sabato 13 agosto 2011
So I have been busy in England rallying round catching up with people and buying things ahead of my move. One purchase I have found quite funny is The Rough Guide to Italy (Rough Guide publishes "the most readable, comprehensive and informative guide around" according to the quote from Cosmopolitan on the blurb). Bought for 99p in a charity shop in Alton, and it's the fourth edition published in 1999, I leisurely looked up Pescara to have a gander and this is what I read....
Thankfully, friends and family, you have the luxury of my apartment to stay in when you visit. And the guidebook seems to think that 20 minutes away there are places that are much more worth a visit, even using the word "pleasant"*.
Yet this article has not managed to dishearten my prospects of moving there, if anything it has described the city quite well. For me it is all about the people and the culture, and yes, buildings do contribute somewhat to this, but not enough to change the fact that it is still an Italian city, with Italian people, Italian ways, and of course, Italian food!
* Belford, R., Dunford, M. and Wollfrey, C. The Rough Guide to Italy (Rough Guides Ltd: London, 1999), p. 742
"The main town and resort of the Abruzzo coast is PESCARA, a bustling, modern place that's probably the region's most commercial and expensive city. Since ferries to the former Yugoslavia stopped running, there's little point in coming here; if you're looking for somewhere to sunbathe there are much nicer places. But there's a chance you might pass through for the train or bus connections." *Great! I am moving to a city in Italy that there's "little point" in going to. Marvellous! Needless to say the two paragraph write up about the city continues: "If you need to stay (and you should really try to avoid this if possible), there's a campsite... . "*.
Thankfully, friends and family, you have the luxury of my apartment to stay in when you visit. And the guidebook seems to think that 20 minutes away there are places that are much more worth a visit, even using the word "pleasant"*.
Yet this article has not managed to dishearten my prospects of moving there, if anything it has described the city quite well. For me it is all about the people and the culture, and yes, buildings do contribute somewhat to this, but not enough to change the fact that it is still an Italian city, with Italian people, Italian ways, and of course, Italian food!
* Belford, R., Dunford, M. and Wollfrey, C. The Rough Guide to Italy (Rough Guides Ltd: London, 1999), p. 742
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