| Subject: Re: TOURING VS INDEPENDENT TRAVEL |
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I will never forget the laugh we had in Rome on one of our nights out
for a restaurant. The hotel had made arrangements for us and we took
their recommendation. The place was within walking distance of the
hotel, somewhere generally east of St. Peters. We found it without too
much difficulty and went inside to discover a sparse international
clientele, a couple from Australia, some Romans, others, but what made
me laugh was the proprietor, sitting in front of a television set,
absolutely glued to it, watching Daffy Duck cartoons.
Daffy is my favorite cartoon character and I always thought he was
funny, but I did not have any idea of how funny until I saw him speaking
Italian on tv.
By all means go out in Europe, wherever you are, and try to find a
small restaurant and enjoy the local food. My wife and I meet people
from time to time who will come back from Europe with their stories and
always the same quotation...but of course we stayed at the Holiday Inn
and ate at McDonald's and absolutely refused to drink the water. And
so on.
Ray Gibson rgibson |