Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy
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Re: Trip Report: Talking Italian in Italy
Great report, thank you for sharing.
I plan to do similar trips in Italy (lived there almost two years) or France (currently living near the French border). My idea would be something like: (ideally) three weeks, very relaxed (some days you just don't want to do anything), without any previous plans and schedules, by train (or anything else that comes on the way), choosing cities and activities on the way (randomly, you don't know if you will spend just one day or a week in a city), avoiding tourism and concentrating on cultural experiences (theater, cinema, concerts, museums, whatever that includes the use of the language), doing things that locals normally do (reading daily newspapers, markets, local food). It sounds simple, but it's not easy to find travel partners that enjoy that kind of active trip (and it requires an advanced language level); most of the people I know would prefer to spend a weekend somewhere, browse the city center, buy some souvenirs and publish few selfies on facebook.
I plan to do similar trips in Italy (lived there almost two years) or France (currently living near the French border). My idea would be something like: (ideally) three weeks, very relaxed (some days you just don't want to do anything), without any previous plans and schedules, by train (or anything else that comes on the way), choosing cities and activities on the way (randomly, you don't know if you will spend just one day or a week in a city), avoiding tourism and concentrating on cultural experiences (theater, cinema, concerts, museums, whatever that includes the use of the language), doing things that locals normally do (reading daily newspapers, markets, local food). It sounds simple, but it's not easy to find travel partners that enjoy that kind of active trip (and it requires an advanced language level); most of the people I know would prefer to spend a weekend somewhere, browse the city center, buy some souvenirs and publish few selfies on facebook.
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Robierre wrote:Great report, thank you for sharing.
I plan to do similar trips in Italy (lived there almost two years) or France (currently living near the French border). My idea would be something like: (ideally) three weeks, very relaxed (some days you just don't want to do anything), without any previous plans and schedules, by train (or anything else that comes on the way), choosing cities and activities on the way (randomly, you don't know if you will spend just one day or a week in a city), avoiding tourism and concentrating on cultural experiences (theater, cinema, concerts, museums, whatever that includes the use of the language), doing things that locals normally do (reading daily newspapers, markets, local food). It sounds simple, but it's not easy to find travel partners that enjoy that kind of active trip (and it requires an advanced language level); most of the people I know would prefer to spend a weekend somewhere, browse the city center, buy some souvenirs and publish few selfies on facebook.
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rdearman wrote:
I'll go.
Great! Do you prefer Italy or France?
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.
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Robierre wrote:rdearman wrote:
I'll go.
Great! Do you prefer Italy or France?
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.
Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.
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rdearman wrote:Robierre wrote:rdearman wrote:
I'll go.
Great! Do you prefer Italy or France?
Maybe there will be other candidates, so we can form a group of travelers.
Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.
http://www.interrail.eu
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Montmorency wrote:
http://www.interrail.eu
Yep, thats the one.
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Montmorency wrote:rdearman wrote:
Either will do fine for me. I really need the practice. In fact I was planning on purchasing one of those EU wide train tickets that are valid for a month, and just travel the length and breadth of Italia and stop off were the mood struck me.
http://www.interrail.eu
It'd be cool to have some forum group trips (or travel guides at least). I've heard that the train passes aren't generally worth it for Italy where buying point to point tickets the day of travel is still pretty cheap (would need to confirm that though). There was some website that I saw a long time ago that broke it all down by country - which ones require reservations in advance with passes which cost extra money (like France) and all that.
sfuqua wrote:Awesome post!
Keep it up!
If knowing Italian lets me eat some of that food, I'm starting studying...
Won't need to know how to speak very much if your mouth is just going to be full all the time anyway.
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