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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2010-09-05 07:01 pm

Italy advice needed!

I'm off to Firenze again in November, and am trying to fit in some extra jaunts while there. Annoyingly, Milano looks as though it may be out of the question, sorry [livejournal.com profile] kareina ! But I have hopes for a couple of research trips for a book I am working on.

Has anyone travelled to Viterbo or Bomarzo by public transport from Roma? Is it sensible to plan either or both as day trips? Is there a reliable bus between the two? And any way of getting up to Lago di Bolsena? I have been trawling through train schedules and Bomarzo at least seems quite doable, but any local experience or tips from those who have made the trip before would be gratefully received!

[identity profile] calanthe-fics.livejournal.com 2010-09-05 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'm so jealous.

Just sayin'
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[identity profile] thisgirl-is.livejournal.com 2010-09-05 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't been to any of the other places, but in Firenze I can heartily recommend dining at Il Porcospino. The food is great, and the waitstaff are lovely.
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[personal profile] aella_irene 2010-09-05 10:13 am (UTC)(link)
I am going to Napoli in October! ...I managed to book for the rainy season, and my first week of classes, thus demonstrating my Great Genius.

One month! Just one month...

[identity profile] kareina.livejournal.com 2010-09-05 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Depending on where/when there is a possibility that I could meet you somewhere. I still haven't had a chance to see much of anywhere else in Italy, and would love the excuse to play tourist and spend a day or two hanging out with you. And since my contract ends in December, November is pretty much my last chance to see anything in Italy besides the geology department at the Uni here in Milan. Let me know if that sounds like a plan you'd be interested in, and we can coordinate something...

[identity profile] phoenixacid.livejournal.com 2010-09-05 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
... bring me along? *fits self into a suitcase*

[identity profile] ladyjaneva.livejournal.com 2010-09-05 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Come to Potsdam! Potsdam is the city to visit! Who's interested in all those roman thingies when you can have Potsdam! (and, yes, Berlin as a sidedish)

http://www.google.de/images?hl=de&source=imghp&q=potsdam&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

I may be a poor student, but I do have a second bed (once I pack away all those clothes which hide it)