Pittsburgh voted one of the 35 prettiest cities in the world

[szug-bot]

Originally Posted by pman

can't agree at all, we saw many beautiful women. florence and venice are basically tourist attractions (real world disneylands)rather than functioning cities. rome is still a city where people go about their business. "off the beaten tourist path" maybe, but it's not nearly as hard to do in rome as in those other places. naples really is off the beaten path. we hardly found anyone who spoke english and were forced to use our entertaining italian.

holy crud - naples was scary.

i did not have the pleasure of visiting Florence, but the next time i find my globehopping self (bwaha) in europe, i have to see florence. THAT place is a 'real world disneyland'??? i suspected its economy is probably heavy on tourism and temporary students and such, but im a little sad to see it categorized like that. i assumed it might have been like pgh - university and knowledge-rich, and from that, it would prosper.

i love this thread.

[pman]

Originally Posted by szug-bot

holy crud - naples was scary.

i did not have the pleasure of visiting Florence, but the next time i find my globehopping self (bwaha) in europe, i have to see florence. THAT place is a 'real world disneyland'??? i suspected its economy is probably heavy on tourism and temporary students and such, but im a little sad to see it categorized like that. i assumed it might have been like pgh - university and knowledge-rich, and from that, it would prosper.

i love this thread.

naples was cool. had sone of the best food i had in italy (and thats saying something) for cheap. worth it just for the pizza. florence was pretty. maybe youd like bologna.