Being subscribed to a fabulous thing called http://www.travelmole.com I get to hear about the inside track on many stories relating to the worlds most unique city, Venice, and the travel industry in general. So by the time you lot are picking it out of the weekend supplements or blogs it is often already two weeks old. Anyhow, back to my current rant, the current mayor Salvador "something-or-other" wants to charge day trippers a visitors tax. He says it is because they come in their thousands, block the streets, don't give up their seats (which they don't pay for by easily walking [View Full Entry]

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I was browsing through Trip Advisor looking for a hotel to go to in Emilia Romagna and only one really appealed. I had to translate the efusive comments from the easily excitable Italians who had stayed there but as it turns out, they weren't lies! Torre di San Martino near piacenza is as big a deal as you can possibly imagine. Four poster beds always please "the blonde" as does a great breakfast and a decent bathroom. this has so much more. the only gripe i have is that many sites all said they had a pool. they don't. hell, they [View Full Entry]

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