glen black wrote:
> On 2008-03-11 11:08:19 -0700, Dusty Furtile Morrocan
> said:
>
> > On the particular moment of Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:50:38 +0000 in
> > relation to Mary's disappointingly immaculate rumpy pumpy,
> > d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk (David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)) put forth:
> >
> >> Mike...... wrote:
> >
> >>> Yes, I'm not best to comment, as it not really my sort of scenery, but
> >>> I wouldn't have liked not exploring it between the major places.
> >>
> >> I haven't travelled enough in Italy to comment with any authority, but
> >> I've been surprised by how even relatively remote places there were
> >> reachable by PT. It's generally efficient, and the tourist information
> >> offices are particularly helpful with timetables.
> >
> > PT efficient in Italy? Heck, the 'e' word isn't even used here!
>
> Actually compared to the US, public transit in Italy is highly
> developed and quite efficient.
I've used both trains and buses on recent visits to Italy, and have
still to encounter a major problem. The only glitch I encountered
recently was a bus not running on Easter Day- the timetable didn't make
it clear it wouldn't run that day...
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