You might wonder how someone as snippy and cranky as me could take a tour of Italy and have fun. I think I definitely annoyed some of the people even though I avoided politics like the plague and wish some of the people would have avoided long drawn out grandchildren stories in return.
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| The Appian Way where it is said Christ appeared to Peter. |
The reason I liked going on a tour (and it was expensive) was because it was like being back with my mother telling me what to do. I just followed orders as someone else was taking care of everything. Yes, I bolted now and then but it was great to not have to think too much, I do too much thinking in my life here. I also saw everything I studied in Art History. I never would have been able to do that without a lot of planning. They brought me to see my beloved Giotto in Assisi. Magical. I walked a bit on the Appian Way (a personal side trip - "The Appian Way or Via Appia Antica in Rome is one of the most famous ancient roads. It was built in 312 B.C. by Appius Claudius Caecus."). So for me a Tour was just fine. I did meet some great people and I did grate on people. I loved the goofy people (of which I was one) and there were a few of them.
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Can't picture you on a tour however, I see the NOT THINKING appealing to someone as thoughtful as you. I am sorry to hear about your cousin dying.
Better grandchildren than dogs...
Didn't you just try to be controversial and annoying just to see what happens?
No I was just being me. I wasn't talking politics or environment so I was on good behavior. I like dog stories.
Isn't it amazing that in the big scope of life - a few weeks of vacation can produce such intense emotions about the personalities that
are around you. If the tour leader is self-obsessed or not attentive, the trip goes downhill fast. People have different expectations for
their money and they seem to forget that the solar system doesn't rotate around them.
Twenty years after a bus tour, my mother was still telling the story about a guy who announced to everyone on the tour that his western
hat will only be stored in the upper shelf above the seat at the front of the vehicle. Period.
Luckily, the tour guide stated that everyone would have to shift seats throughout the bus. Seems fair, except when someone got sick, you sat in their seat and caught their bug.
I DO NOT WRITE THE COMMENTS. WHEN I SEE AN OFFENSIVE ONE, I REMOVE IT....I normally would have removed this one, especially if the party asked me to. In this case I am leaving it up unless I get an apology.
oh, hell, it is just not worth it. the woman is nuts.
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