15 Sep 08
Originally posted by SquelchbelchGood advice.
When my girlfriend & I went to Florence a couple of years ago the traders were selling some quite nice chess sets at Piazza di Mercato Nuovo which is about 300 yards away from the Ponte Vecchio bridge walking in the general direction of the Duomo.
This is somewhat balancing on a string: My girl doesn't want me to spend our vacation in Firenze by playing chess, she sitting aside being bored. But she likes me having fun. So me sitting in a café playing chess, while she have my credit card spending a good time (not anything else much, I hope) in a nearby fashion quartiers is a good idea. Eh, perhaps... 😕
15 Sep 08
Originally posted by FabianFnasAbsolutely beautiful city.
Good advice.
This is somewhat balancing on a string: My girl doesn't want me to spend our vacation in Firenze by playing chess, she sitting aside being bored. But she likes me having fun. So me sitting in a café playing chess, while she have my credit card spending a good time (not anything else much, I hope) in a nearby fashion quartiers is a good idea. Eh, perhaps... 😕
I was there for 4 days & I have to say, playing chess was not high on my list of priorities!
15 Sep 08
Originally posted by SquelchbelchPerhaps I will think of other things this week.
Absolutely beautiful city.
I was there for 4 days & I have to say, playing chess was not high on my list of priorities!
One activity of mine, this week, is to speak italian and get friends. For this I think it is very easy to do that over a chess board. I did this in Paris and found it very pleasant.
02 Oct 08
Back from Firenze. Had a wonderful time. No chess at all during my vacation, yet I survived. Now I have to deal with all games waiting for my moves.
Plus: Food wonderful. Old buildings. Galileo, da Vinci, Medici and guys. Rabbit and calamares, and a lot of pasta. Delicious everything.
Minus: Traffic and polution. Too many turists (of which I was one).
A lot of italian speaking. And you know what? They understood what I said! Almost all of it! (Anyway, more than I understood them.)
Okay, back to reality. Arivederci Firenze!