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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France: 07 April 2006
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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France. Two weeks exploring Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France, plus a short sejour in Paris. Friday, April 07, 2006. An Open Love Letter to Italy. Forgive me, Italia. I have been unfaithful. Almost. Sorta. Only above the waist. I didn't inhale. Really! You were my first European love, but lately I've . fooled around with France. It's not your fault. Being too close can magnify minor faults. And then another country comes along and you see only the good. A sequence o...
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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France: The "most exciting city in southern France" ... and some nicer places
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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France. Two weeks exploring Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France, plus a short sejour in Paris. Monday, March 27, 2006. The "most exciting city in southern France" . and some nicer places. Dateline: Calvisson, 24 and 25 March, 2006. Montpellier, largest city in Languedoc, must have a great PR consultant. Every guidebook oohs and aahs about how lively, stylish, and "up-to-the-minute" it is. If this is up-to-date, I'll take last week. One good feature is that it's a no-s...
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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France: 29 March 2006
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In Spring our Fancy Turns to France. Two weeks exploring Languedoc-Roussillon in the south of France, plus a short sejour in Paris. Wednesday, March 29, 2006. And the French make the appliances. There's an old joke about the difference between Heaven and Hell. In the former, the English are the police, the Italians are the artists and the designers, the French are the cooks, and the Germans build everything. In Hell, the roles flip to your worst nightmare. I'm still up listening to this silly symphony be...
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto: In-telecommunicato ....
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto. Two weeks in northern Italy: Fall 2005. Friday, September 30, 2005. Or I ain’t talking but the Euros sure do last. Dateline: Mirano, Venezia - September 28, 2005. On previous visits to Europe, I’ve been able to keep making my weekly phone call to my mother, Alice, in Ohio. Doesn’t that sound simple? But here’s what really happened:. After that number registers, the recording says it’s time to dial the number you want to call. BUT it doesn’t say what to do about the coun...
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto: 09/30/05
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto. Two weeks in northern Italy: Fall 2005. Friday, September 30, 2005. Or I ain’t talking but the Euros sure do last. Dateline: Mirano, Venezia - September 28, 2005. On previous visits to Europe, I’ve been able to keep making my weekly phone call to my mother, Alice, in Ohio. Doesn’t that sound simple? But here’s what really happened:. After that number registers, the recording says it’s time to dial the number you want to call. BUT it doesn’t say what to do about the coun...
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto: 09/23/05
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto. Two weeks in northern Italy: Fall 2005. Friday, September 23, 2005. Days 2 and 3: Parma and Ravenna. You know you’re in Italy when. Walking down the street you’re passed by three obvious direct descendants of Botticelli’s favorite model (think Venus on the half shell with a stud in her tongue). When all the big dogs are being led by guys who look like they slept under a bridge. Maybe the dogs are for warmth. I think they eat the little dogs. It seems the Austrian Habsburg c...
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto: Days 4 - 6: Doing as the Emilia-Romagnans do.
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto. Two weeks in northern Italy: Fall 2005. Sunday, September 25, 2005. Days 4 - 6: Doing as the Emilia-Romagnans do. Among the pleasant challenges of travel is learning the little daily behaviors the locals take for granted, but that differ slightly from our back-home habits. A few examples we’ve encountered:. We enjoy these little mysteries. Many are perfectly logical ways of doing whatever it is. Once you survive the mild embarrassment of getting it wrong, you feel l...On th...
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto: 09/18/05
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Emilia Romagna and the Veneto. Two weeks in northern Italy: Fall 2005. Sunday, September 18, 2005. Our itinerary in Italy. 10:10 am on Lufthansa 423/3970. Check in to Hotel Paradise. DAY TRIPS FROM BOLOGNA BY TRAIN. Sun 25 Sep - Day in Bologna. TO THE VENETO - MORE DAY TRIPS. Leave Bologna. Pick up rental car at train station. Drive to Mirano -. PM - visit Padua. Reservations to view Giotto frescoes at Scrovegni Chapel at 5 pm. Tue 27 Sep - Villa Malcontenta. Lunch and sightseeing in Treviso. 2:30 - 5 pm.
