Comments on: Italy Roundtable: Driving in Italy

By: Windsurfing in Tuscany (aka, what I learned on my summer holiday) | Arttrav.com

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:01:15 +0000

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By: Marybeth

Marybeth — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 06:56:46 +0000

As always, your eloquence satisfies! Such a rich story, told so well. I envy your easy access to the small towns you drove through. Thanks for the tour! I’m just getting used to driving a Twingo in the hills near Rome, and enjoy the adventure. I like being able to stop, or not, as Italians tend to do!

By: rebecca

rebecca — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:27:03 +0000

Thanks, everyone for stopping by and commenting. I was very proud of myself for this idea until my brother said, “Well, it seems to me that you’ve never driven a Ferrari either…and that’s an icon of Italian design and culture. You need to think big next time.”

Damn.

By: Kathy (Trekcapri)

Kathy (Trekcapri) — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:03:15 +0000

Hi, this sounds like so much fun. I loved this aticle and I would love to do this one day. Thank you for sharing your experience and for writing this article. :)

By: Food Lover Kathy

Food Lover Kathy — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:24:42 +0000

I’m very glad you can’t write a haiku either. Oh, I so want to go on this vespa ride now. It looks like much fun, senza the insects :-)

By: Kathy, Dream of Italy Travel Newsletter

Kathy, Dream of Italy Travel Newsletter — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 22:53:42 +0000

There are few experiences like driving in Italy. I happen to enjoy the chaos but that doesn’t mean there haven’t been moments of great fear.

Here’s a short piece on driving on the Amalfi Drive:
http://www.dreamofitaly.com/public/390.cfm

By: stew vreeland

stew vreeland — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 20:36:56 +0000

ok, this was super. you really put me there in the drivers seat so to speak. Our house is in Panicale so we think its the center of the known universe. we’re only there a few times a year. so we have to do what we can to have Italian moments when we are in Maine. check this out: http://www.seeyouinitaly.com/blog/?p=1010
we are having an Italian festival in Portland. and you see my Vespa? ok, its an vespa based ape. we call it Bad Monkey, it is such a prima donna. and it does take both hands and one foot to drive. ah, but when the sun is out and the loudspeaker on and i’m tooling down the bricks of Commercial Street on Portland’s water front on a sunny day like today, its a rush. weird weird thing to drive but we’re bonding.

Thanks for your Trasimeno Tale.

ciao, ciao,

stew Vreeland

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