The Great Italian Funkstravaganza

[FunkMonk]

So I will be in Italy for a couple weeks for a college course starting next week so I'm just polling you folks here who have been there or live there. Things to do, places to go, people to meet?

I'll be in Rome most of the time and Florence for a few days. We're getting a couple of free weekends when we can go anywhere in the country we want. Several of us are talking about seeing Venice.

I need ideas. 

[katmai]

Kick Pedrito in the cajones!




















I never said i had good ideas.

[Caliga]

Italian vacations... one of my favorite subjects!

My favorite places in Italy were Assisi, Baveno/Stresa, Capri, Rome, and Sorrento.  Also, since you'll be based in Rome and will have some free time, as a Languishite it is your duty to go down to Monte Cassino.

I failed to visit the Roman Catacombs so if you could check those out for me and tell me what I missed, that would be great.

[Caliga]

Also, Pompeii is amazing.

[PDH]

Don't kill your roommate when you are there.  That can lead to all sorts of trouble.

[Caliga]

He will become known as Funky Monky.

[Admiral Yi]

Venice is a must.  There's only one Venice in the world.

Don't ride a gondola.  That's for girls.

[katmai]

Any chance to take in a Serie A game?

[Caliga]

Venice is crowded and smells bad.

I guess it's still worth visiting, though.  It's certainly unique.

[CountDeMoney]

The Chicken Roma at Olive Garden was pretty damned good tonight.

[Phillip V]

How much money do you have?

[Ed Anger]

The Chicken Roma at Olive Garden was pretty damned good tonight.

UNLIMITED BREADSTICKS

[Caliga]

My dad worked for Darden (then GMRI) when I was a kid and used to bring home CASES of those breadsticks.

[Ed Anger]

My dad worked for Darden (then GMRI) when I was a kid and used to bring home CASES of those breadsticks.

And Cal became king, seated on a throne of breadsticks.

[Admiral Yi]

And Cal's pop got sent up the river for pilfering.