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Europe » Italy » Marche » Ascoli Piceno March 25th 2004

Hi All, Today we met with some of the Italain students.  They speak little to no English.  So we will all bought Italain to English dictionaries.  We have found that we are comic relif to the locals.  When we ask or point to something they say something we do not understand to the nearest Italian and they all laugh.  But I do not feel so bad becasue several universities use this town as a home base to work with university.  We are not the only ones being made fun of. Well we found how we would have to walk to school.  We have a 40 minute walk to the stairs from hell.  They did not look so bad a first then we realized they would never end.  After we got to the top of one flight ... read more
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Europe » Italy » Marche » Potenza Picena March 3rd 1972

Day 21 - Friday 3rd March Hurray this time the promise of a lift was true (unlike Varese). However it was a slow journey as my driver stopped at several chemists along the route - maybe a sales representative ! The scenery along the route was fairly pretty but not devasting - it was also noticeable where the main tourist beaches were situated. I arrived at Ancona at 11am. Plenty of time to exchange some travellers cheques ( a good rate for Lira) and to buy some food for the next couple of days journey before reaching the next main destination of Dubrovnik. I found a nice looking supermarket with friendly staff and just about managed to avoid knocking over one of their displays. As the ferry was due to leave in the late afternoon, there ... read more




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