http://shanelife.com/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/ Shane Adams' personal blog about life, movies, TV, music, spirituality, pop culture, poker, and tasty burritos Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:09:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://shanelife.com/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-8138 I, Shane › Shane Adams’ personal weblog » Archive » 2007 Wrapup Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:42:53 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/#comment-8138 [...] again, the Chiefs made a great first-round draft pick (who I met in December), Alli and I finalized our Italy plans, and the producers of American Idol raised over $70 million for the ONE Campaign. We also made [...] [...] again, the Chiefs made a great first-round draft pick (who I met in December), Alli and I finalized our Italy plans, and the producers of American Idol raised over $70 million for the ONE Campaign. We also made [...]

]]> http://shanelife.com/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5599 Sidna Wed, 11 Apr 2007 00:25:57 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/#comment-5599 SOOOOO excited for you! SOOOOO excited for you!

]]> http://shanelife.com/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5590 Brian Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:05:22 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/#comment-5590 Not sure why my category archives are messed up, but you can see the entries in the date-based version for <a href="http://www.the-ds.com/brian/archives/2005/02/" rel="nofollow">February </a>and <a href="http://www.the-ds.com/brian/archives/2005/03/" rel="nofollow">March</a>. Oh yeah, for pomme frites, you have to try <a href="http://www.paris-eating.com/656.htm" rel="nofollow">Le Relais de L'entrecote</a>. Good stuff. Not sure why my category archives are messed up, but you can see the entries in the date-based version for February and March.
Oh yeah, for pomme frites, you have to try Le Relais de L’entrecote. Good stuff.

]]> http://shanelife.com/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5589 Brian Fri, 06 Apr 2007 11:50:40 +0000 http://topfivedesign.com/shane/2007/04/05/planning-for-italy/#comment-5589 Well, you can see what we did on our trip to <a href="http://www.the-ds.com/brian/archives/paris/" rel="nofollow">Paris in February 2005</a> on my blog (except my archives seem to be borked; I will try to fix today, so bookmark that page for later reference). Summary: croissants and wine. Good. As for Italy, we didn't do anything particularly different from what a regular tourist would do. All the Roman attractions, plus a stop at Pompeii on the way down to Sorrento. Sorrento and Positano are beautiful, and you will eat well regardless of where you go. One night we found this tiny hole in the wall restaurant where the only people were us and this Japanese couple with a kid, who were trying to translate into English while the Italian owners tried to translate the broken English into Italian. They had some great risotto there. One thing would be to leave a lot of room for dinner. The risotto was a meal in itself, and it was only the first course. Also, this may be just me, but I got NOTHING out of going to Capri. It's a pretty island off the Amalfi coast, but if you're not into high fashion shopping, it was pointless. The Blue Grotto was cool there, but it was a ripoff. Outrageous charge for the boat to take you out there, then another outrageous charge to get into a rowboat that would take you into the Grotto, then the hard sell for a substantial tip from the guy rowing the boat and singing "O Sole Mio." Rip. Off. But pretty. Not much else to share. Oh wait, one more thing: limoncello. Yummy lemon liqueur. You must have that as an after-dinner aperitif and, of course, an Italian espresso (it's not Starbucks, so be fore-warned). Three weeks still won't be enough. Well, you can see what we did on our trip to Paris in February 2005 on my blog (except my archives seem to be borked; I will try to fix today, so bookmark that page for later reference). Summary: croissants and wine. Good.
As for Italy, we didn’t do anything particularly different from what a regular tourist would do. All the Roman attractions, plus a stop at Pompeii on the way down to Sorrento. Sorrento and Positano are beautiful, and you will eat well regardless of where you go. One night we found this tiny hole in the wall restaurant where the only people were us and this Japanese couple with a kid, who were trying to translate into English while the Italian owners tried to translate the broken English into Italian. They had some great risotto there. One thing would be to leave a lot of room for dinner. The risotto was a meal in itself, and it was only the first course.
Also, this may be just me, but I got NOTHING out of going to Capri. It’s a pretty island off the Amalfi coast, but if you’re not into high fashion shopping, it was pointless. The Blue Grotto was cool there, but it was a ripoff. Outrageous charge for the boat to take you out there, then another outrageous charge to get into a rowboat that would take you into the Grotto, then the hard sell for a substantial tip from the guy rowing the boat and singing “O Sole Mio.” Rip. Off. But pretty.
Not much else to share. Oh wait, one more thing: limoncello. Yummy lemon liqueur. You must have that as an after-dinner aperitif and, of course, an Italian espresso (it’s not Starbucks, so be fore-warned).
Three weeks still won’t be enough.

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