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Midori
Unregistered User
(7/3/01 3:27:02 am)
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Terri's eating better than I am
Dear Board,
Terri asked that I convey a message that she is currently traveling through France and next Spain. The email situation has been very difficult for her and she regrets not being able to post anything. She ought to be settled down in England before the end of the month and we should hear from her then. In the meantime, I suspect she is enjoying the cafes, the brioche, the wine, the camembert, and those really good looking dark haired guys whizzing around on motorbikes. C'est la vie.
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janeyolen
Unregistered User
(7/3/01 5:26:51 am)
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Spain
Hope she avoids the air traffic problems. Spanish pilots are about to go on strike.
Jane
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Midori
Unregistered User
(7/3/01 6:35:43 am)
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Don Quixote
well...there's always those dark haired young men on their motorbikes. I seem to remember that's how Terri saw Prague.
oh it's fun talking about her now that she's not here.
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Jane
Harrison
Registered User
(7/3/01 9:07:09 am)
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Re: Don Quixote
Well, I hope she has a wonderful time and I kind of like the idea of alternative traveling. <G> You know, dark young man and all. I envy her going to France. I have never been. I think in 5 years, my husband and I are just going to take the plunge and go. But I might end up in Italy, some place like Florence and never come back to the States. <G> I am so happy for her. Have you two been to Italy? I have had this obsession of going to Italy all my life. Maybe it's all that art? I don't know. I want to follow in the footsteps of the poet Shelley just like Richard Holmes did.
Janie
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janeyolen
Unregistered User
(7/3/01 9:00:54 pm)
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Italy
Well, I have visited Italy several times, but Midori. . .
Jane
PS Go to Florence. Then you will NEVER go home. Or if you do, you will be changed forever.
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Jane
Harrison
Registered User
(7/4/01 5:21:33 pm)
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Re: Italy
It probably sounds silly and overly romantic, but I get almost giddy thinking about going to Italy. [5 years] I will be 53,
and I really don't want to come back to the States. I've bought books and books on Florence, Rome, Pisa, Venice. Everyone says go to Venice, but I am so glad you mentioned Florence. I like the idea of the Tuscan hills. And this is where Claire Clairmont and Elizabeth Barrett Browning ended up. Sounds good enough for me, too. And I am assuming Midori has lived there or does live there. <G>
Some people are so lucky. <G> To see these places is a true gift. I know most people on this list travel all the time. But I have not. I have not went anywhere in 20 something years, but within my little environment of home and family. I feel like that woman in the movie who ran away to Greece and never went home. I am going to Italy.
Laughing.
Janie
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Gregor9
Registered User
(7/5/01 7:26:12 am)
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Italy
Jane,
Friends and I are renting a castle in Tuscany next spring--a dozen people in a castle that sleeps 22, and costing about $400 per person for the week. It's ridiculous.
If you go to that area, consider renting a small villa or, if in Florence, an apartment. It's frequently way way cheaper than hotels and so much more fun. Last year I spent a week in Rome, and the year before that stayed in Paris, Bordeaux and Carcasonne. If you make the journey, give yourself ample time to spend in each place you want to visit. Too many travelers, I think, try to pack a mad itinerary into too few days. I've learned not to do this, finally. Italy and France are for slow savoring.
And you're right. You won't want to come back at all.
Best,
Greg
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Kate
Unregistered User
(7/5/01 9:29:38 am)
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Cinque Terre
Jane,
Just making a quick suggestion that you visit the Cinque Terre if you have time--not a long train ride from Tuscany at all (I think it was under four hours, part of it on an old, slow milk train, romantic!). (Greg, my family rented a villla from my godmother there last year--your suggestion is perfect. That's the way to go, and share a rental car.) Cinque Terre is still kind of a 'secret,' which you really feel when you're there.
We rented an apartment for a week (in Riomaggiore) for $120 last summer (that's for the whole week, a gorgeous one-bedroom apt overlooking the sea, with an old tiled bathroom, full kitchen and huge balcony). I very nearly never came back. You can swim, take long walks on the coast or in wildflower-fields and--if you do creatures--eat all the delectably fresh fish you can handle (I had one meal of five fish courses at a tiny, family-run place, with wine, for $8! Marinated calamari, fried anchovies, steamed clams, whole grilled tilapia, mussels. If you stay in one of the four smallest villages, you will be treated as if you lived there your whole life within two days of visiting the local grocer.
It was a perfect compliment to the great small city culture of Siena. Our villa was about a half hour from there.
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Jane
Harrison
Registered User
(7/11/01 6:31:35 pm)
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Re: Cinque Terre
Thanks everyone!
I printed the topic off for my journal so I will remember your comments when I finally make the journey!
Janie
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Terri
Unregistered User
(7/22/01 1:06:00 am)
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hello from England
Hi, everyone. Just a quick note to say I'm back home (the English
one) and slowly catching up on all the posts I missed. France and
Spain were terrific (particularly those boys on motorbikes), yet
it's also nice to be back in my wee cottage and back at my desk,
despite what looks like another summer full of cold and rain here
in Devon. I hope y'all have had a good past month too. Jane, we
posted an good article about Midori's time in Italy on the Endicott
site a while back: www.endicott-studio.com/formslt1.html
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