Sono inglesi. Dove il la pizza? (aka. Tyr goes to Italy)

[garbon]

Actually reading Jos's rundown, I can see why DGul says he dislikes travel. If that was what it was always like, I'd dislike it too.

[alfred russel]

Actually reading Jos's rundown, I can see why DGul says he dislikes travel. If that was what it was always like, I'd dislike it too.

Actually, I agree.

[The Larch]

In review:

Rome- Not as awesome as expected. Its strange, there's the nice clean and policeman filled city centre to the west of the station (NOT including the station) for the tourists and the rest of the city is left fallow for the wildlings to grafiti as they see fit.
The colloseum and forum areas were really cool. The Vatican was rather meh; I expected something more grandiose (that cathedral is the centre of christendom? Really?) and more indications that I was in another country.

Tyr, something went horribly wrong with your trip to Rome.

I find it really shocking that a historically inclined person wouldn't enjoy 4 days in Rome.

I find it almost impossible that a historically inclined person ran out of things to do before 4 days were up.

As for the Vatican, I understand that St. Peters was designed with certain sightlines in mind, and I believe during the redevelopment of the city under Mussolini (could be getting the date wrong) those significantly changed. I agree the cathedral itself isn't so great to look at, but Michaelangelo's Pieta sculpture inside and the Sistine Chapel are in my opinion worth all the hype they get. The Vatican museums are also a trainwreck of organization, but still interesting.

Given his coments about Rome and Florence, I really wonder what were his expectations.

[Razgovory]

I'm wondering if he really only enjoyed hanging out at the bars.

Most people go on holiday and they get drunk every night for 2 weeks.
I only drank a handful of times during my trip, mostly with food and never more than four or five, usually just the one.
Of course I wouldn't expect you to understand the fun that can be had meeting people.

I keep wondering if Tyr genuinely enjoys anything he does or see. There's zero passion in his words, even when describing something he apparently liked.

I am dead inside.

It's true, I'm not a drunk.

[Pedrito]

Padua- Pretty little place, seems like it'd be OK to live there. Sorry but not much for tourists though. I got really lost at one point when I was looking for the city walls and managed to totally miss them and walked off god knows where. But still it didn't get ghettoy. Which is a plus.

MAH HOMETOWN.

L.

[crazy canuck]

Given his coments about Rome and Florence, I really wonder what were his expectations.

I am wondering what he saw or how much he understood what he was seeing.  Hard to imagine anyone going through St. Peter's and saying "meh".

[Barrister]

Given his coments about Rome and Florence, I really wonder what were his expectations.

I am wondering what he saw or how much he understood what he was seeing.  Hard to imagine anyone going through St. Peter's and saying "meh".

I wasn't super keen on St. Peter's.

It was really, really big, and had a lot of marble.  Almost too much marble.  Seemed somewhat gauche, and rather impersonal.  I was much more moved by some of the other cathedrals I saw in Italy (San Marco in Venice, for example).

Not really defending Jos though, as he went "Meh" to most sights he saw, which definitely wasn't my experience.

[Admiral Yi]

It makes me wonder what his expectations and hopes were.  It's not like he hopped a ferry and checked out the place on a weekend.

[Razgovory]

Given his coments about Rome and Florence, I really wonder what were his expectations.

I am wondering what he saw or how much he understood what he was seeing.  Hard to imagine anyone going through St. Peter's and saying "meh".

I wasn't super keen on St. Peter's.

It was really, really big, and had a lot of marble.  Almost too much marble.  Seemed somewhat gauche, and rather impersonal.  I was much more moved by some of the other cathedrals I saw in Italy (San Marco in Venice, for example).

Not really defending Jos though, as he went "Meh" to most sights he saw, which definitely wasn't my experience.

St. Peter's really impressed me.

[crazy canuck]

I wasn't super keen on St. Peter's.

It was really, really big, and had a lot of marble.  Almost too much marble.  Seemed somewhat gauche, and rather impersonal.

BB takes a trip to the Vatican - desire for religious reform +3

[alfred russel]

I just realized that Tyr also started the thread "Korea - too boring". 

[Barrister]

I wasn't super keen on St. Peter's.

It was really, really big, and had a lot of marble.  Almost too much marble.  Seemed somewhat gauche, and rather impersonal.

BB takes a trip to the Vatican - desire for religious reform +3

Oh no - the Vatican in general was wonderful.  The Vatican musems, Cistine chapell...

Just St. Peters itself.

[Ed Anger]

I so want to go to Rome.

[Caliga]

Cistine chapell

[Jacob]

Cistine chapell

It's opposite the Transtine Chapel