OT: worst stadium I’ve ever visited

[Forza Azzurri]

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

Ho vissuto a Firenze per due anni. Ho fatto la prima e la seconds media li.

Poi ho fatto un semestre anch’io alla Villa Rossa in Piazza Savonarola.

Io sono quasi piu Fiorentino di Dante.

 

[NJCuse97]

Ho vissuto a Firenze per due anni. Ho fatto la prima e la seconds media li.

Poi ho fatto un semestre anch’io alla Villa Rossa in Piazza Savonarola.

Io sono quasi piu Fiorentino di Dante.

Va bene. Forza Viola!

 

[tipphill]

I hear it floods sometimes

It also had a retractable roof

 

[Toga]

Ten-cent beer night will do that.

You should have seen it on disco night.

 

[Forza Azzurri]

Va bene. Forza Viola!

LOL...I am a big Fiorentina fan. Unfortunately, they are absolutely terrible this year and don't really have the money to compete at the highest levels of Italian, let alone European, football...Sound familiar???

 

[Forza Azzurri]

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.

I would stay in Sicily. Tons of history, things to see and the food is amazing.

If, instead, you want to do something else, that is not Rome, perhaps Campania - Naples area. It is on the way from Sicily to Rome.

Herculaneum, which was buried in mud rather than burned and covered in ash after the eruption, is unbelievably preserved. Had it been discovered first, I don't think anyone goes to Pompeii.

Climb Mount Venuvius for the views, see Pompeii, visit Naples. You could also do the Amalfi coast (Positano, Amalfi, Ravello etc.), Sorrento or even Capri.

Good news is you really cannot go wrong regardless of what you choose to do.

 

[donniesyracuse]

There is a thread for this too:

No peasants allowed thread

 

[Hoo's That]

Oh, man! It's roof is gone.

 

[Orangello]

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.

I would tour Sicily for a couple of days. Have done this multiple times.

Taormina, Cefalu, Erice, Segesta. Agrigento and of course, Siracusa.

 

[OrangePA]

cool as can be that place. Hopefully you did the "underneath" tour. Kid you not I have a Cuse nome pic or two from there we took with it strategically placed overlooking things. Will see if I can find them.

As for the worst stadium I've ever been to it was ND in 1990. Spruced up since but still sucks, as does most the campus with its shocking commuter school look. Other than visiting the (surprising) hell hole that Augusta Georgia is and driving into the masters off the equivalent of a run down erie blvd, these two represent the two biggest negative surprises of my life. This after building up them to legend status in my young mind based off PR and tv hype as a kid, only to find out the reality was quite different!

Regardless of all that, enjoy your time in one of the most amazing places in the world!
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When I visited ND I was amazed at how unattractive and unimpressive it was. What a let down. The only impressive building was the Bookstore.

 

[Cuseregular]

When I visited ND I was amazed at how unattractive and unimpressive it was. What a let down. The only impressive building was the Bookstore.

yep same here, just shocked at how pedestrian, even ugly it was. Yes the grotto was cool, TD jesus a sight to see, but literally that was it. Shocking really.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I liked it. Both times I went the team I was rooting for won, so that helped. The infamous Catholics vs. Convicts game in '88, and the Robinson's last stand game in '08.

 

[Stevenson]

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

Steve Martin for the Win

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Steve Martin for the Win

I was beginning to wonder if anyone got the reference. I kind of assumed at this point that people just thought, “Rob’s lived in Jersey too long. He’s finally gone off the deep end.”

 

[storange]

Been to Rome twice , I’m a retired history teacher so how could I not love Rome. We’ve been to Positano and spent a lot of time in Sicily. Sicily is our favorite, taking in Scenic beauty , food , and expense combined as criteria. I recommend hitting Mt Etna on a clear day and also the Main Street in Taormina. Breath taking .

 

[Cuseregular]

Been to Rome twice , I’m a retired history teacher so how could I not love Rome. We’ve been to Positano and spent a lot of time in Sicily. Sicily is our favorite, taking in Scenic beauty , food , and expense combined as criteria. I recommend hitting Mt Etna on a clear day and also the Main Street in Taormina. Breath taking .

Yep to all that, couldn’t agree more.

The only thing I found shocking rome south vs rome north is the treatment of Americans. Assumed and had confirmed once some realized we weren’t “ugly Americans” where we discussed this with local who said they all look at us as a “necessary evil”.

Our problem was we immersed ourselves in the culture not doing any group stuff, driving ourselves etc. nothing to insulate, isolate us with the group Dynamics hanging with a similar group of folks. Complete opposite experience up north.

This story sums it up best. While in touramina we decided to get away from the tourist areas and go south to the beautiful looking town right below it you see from up high that’s right on the water (Naxos?).

Wife wanted pizza with sausage so in we go to a pizzeria. No one speaks English and we didn’t speak Italian. Order the “Pizza Americana” which looks like it had sausage from the Italian description on the menu.

Out comes a pizza sky high loaded with hotdogs, cheese whiz and french fries And some other disgusting topping. We ate like none of it while they smirked. That’s our story to get across what the locals really think essentially of Americans.

Still a great trip all that notwithstanding the above, but next time anytime we go to Europe. It will be with a group, and I will not be driving as that really adversely effected the trip for me as that was the most stressful experience of my life (and I’m from NYC!).

 

[Cheriehoop]

Yep to all that, couldn’t agree more.

The only thing I found shocking rome south vs rome north is the treatment of Americans. Assumed and had confirmed once some realized we weren’t “ugly Americans” where we discussed this with local who said they all look at us as a “necessary evil”.

Our problem was we immersed ourselves in the culture not doing any group stuff, driving ourselves etc. nothing to insulate, isolate us with the group Dynamics hanging with a similar group of folks. Complete opposite experience up north.

This story sums it up best. While in touramina we decided to get away from the tourist areas and go south to the beautiful looking town right below it you see from up high that’s right on the water (Naxos?).

Wife wanted pizza with sausage so in we go to a pizzeria. No one speaks English and we didn’t speak Italian. Order the “Pizza Americana” which looks like it had sausage from the Italian description on the menu.

Out comes a pizza sky high loaded with hotdogs, cheese whiz and french fries And some other disgusting topping. We ate like none of it while they smirked. That’s our story to get across what the locals really think essentially of Americans.

Still a great trip all that notwithstanding the above, but next time anytime we go to Europe. It will be with a group, and I will not be driving as that really adversely effected the trip for me as that was the most stressful experience of my life (and I’m from NYC!).

That pizza sounds so disgusting. Yikes quite the insult.

 

[storange]

Yep to all that, couldn’t agree more.

The only thing I found shocking rome south vs rome north is the treatment of Americans. Assumed and had confirmed once some realized we weren’t “ugly Americans” where we discussed this with local who said they all look at us as a “necessary evil”.

Our problem was we immersed ourselves in the culture not doing any group stuff, driving ourselves etc. nothing to insulate, isolate us with the group Dynamics hanging with a similar group of folks. Complete opposite experience up north.

This story sums it up best. While in touramina we decided to get away from the tourist areas and go south to the beautiful looking town right below it you see from up high that’s right on the water (Naxos?).

Wife wanted pizza with sausage so in we go to a pizzeria. No one speaks English and we didn’t speak Italian. Order the “Pizza Americana” which looks like it had sausage from the Italian description on the menu.

Out comes a pizza sky high loaded with hotdogs, cheese whiz and french fries And some other disgusting topping. We ate like none of it while they smirked. That’s our story to get across what the locals really think essentially of Americans.

Still a great trip all that notwithstanding the above, but next time anytime we go to Europe. It will be with a group, and I will not be driving as that really adversely effected the trip for me as that was the most stressful experience of my life (and I’m from NYC!).

Honestly had no experiences of that nature. Actually my wife’s relatives live in Spadafora near Messina…. who treated us like royalty .