Just came the news.
8 Japanese tourists had each one plate of pasta and one soda, the owner of the restaurant in Pisa/Italy charged them 260 Euro (about 406$US). The Japanese called the police, not willing to pay that much for a basic meal.
When the police came, the restaurant owner......Read More
How not to get robbed or killed in Naples
On my way from Rome to Sicily I decided to stop in the city of Naples for a couple of days, using it as a base for day trips to Pompeii and Sorrento. A couple of weeks prior to my visit I watched the news on TV talking about a strike of the garbage......Read More
Tourist rip off Italy
Have you been to Italy? I mean, did you travel the country of Da Vinci and Michelangelo?
If yes, what do you think of it? Isn’t it a beautiful country? Tuscany, Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre, Rome, Venice and Florence. Aren’t those some of the most beautiful and......Read More
WHAT TRAVELING IS ALL ABOUT OR,
POUCHED EGGS AND LENTILS
So, what’s that traveling all about? I mean, why do we do it?
Why do we strap more that 40 pounds of luggage, squeezed into a backpack, onto our backs and look like a paratrooper who is going to Afghanistan because we......Read More
Wow, I am in Italy since March 31. and I spent the first week in beautiful Verona (my third time there). From Verona I made my way to Venice for a day and one day I spent in Bologna.
Today I arrived in Florence and have to say, it did not change.
Thanks to the internet I found a cheap......Read More
Known Truth, Appreciated Lie
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“Asta la Noche!” were the last words, Maria heard her husband say. Then he left the apartment and went for work.
She still stood in the kitchen, preparing a snack for their two children before they would leave for school, when he rushed down the......Read More
HEADACHES FROM MARSEILLE
By OPB
How many times did parents around the world receive a phone call from their children who traveled to far away countries and instead of exchanging words of love or just a short “Hello, mum and dad, I am doing fine here.”, they got to hear......Read More
BASEBALL AND TOMATOES
What do baseball, tomatoes and a small Spanish town with name of Buñol have in common?
Nothing, you should think, but on one day of each year, Buñol, which lies about 25 kilometers west of Valencia, changes into a red colored tollhouse.
On......Read More
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