Italy

We are investigating a trip to do the Alta Via 1, and websites use a letter system for rating trails that I do not recognize. We want to be sure not to commit to hikes that are too easy or too difficult.
Any information you have about letter rating system for trails would be helpful. Thank you!

2007-12-31 08:32:23 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

I saw on TV that cars are banned in Vienna. Does that mean that UPS and other shipping companies have their own gondolas? What about the police and fire department? It doesn't really matter, I'm just curious...

2007-12-29 06:09:56 · 2 answers · asked by Daniel O 1 in Venice

2007-12-28 21:15:12 · 3 answers · asked by rhonawk 3 in Other - Italy

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2007-12-28 14:51:51 · 11 answers · asked by gracynsmith 1 in Venice

Hi,
Next June, I'm going to Perugia for few days. I would like to go to Venice also, what is convenient way go to Venice from Perugia??
Thanks a lot.

2007-12-28 01:17:14 · 3 answers · asked by Gacoi 2 in Venice

2007-12-27 19:46:10 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Bologna

2007-12-25 11:18:13 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Venice

White pages of Italian Phone direcyory Spormaggoire Italy

2007-12-25 07:27:41 · 2 answers · asked by Richard Z 1 in Ancona

I'll be staying in Florence for the most part.

2007-12-25 04:04:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

I have seen long lines during the summer for the Accademia, but will there be lines in February? I don't know whether I should try to make reservations or not.

2007-12-23 22:23:13 · 2 answers · asked by gwenleonhard 3 in Florence

and i'll be going to Venice, Rome, and also the Vatican. And i was wondering do you think it's possible i'll see the pope while at the Vatican?

2007-12-23 16:35:18 · 6 answers · asked by Peteycee 3 in Other - Italy

I'll post this in English or else it will get deleted. In my experience, Italian Americans don't speak Italian, cook terrible Italian food and are obsessed with the negative portrayals of the lowest aspects of Italian culture, i.e. the Sopranos etc. Okay it was a great series, I have Italian family, I found it funny but I wouldn't want to emulate those people.......! Has anyone else experienced this with so-called Italian Americans?

2007-12-23 00:12:59 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

2007-12-22 15:27:41 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Florence

i have a hotel and plan to go to piazza di san marco. is it which station is nearest to the station found in the island?

2007-12-19 12:39:56 · 11 answers · asked by helpinghand 2 in Venice

2007-12-19 11:39:14 · 8 answers · asked by camber 2 in Venice

It can be anything from politics to culture, environment to history. etc.

2007-12-17 04:31:55 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

2007-12-17 04:30:55 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

2007-12-15 07:41:05 · 4 answers · asked by Marisol 1 in Florence

My dad thinks this way, I do not. I'm just wondering if there is anyone else who does anymore. Thanks.

2007-12-14 21:42:40 · 23 answers · asked by LivingDeadKat 4 in Bologna

See:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,316834,00.html

2007-12-14 10:30:00 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Bologna

I and 4 of my friends are goinig on a trip in italy from 2,1,08 to 7,2,08. we beginn our trip from venice and we drive with car to rom and after that to pompei just in 5 days.
my question is what cities do suggest me to visit during this car trip throught italy

2007-12-13 03:57:15 · 8 answers · asked by s sina s 2 in Other - Italy

Does it get really busy or is there plenty of capacity?

2007-12-11 16:58:10 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

I'm going to Italy next year in May and I need to know some tips to remember. I know I gotta pack light - I'm going to Venice and Florence as well as Rome - but what else should I be aware of?

2007-12-10 07:28:24 · 11 answers · asked by burton160w 2 in Other - Italy

my boyfriend and i are going to venice in march for a few days. Any suggestions about what to see or do with our time their?

2007-12-10 02:56:40 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Venice

The November 19, 2007, issue of PR Week (www.prweek.com) reports that CAIR (The Council on American-Islamic Relations) has created a media guide for journalists intended to “disabuse journalists of misinformation about the religion.”

What kind of “misinformation”? That the Quran teaches violence and that Islam does not respect women’s rights are two of the notable examples of “misinformation” the guide wants to address.

Why is CAIR putting money and effort into releasing a media guide entitled American Muslims: A Journalist’s Guide to Understanding Islam and Muslims?

Clearly, CAIR is concerned.

You see, up until the past few years very little accurate information was readily available to the public about what the Quran and the Hadith really say and what the life of Muhammed was really like. Colleges and universities that had Middle Eastern studies departments typically taught a sanitized, whitewashed version of Islam that ignored, rationalized or hid the truth about doctrinal and historical Islam.

Today, however, organizations like ACT for America, American Congress for Truth, and many others, are providing the American public with a clear understanding of the violence, bigotry, hatred and subjugation that is at the heart of doctrinal and historic Islam. Americans are beginning to understand that Islam is as much a political ideology of force and conquest as it is a religious belief.

CAIR will succeed in its efforts to repackage Islam only if Americans fail to look past CAIR’s public relations efforts. CAIR will fail if Americans (and American journalists) simply do a little research for themselves.

If it’s “misinformation” to assert that the Quran, the Hadith, and the words of Muhammed advocate violence and the subjugation of “infidels,” how does one explain the following?

“Fight and kill the disbelievers wherever you find them, take them captive, harass them, lie in wait and ambush them using every stratagem of war." Qur’an:9:5

"Fight those who do not believe until they all surrender, paying the protective tax in submission." Qur’an:9:29

"Fight them until all opposition ends and all submit to Allah." Qur’an:8:39

"So fight them until there is no more Fitnah (disbelief [non-Muslims]) and all submit to the religion of Allah alone (in the whole world)." Qur’an:8:39

"He said, ‘Fight them so that there is no more rebellion, and religion, all of it, is for Allah only. Allah must have no rivals.'” Ishaq:324

"Fight the unbelievers around you, and let them find harshness in you." Qur’an:9:123

These are but a handful of the hundreds of passages that exhort Muslims to kill and conquer infidels in the name of Allah. These are not words that have been fabricated by those intent on misrepresenting Islam and Muslims. Among the major religions of the world, Islam stands alone in its call to conquer “unbelievers” with the objective to forcefully convert or subjugate the entire world. Islam stands alone as a religion that commands forced conversion, submission or death in the name of its god.

2007-12-09 15:36:36 · 3 answers · asked by Be responsible towards others 2 in Bologna

2007-12-09 11:15:34 · 16 answers · asked by frum_ma_mama 2 in Rome

do you lke it?why?
i'm italian =)=)=)

2007-12-09 05:34:16 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Italy

2007-12-09 03:47:29 · 4 answers · asked by susanna s 4 in Rome

I am going to Italy this summer, and definatly going to Rome! I always wanted to go to Venice, but just read a book where the author said it wasn't great...I think I am going to go anyway...but just wondering did you like it?

2007-12-08 11:53:58 · 8 answers · asked by silly 123 3 in Other - Italy

We fly in to Pisa on Dec 31 and are spending one night there and then two nights in Florence. I just want to make sure I will be able to buy train tix at the Pisa train station and travel on Jan 1--can anyone assure me this is possible?

2007-12-07 06:54:15 · 5 answers · asked by Richard K 1 in Other - Italy