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About.com Italy Travel Get the latest headlines from the About.com Italy Travel GuideSite. Italy Leg of the 2008 Tour de France 4 Jul 2008 at 2:03pm The 2008 Tour de France starts tomorrow, July 5, on the northwest coast of France and ends July 27 in Paris. Covering 3,500 kilometers, much of it in hilly terrain,... Visiting Lerici and the Cinque Terre Village of Corniglia 2 Jul 2008 at 8:32pm David O'Brien, about.com's guide to St. Louis, vacationed in Cinque Terre a couple years ago. David says I still tell anyone that will listen that it's my favorite place on earth.... The Palio of Siena 1 Jul 2008 at 10:40am Tomorrow, July 2, is the first race for the palio (palio definition) in Siena. Often referred to as Il Palio, Siena's palio competition is a horse race around the town's... Scenic Via Krupp Reopens on Capri 30 Jun 2008 at 2:15pm Via Krupp was designed by industrialist Krupp and built in 1902 to connect the town of Capri to the sea. The scenic road winds down the hill from Capri's Augustus... Take an Italian Mini-Vacation in North America 29 Jun 2008 at 10:00am Wishing you were on vacation in Italy? Maybe you can't take that Italian vacation this year, but if you're in the United States or Canada you can visit a Little... 60 Years of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice 27 Jun 2008 at 5:58pm The Guggenheim Collection of Venice houses important European and American art of the first half of the 20th century. For the 60th anniversary of the Guggenheim collection in Venice, the... Save Money on Italy Bike Tours 26 Jun 2008 at 7:26am Ciclismo Classico is offering big discounts on summer bike tours in Italy. Besides not spending money for gas you'll save $400 - $500 on a 2008 tour if you book... Vatican City Movie Scenes Filmed at Caserta Palace 25 Jun 2008 at 2:38pm Caserta Royal Palace is the location used for filming Angels and Demons scenes that take place in Vatican City. Recently the Vatican denied requests for filming the new movie in... Summer Festivals and Music in Italy 23 Jun 2008 at 5:12pm Summer is a big time for festivals in Italy. The famous palio competition in Siena, a horse race around the central piazza, is run July 2. My first Italian festival... Italy Budget Travel Tips - How to Save Money on an Italy Vacation 22 Jun 2008 at 9:13am Even with increasing prices and a bad exchange rate with the US dollar, Italy remains a popular travel destination. Here are some Italy Budget Travel Tips to help you plan... Newsfeed display by CaRP Travel Blogs from Europe , Italy Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy Triora We have finally made it to Italy What an adventure. We spent several hours in the Nice airport trying to sort out the credit card situation for Susan. I really don't like to use this credit card and just wanted to be able to get cash but can't get a phone number that works. We'll try again tomorrow. I do have a temporary credit card and was able to use it at the grocery store.If you are r Firenze romantiikan kaupunki vain jos teet siit... Saapumiset ja ekat vaikutelmat...Aikomus oli tulla pikkuteit matkaavalla Toscanan maaseutua esittelevll bussilla mutta lhtpivnmme Sienasta teimme vhn mokat ja lysimme itsemme vrst paikasta suhteessa bussin reittiin... Nooh otimme sitten paikallisjunan ja tyydyimme nopeampaan ja maisemattomampaan matkustukseen... Elina suoriutui kuitenkin erinomaisesti ja nappasi useita loisto ku The Agriturismo and friends So the place that I stayed at along with 16 other people as I mentioned earlier was called the Agriturismo. For all the bad things that happened I actually ended up with the best roommates out of everyone. Cait was my roommate Reese was in the other bedroom of our apartment sharing a room with Katherine. After staying here though I was glad to come back to the states and be able to keep the sho The POPE Greetings from the Vatican It has been a day filled to the brim with history and art. This morning the three of us caught the metro over to Vatican city. It is still very hot in case you were wondering about that aspect of things...We hopped on to the rather long line into the Vatican museums which moved pretty quickly. It turns out that it was just the line to get into the area where you get ti a fun saturday last nights dinner was great...we ate at menti doc which was a wine barrestaurent. it was def not crowded even though it was a fri so taht was kind of sad but we talked for a good two hoursa nd then headed back to the hostel and got some well deserved rest.today was another fun and event fulled daythe day started off interestingly when tat didnt feel so great but that was fixed soon after on teh D is for Days Off D is for Days Off Despite all appearances and the vast amounts of time taken to write up all this blathering gibberish I do actually do quite a lot of work. To understand my days off and how I use my free time Irsquod best describe the actual working part of all of this first. My normal working week starts on a Friday which is airport day see A which usually lasts from 07.00 to 21.00 if Florence Friday 20th June Saturday 21st JuneWe arrived in Florence about 930am and headed off to the hotel which was close to the Station. From the hotel we got directions to an outlet shopping mall which had fashion brands at a reduced price. It was okay although there range was not so good and the transport arrangements meant we had to spend a couple of hours longer then we needed.When we got back 3rd Weekend trip slightly out of order June 13th We got Friday off this week as the previous week we had worked 6 days in a row. This trip was taken by everyone as most of the weekend excursions are optional since it's extra money to go as we were told that this is not a place to miss. We visited the Siracuse museum where Pietro actually helped organize a number of the displays in the Sicilian archaeology collections they had t 3rd Weekend trip Part 3 June 15th After getting our free breakfast at the hotel bar cappuccino and a chocolate creme filled croissant...yeah I was being the fat kid that morning we headed back towards the east coast of the island with a few stops on our way back. Oh on the way there we stopped at a gas station to fill up gas is 10 US a gallon by the way and I saw a whole bunch of children surrounding this red 3rd Weekend trip Part 2 June 14th After Caltagirone all of us loaded up into our Fiat Puntos and made the rest of the drive across the island to Agrigento to visit the Valley of the Temples. This is one of the most important archaeological sites in the world and a Unesco world heritage site. We got there fairly late in the day only 2 hours before closing time. There is also some drama associated with this visit betw Statue of David We left Perugia one day early so we can stay the night in Florence. We made reservations to see the Gallery of Academia which houses the statue of David amongst other works of art from Michaelangelo. It really helped to have reservations because sometimes the wait is very long. It is hard to believe that some of these works of art date back to the time of Columbus. We were visiting the gallery Visit to Pisa WWII conversation From Perugia we traveled in one day to Florence and then to Pisa. Bertha keeps calling it Pizza and we laugh everytime she says that. It was two and a half hours to Florence and one hour to Pisa on the train. From the train station we got on a the bus with all of the pick pocketers to the site. It amazes me that each time I see a site like Pisa that we've seen in books all this time it is rea RJs BLoggy I cant be related to these people no way. They dont drink water they wait to eat at 4pm and make me suffer from hunger. Theyre like camels. ITs weird how everything closes from 1 to 4 in the afternoon but im starting to adjust so i have to plan out my snacks for myself because no one else seems to be hungary. I bought a guitar yea so wat. Im tired of everybody influencing me to not do what i Northern Italy A Romance Venice SO COOL Did you know that Venice is made up of 117 islands It makes sense doesn't it that a city famous for its nurmerous canals that those canals carve up the land into islands But I hadn't ever thought of it that way. So every bridge Jan and I walked across was fun because we were crossing over to another island by just walking over a bridge The canals do make Venice a speci today was .... hot so...today's main activity was definitely SWEATING it is incredibly hot here with no relief at night either. the thermoniter in our room reads 30 degrees CELCIUS the entire time. allie and i are considering pooling for AC which we can get at night for a certain price from papa germano they also gave us a great gift of a bottle of wine last night...how kind of themlast night we had dinner in Newsfeed display by CaRP