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Subject: Re: Train or drive in Northern Italy? Posted on: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:58:27 +0200

Make credence recognised that on Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:02:00 +0200,
Giovanni Drogo has scripted:

>On Fri, 3 Aug 2007, B Vaughan wrote:
>> On Thu, 02 Aug 2007 16:56:14 GMT, "urf" wrote:
>>
>> >Planning a trip for two couples in the fall. 10 days.
>> >Milan - Lake Como area - Cinque Terra area - Lucca - Venice
>
>I am no car driver, so I can be biased for train, but all what you plan
>is surely doable by public transport (not necessarily only train).
>
>> I will give my usual warning that the Cinque Terre is a bit out of the
>> way, and that the tourists there outnumber the residents by about 10
>> to 1.
>
>Given the proposed itinerary, I'd not say Cinque Terre are (since it
>means "five lands" for me it is second nature to use the plural) out of
>the way from Milan to Lucca.

Now there's a grammatical pandora's box. I would probably have said
'is' too!
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