OT: worst stadium I’ve ever visited

[NineOneSeven]

You should scratch your name into the walls. I hear they recommend everyone does it.

 

[SUMBA]

I was in Bologna last year, which is pretty anti American being a huge university city, and everyone was really lovely for the most part. I find Europeans who hate Americans to be rather adorable. Like "aww, you think you matter to me? Here's a nickel." But I've really found rude Euros to be few and far between. Even in France.

The French are lovely. It's the Parisians who can be terribly rude.

 

[NKR1978]

The French are lovely. It's the Parisians who can be terribly rude.

It's funny. The higher end establishments I've been to in Paris the service is impeccable and genuinely friendly/warm. It's the more regular places where they can be a bit rude. I just act oblivious and even more American. Give them a show of a happy smiling American idiot speaking slower and louder English. At least they'll have a story for their friends or Reddit.

 

[NineOneSeven]

The French are lovely. It's the Parisians who can be terribly rude.

Idk Lloyd, the French are asholes

 

[RF2044]

Place is falling apart. No luxury suites. If you’re hungry you have to pray your wife has a granola bar in her purse. One restroom. Rome really needs replace this place. It’s almost as bad as Jacksonville’s stadium.

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I assume you and the rest of the 'Cuse fans took it over for the game?

LET'S GO, ORANGE [clap, clap, clap clap clap]

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Seems like lots of Italy travelers. My daughter & boyfriend will be going to a wedding Sicily this fall. After the wedding, we are going to Rome for 4-5 days. We have the option of seeing other sites/cities then meeting them in Rome or seeing Sicily Sat - Teusday, then going to Rome together.
Any thoughts from anyone?
Note: my wife and I did a week in Rome about 3 years ago, so another full week is not an option.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I was in Bologna last year, which is pretty anti American being a huge university city, and everyone was really lovely for the most part. I find Europeans who hate Americans to be rather adorable. Like "aww, you think you matter to me? Here's a nickel." But I've really found rude Euros to be few and far between. Even in France.

I haven’t been a ton of places, but never really found a big issue. Maybe jut lucky

 

[C Bomb]

Ten-cent beer night will do that.

I thought it was the disco demolition night promotion?

 

[OburgOrange]

Idk Lloyd, the French are asholes

Especially Quebecois french

 

[NKR1978]

Seems like lots of Italy travelers. My daughter & boyfriend will be going to a wedding Sicily this fall. After the wedding, we are going to Rome for 4-5 days. We have the option of seeing other sites/cities then meeting them in Rome or seeing Sicily Sat - Teusday, then going to Rome together.
Any thoughts from anyone?
Note: my wife and I did a week in Rome about 3 years ago, so another full week is not an option.

Vatican, Coliseum and Forum tours are musts. You can do them all in one day. I was exhausted after, but definitely doable in one day. The Forum might be my favorite historic site I’ve ever visited. Walking the same streets as Julius Caesar and so many legendary historical figures is mind blowing.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Noi abbiamo un matrimonio in Amalfi alla fine d'Agosto, Da li, andremo a Capri per tre o quattro giorni e poi ad Ischia dove non ci sono mai stato. Da Ischia, andremo in Toscana per visitare Montalcino, Siena, San Gimignano e Lucca. Staremo una notte a Firenze per vedere i nostri amici e poi andremo a Milano per vedere altri amici. Per l'ultima parte del viaggio, saremo ad Amsterdam for 4 o 5 giorni.

Io, l'Italia, la conosco piuttosto bene ed ho visto non tutta, ma molto. Qunidi, se avete domande, mandamile e sono lieto a dare consigli.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Les Francais m'ont toujours traite' tres bien.

Paris, la Vallee de la Loire, Nice, Mont Saint Michel, Normandie - toujours la meme chose. Comme Italie, je n'ai pas visite' toute la France ma beaucoup. Jamais mal traite. Jamais.

L'Italie c'est mon pays prefere' ma la France c'est aussi un pays merveilleux.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I want a shoe with cheese on it and I want to massage your grandmother.

 

[721Comstock]

I want a shoe with cheese on it and I want to massage your grandmother.

You usually have to pay extra for that last part.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

You usually have to pay extra for that last part.

Not if you know the right grandma

 

[tptcuse]

Vatican, Coliseum and Forum tours are musts. You can do them all in one day. I was exhausted after, but definitely doable in one day. The Forum might be my favorite historic site I’ve ever visited. Walking the same streets as Julius Caesar and so many legendary historical figures is mind blowing.

I'm a big fan of this approach to traveling in a place like Rome. Hit all the big touristy stuff in the first day or two. Then spend the rest of the time walking and trying to get more of a feel for the culture outside of those attractions. I hit those three immediately and then we spent most of our time chilling out in Trastevere, and walked around without much of an agenda the rest of the time.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

Vatican, Coliseum and Forum tours are musts. You can do them all in one day. I was exhausted after, but definitely doable in one day. The Forum might be my favorite historic site I’ve ever visited. Walking the same streets as Julius Caesar and so many legendary historical figures is mind blowing.

Thanks, but we did those on our last trip and will do again with my daughter. Looking for some lesser known sites and scenes for our time before we get to Rome.

 

[Cuse House]

Vatican, Coliseum and Forum tours are musts. You can do them all in one day. I was exhausted after, but definitely doable in one day. The Forum might be my favorite historic site I’ve ever visited. Walking the same streets as Julius Caesar and so many legendary historical figures is mind blowing.

This is what the wife and I did. It was a long day but totally worth it. Forum was awesome.

We also went to Naples, Capri, and toured Pompeii.

I think 2-3 days in Rome is plenty if you take the tours in one day and leave the other two for simpler exploring and less touristy things.

 

[Cuse House]

Seems like lots of Italy travelers. My daughter & boyfriend will be going to a wedding Sicily this fall. After the wedding, we are going to Rome for 4-5 days. We have the option of seeing other sites/cities then meeting them in Rome or seeing Sicily Sat - Teusday, then going to Rome together.
Any thoughts from anyone?
Note: my wife and I did a week in Rome about 3 years ago, so another full week is not an option.

Check out Capri if you can. Really beautiful island and worth a day trip as long as you are okay with the boat ride over.

 

[NJCuse97]

Thanks, but we did those on our last trip and will do again with my daughter. Looking for some lesser known sites and scenes for our time before we get to Rome.

Villa Giulia - Wikipedia

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Also, see about other Cardinal palazzos around Rome.

Palazzo Spada - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Villa d'Este - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

These are literally the party palaces that the rich ducal families built so that their Cardinal family members could host lavish (lascivious) parties for the college of Cardinals, to win favor and get elected Pope. There's a reason Medici and Borghese were made Pope. These places were where Hefner got the idea for a grotto.

 

[NJCuse97]

Noi abbiamo un matrimonio in Amalfi alla fine d'Agosto, Da li, andremo a Capri per tre o quattro giorni e poi ad Ischia dove non ci sono mai stato. Da Ischia, andremo in Toscana per visitare Montalcino, Siena, San Gimignano e Lucca. Staremo una notte a Firenze per vedere i nostri amici e poi andremo a Milano per vedere altri amici. Per l'ultima parte del viaggio, saremo ad Amsterdam for 4 o 5 giorni.

Io, l'Italia, la conosco piuttosto bene ed ho visto non tutta, ma molto. Qunidi, se avete domande, mandamile e sono lieto a dare consigli.

You didn't spend enough time in Florence. I love that place. Lived there a semester with the SU Architecture program.

 

[NJCuse97]

Thanks, but we did those on our last trip and will do again with my daughter. Looking for some lesser known sites and scenes for our time before we get to Rome.

I also LOVED going to Pompei, but that was for three reasons. I was always fascinated by the story of how Vesuvius entombed people in the eruption, I did my first "architectural analysis" of a Pompei palazzo when a freshman at SU, so that was "nostalgic", and I love Pink Floyd.

In line with my Cardinal palace story above, Pompei was also thought to be a huge brothel of a city, a Hedonism for ancient Romans. I swear there is no intended theming to my suggestions.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I’ve been to Rome, NY. That’s basically the same thing, right?

 

[NKR1978]

This is what the wife and I did. It was a long day but totally worth it. Forum was awesome.

We also went to Naples, Capri, and toured Pompeii.

I think 2-3 days in Rome is plenty if you take the tours in one day and leave the other two for simpler exploring and less touristy things.

Pompeii was a bucket list I did last year. And as amazing as it was, I like the forum better because it was places I studied and knew about.

 

[NKR1978]

Thanks, but we did those on our last trip and will do again with my daughter. Looking for some lesser known sites and scenes for our time before we get to Rome.

across from the forum is another museum. It’s by Trajan‘s column. It’s basically a Roman office building/mall. I’m pretty sure it was like an administrative building and where shops were. Which is pretty awesome when you think about that. Imagine some Roman administrator at 5 o’clock on Friday just stamping you free because your slave master wanted to marry you.