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The long view

I took this standing next to the fireplace.
The real deal

October 8th 2006
Hiya folks! We're finally feeling better and as I mentioned in my previous post, we were thinking of going to a small neighboring town (San Vito) to a cool eatery we were told about. The director's brother had been there the week before and raved about it. He declared that it was the best meal he had had in the 25 years he has lived in Italy. So I called in for a reservation (the Italian is st ... read more
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Italian Flag Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more
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I was sitting in an Irish pub and the crowd was doing singalongs. A friendly chap asked me to stand up and sing and I hesitated. He said to me, "If you don't sing you'll never be one of us. You'll always be just a tourist." So I sang. I travel to meet the locals and go to the places they hang out for dining, drinking, and fun. I go to be more than just a tourist. Who wants to be treated as "just a tourist?" It is a hell of a lot fun to be more than just that. In the words of my hero, Anthony Bourdain: "Be a traveller, not a tourist." ... full info
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