Make credence recognised that on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:52:48 +0200,
Giovanni Drogo has scripted:
>On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*) wrote:
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>> Almost any country I can think of requires planning when using PT, but
>> reading timetables and figuring out connections is part of the fun of it
>> in my opinion.
>
>I do agree that "reading timetables and figuring out connections" is
>fun. What is NOT fun is procuring the timetable, finding it is not
>friendly, finding out where a given bus is departing, which company
>operates it, or where one can get the tickets. This sometimes can be a
>pain. Specially in Italy.
In La Spezia I watched with helplessness as tourists would get on a
train that completely bypassed the Cinque Terre, because the one that
actually went there arrived on the same platform 15 minutes later.
Many of them wouldn't listen to me, thinking I was just having a
laugh. I did of course end up having a laugh. Why on earth wasn't
there an announcement in English for these guys?
>Similar things can be quite painful in Italy, when you go down to
>private or local operators (and note, I have no language barriers !).
>Just arranging a trip in the surroundings of Milan may not be so
>obvious.
I'm wondering just what there is to see in the surroundings of Milan!
Monte Stella? Monza? Quattro Oggiaro?
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