the street under the Michelangelo arch.
Where do you drop your garbage?
Our front door was less than 10 feet from an arch designed by Michelangelo. I photographed it, stood under it, all the while marvellling at the fact that the arch is a work of Michelangelo.
When instructing us on the details of the apartment, our landlord casually informed us that garbage is picked up 3 times a day and that our assigned spot is on the street under the Michelangelo arch.
Where do you drop your garbage?
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