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[QUOTE="Cuseregular, post: 5759338, member: 185"]
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!).
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