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Forum: rec.travel.europe
Feb 21st 2006, 10:14 am
Replies: 0
Views: 225
Posted By Liliana

French language schools not in Paris/S. France

Hello all--

I am trying to find a language school for this spring/summer, to relearn my French. I studied it for 4 years total, but this was about 7 years ago, and in the interval I have been...
Forum: France
Feb 21st 2006, 7:46 am
Replies: 1
Views: 652
Posted By Liliana

French language school in northern/central France

I'm trying to find a language school that's not in the south of France-- I don't want the accent, nor the tourists, since I will be there during the summer months. So far I've only been able to find...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 25th 2004, 12:37 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,175
Posted By Liliana

Re: What's a hydrofoil?

Evidently other people travel with encyclopedias, but I'm afraid I'm not one of them. And when you have about 30 seconds left of internet and you're already on a site designed to ask and answer...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 23rd 2004, 12:43 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 1,175
Posted By Liliana

What's a hydrofoil?

. . . my guidebook to Italy keeps mentioning it like I should know what it is. Any help?
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 22nd 2004, 12:02 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,639
Posted By Liliana

Re: gift for Italian hosts

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Luca Logi


If you are going to live in Florence, you'd better get used quickly to
sarcastic comments. Florentine humor is very sarcastic and could get
nasty at...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 19th 2004, 8:37 am
Replies: 30
Views: 1,639
Posted By Liliana

Re: gift for Italian hosts

Hoping this was a sarcastic comment. . . In any case I definitely don't plan to talk about politics, mainly because I can't understand the Italian political scene at all. I'll stick with admiring...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 18th 2004, 3:28 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 1,639
Posted By Liliana

gift for Italian hosts

Hi everyone--

I'm going to be studying abroad in Florence this spring and I'm staying with an Italian family. I'd like to give them a gift when I arrive to thank them for letting me stay there. ...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 14th 2004, 10:39 am
Replies: 3
Views: 257
Posted By Liliana

Re: language school

I'm not sure if you've looked, but websites like www.studyabroad.com can help you find specific programs that you like the sound of, and if they are reputable places they will usually help you...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Jan 13th 2004, 10:35 am
Replies: 52
Views: 1,246
Posted By Liliana

Re: Newbie to Italy (Traveling to Rome,Florence,Venice)

In Rome, if you're interested in art and/or history, go to the Palazzo Barberini. It's bursting with all sorts of Baroque art, and there's an enormous sequence of rooms decorated in period style. ...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 31st 2003, 11:14 am
Replies: 18
Views: 561
Posted By Liliana

Re: restaurants in Florence

It's the 1st, actually, no Valentine's Day dinner for me. I guess it is too much to hope that there would be any good and cheap places in Florence. . . Anyway, thank you for the suggestions!
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 31st 2003, 11:09 am
Replies: 5
Views: 352
Posted By Liliana

Re: Renting an RV in Italy

An RV would be a cinch compared to the enormous tour bus I was on that was driving from Rome to Amalfi-- in the town of Amalfi alone the bus hit the stone walls four times, cars three times, and...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 28th 2003, 2:35 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 561
Posted By Liliana

restaurants in Florence

I'm arriving in Florence on a Sunday, and I don't know if a lot of the restaurants close that day as they do in other countries. Can anyone tell me the names and addresses of good but fairly...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 28th 2003, 2:32 pm
Replies: 36
Views: 1,794
Posted By Liliana

Re: info re: Pompeii and Herculaneum

I visited Pompeii on a trip while at school in Rome, so was lucky enough to have an excellent professor of Classics as our guide, and consequently I don't know much about finding other guides or...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 7th 2003, 1:24 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 619
Posted By Liliana

Re: Scotland travel planner?

I went to university last year in Scotland, and was part of a soccer team that practiced in Stirling, which was two hours away. Our athletic union hired a car so we could get there directly instead...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Dec 5th 2003, 8:49 am
Replies: 7
Views: 797
Posted By Liliana

Re: Carnival of Venice hair-style and make-up

How many tourists are there in Venice during Carnevale? I am thinking about going, but I don't want to get stuck with a bunch of camera-happy Japanese people.
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Nov 22nd 2003, 7:13 am
Replies: 12
Views: 312
Posted By Liliana

Re: credit card, bank card or traveller's cheques?

I've always found that traveller's cheques worked very well, although it's nice to have credit and/or debit cards handy, especially the latter. You can usually find places that exchange traveller's...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Nov 18th 2003, 4:19 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 877
Posted By Liliana

Re: Italy: A trip report

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Deep Freud Moors


Erm, isn't the Jubilee line in London? Rome has the A and B metro
lines.



Rome had a Jubilee bus line, for the Jubilee in 2000 (not to be...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Nov 16th 2003, 9:00 am
Replies: 31
Views: 877
Posted By Liliana

Re: Italy: A trip report

I spent three months studying in Rome during high school, and had an absolute blast. I used the metro, trams, and buses quite a lot, and never had the slightest bit of trouble (except when i snuck...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Nov 15th 2003, 9:20 am
Replies: 13
Views: 383
Posted By Liliana

Re: year in Florence...

Hi Jenna--

I'm not sure what your reasons for studying abroad are. I know a lot of people do it to have a chance to travel, and I think that's great, but be aware that you can miss out on a lot...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Oct 31st 2002, 5:01 am
Replies: 5
Views: 345
Posted By Liliana

taxis in Italy

I need to get from the Pisa aeroport to the central railway station; any ideas how much this is going to cost me? By the way, thanks very much to everyone who's given me help-- this forum is great,...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Oct 29th 2002, 6:55 am
Replies: 17
Views: 493
Posted By Liliana

Thanks everyone-- I'm flying into Pisa, so I'll...

Thanks everyone-- I'm flying into Pisa, so I'll see the tower, and believe me, if I could rent a car, I would. Unfortunately my funds do not extend to such luxuries. . . but that's good to know...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Oct 28th 2002, 11:39 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 493
Posted By Liliana

day trips from Florence

I'm going to be in Florence for a week, but apparently starting 5 November most of the main tourist attractions like the Uffizi and the Duomo are going to be closed to visitors due to protests, so...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Oct 22nd 2002, 12:28 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,082
Posted By Liliana

Re: Train Travel Within Italy

and since I apparently cannot start a new threat. . . does anyone know anything about anti-American demonstrations/riots in Florence during the first week of November? My American friend whom I'm...
Forum: rec.travel.europe
Oct 22nd 2002, 12:23 am
Replies: 24
Views: 1,082
Posted By Liliana

Re: Train Travel Within Italy

I'm flying into Pisa and need to take a train to Florence. My uni travel service says this is really easy, but I don't know where to find out about timetables and fares. Can anyone help?
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