tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post8370157532826469459..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Does Italy Not Want Tourists Anymore?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-65710136692583477792014-11-23T19:39:36.778-08:002014-11-23T19:39:36.778-08:00Not if you don't litter, which I know you woul...Not if you don't litter, which I know you wouldn't. But, it's their country. They can see how it works out.maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-40405115506674706172014-11-23T15:52:41.564-08:002014-11-23T15:52:41.564-08:00Max: while I understand what you're saying, e...Max: while I understand what you're saying, eating a gelato on the Spanish Steps (or where I described above) doesn't fall within your description.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-76252587731513082392014-11-22T20:41:20.072-08:002014-11-22T20:41:20.072-08:00I'd say that's not bad, given that most of...I'd say that's not bad, given that most of Rome's restaurants set up tables in alleys and on sidewalks! It's humid as heck in Italy in the summer, I can't imagine *not* getting a gelato and sitting on the steps of the fountain in front of the Pantheon and just taking it all in.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-6290842753151709992014-11-22T17:38:25.970-08:002014-11-22T17:38:25.970-08:00Here's the problem: tourists tend to be a-hol...Here's the problem: tourists tend to be a-holes. They have no buy in, and they do crappy stuff. I'm happy that I got to see the pyramids at Chichen -Iza when I did, because we were allowed to climb them. You can't anymore, because people were chipping off rocks for souvenirs. Same thing with the Egyptian pyramids and Stonhenge … these may seem like silly rules, but I doubt they came from out of nowhere. I'd much rather have Italy attempt to protect their national treasures than to have people ruin them …and at least, you still get to see them up close.<br />maxutilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11294262473781967372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-83026134094745127402014-11-22T09:09:25.025-08:002014-11-22T09:09:25.025-08:00Keep in mind that geese, even I assume the golden ...Keep in mind that geese, even I assume the golden egg-laying variety, produce copious amounts of evidence of their passing and enough of that offsets even the production of golden eggs...<br /><br />“Once I caught a group of tourists who set a table on the Spanish Steps, with table cloth and cutlery! This has to stop.”allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.com