Languish, help me plan a Euro vacation. Rome, Paris and London.

[crazy canuck]

Well, seems The Boss is looking at options of planning more herself, ditch the tour and add more days per city. 

It is always wise to marry someone smarter than you.

[crazy canuck]

I like gelato.

Too rich. Regular ice cream is better.

Where did you have the Gelato?

[Valmy]

I still do not understand the horror of having a few Archaeology PhD students show you around the Forum.

[crazy canuck]

I still do not understand the horror of having a few Archaeology PhD students show you around the Forum.

There is no horror in that.  The horror is being shipped around with a bus load of tourists for a week or more hitting all the most tourist intensive sights and missing a lot of the interesting things.

[Gups]

I still do not understand the horror of having a few Archaeology PhD students show you around the Forum.

There is no horror in that.  The horror is being shipped around with a bus load of tourists for a week or more hitting all the most tourist intensive sights and missing a lot of the interesting things.

Exactly. If you get a decent guide and a small group at a particular place it can add to the experience.

If you are in a group of 40 wearing identical red baseball caps with the guide herding you like cats by waving a big umbrella (I work near St Pauls so I walk past these groups almost every day), you'd be much better off by yourself.

[lustindarkness]

Well, seems The Boss is looking at options of planning more herself, ditch the tour and add more days per city. 

It is always wise to marry someone smarter than you.

Yeap, sad it did not work out for her in that department. LOL

[Caliga]

Excel is a big conference centre (watched some Olympics boxing there) but the area is pretty dull - it's basically 1990s onwards office blocks. It's pretty well connected with lots of transport options, including the cable car.

Yep, sounds about right.  The hotel we stayed at included a daily breakfast buffet.  All you can eat beans, taters, and mushrooms 

[Capetan Mihali]

I like gelato.

Too rich. Regular ice cream is better.

Where did you have the Gelato?

Food Lion, il leone di cibo , naturally.

[Ed Anger]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

[Tonitrus]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

I dunno, Rick Steves has always struck me as the most square tour guide possible.  As if BB were to take you on a tour of Europe.

[Ed Anger]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

I dunno, Rick Steves has always struck me as the most square tour guide possible.  As if BB were to take you on a tour of Europe.

Dude loves the pot.

[Josquius]

Also, Beeb... I loved taking a guided tour of Italy.  For two weeks, my job was to sightsee, eat, drink, and relax.  I didn't have to drive, worry about where I was going, or what hotel to stay in.  They took care of everything, even down to getting us 'preferred' tickets at the Vatican so we could skip the long lines and go right in.

I like gelato.

I didn't bother trying it until towards the end of my Italy trip as I thought "Ice cream? Meh. OK".
But it is so much better

[Barrister]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

I dunno, Rick Steves has always struck me as the most square tour guide possible.  As if BB were to take you on a tour of Europe.

I would show you an awesome time in Europe!

[alfred russel]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

I dunno, Rick Steves has always struck me as the most square tour guide possible.  As if BB were to take you on a tour of Europe.

I'll be a tour guide for you fuckers. We are going to walk everywhere. We are going to stay in the ghetto to save money. If we rent a car at some point, we are probably going over some nasty roads at some point and we might get stuck in the mud and have to spend the night in the car. Don't bitch too much-it is probably nicer than the nights we'll spend in tents.

[mongers]

I've been interested in the Rick Steves tours. You know his people know where the good drugs are at.

I dunno, Rick Steves has always struck me as the most square tour guide possible.  As if BB were to take you on a tour of Europe.

I'll be a tour guide for you fuckers. We are going to walk everywhere. We are going to stay in the ghetto to save money. If we rent a car at some point, we are probably going over some nasty roads at some point and we might get stuck in the mud and have to spend the night in the car. Don't bitch too much-it is probably nicer than the nights we'll spend in tents.

This is the true spirit of adventure.