Not sure if Gino used his Spanish to speak to Italians for better service and stuff but my mum, sister and brothers have and it was great.. Also they speak Spanish in France and get much better service, places to sit and folks are friendlier... My youngest brother is fluent in Italian, French and German , so it really helps paisanos!
Jaime Solorza Wireless Systems Architect 915-861-1390 On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 12:37 PM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote: > Not to be nit-picky, but isn't the Parthenon in Greece? Do you mean the > Pantheon? The big round domed building? I haven't been myself, but just > remembering from my classical studies. > > > > On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 1:10 PM, Lewis Bergman <lewis.berg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I have been a few times over the past. If I had 10 days I would just do a >> search for the top ten sites to visit and that is honestly all the help you >> need. When you get there you can get a tour of whatever you are standing in >> front of ( like the Colosseum ) from a guy who speaks English. The one we >> did was worth the extra $15 a pop or whatever it was. I had already been >> there twice so I didn't learn that much but the rest had a good time. The >> dorks card said Gladitorial Weaponologist. I had a good dbag laugh over >> that. We did do a followup tour of the catacombs which was worth the time >> and money. Those are usually locked. >> >> At any rate, most of what you want to see is all free, public, and have >> English translations on all the placards. To each his own. But I will say >> get ready for the Catholic church to ruin everything. They blare "This is a >> worship place" through loud speakers at the Parthenon that they totally >> fucked over. >> >> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 12:55 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Spent a week in italy in 2009, if you want to be herded around like >>> sheep with a bunch of 70 year olds then by all means you should join an >>> english-speaking guided tour group... I didn't see any organized tour >>> groups that weren't 90%+ elderly. Would recommend setting your own >>> itinerary. >>> >>> On Thu, Oct 6, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Travis Johnson <t...@ida.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Hey, >>>> >>>> We are considering a trip to Italy this next summer. We would prefer >>>> some type of tour/travel group or company to help with the trip. What have >>>> people used and been happy with? >>>> >>>> Travis >>>> >>>> >>> >
