Flavio's blog - Part 10
 

2 Days in Paris: itinerary for a weekend in the City of Light

Two day itinerary in Paris

Last June, taking advantage of an offer of the Franco-Dutch airline Transavia, I've been to Paris for a quick two days.

La Gioconda, Our Lady, Montmartre, The Eiffel Tower, not to mention the Louvre… so many things to see, Cosi poco time!

The solution was mandatory: prepare meticulously the’itinerary, both in textual manner, that printing the generated maps with Google Maps, to lose as little time as possible.

Many monuments and museums can be visited free by EU citizens under 26 age. …Read the rest »

Naples: Stories of everyday incivility-cycle

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The place is a pedestrian crossing, to pass from one side of the road (and the path, that is protected seat).

As often happens (Fuorigrotta, where two homeless people harassing, THE FOREVER, occupy a piece of cycling, ed), you fire è parked with a scientific precision in front of the gate path, manner in da tale prevent to any bike (the Pedone) to cross the street, seen that the rest of the path is protected by a high concrete curb.

At the traffic police do not care and in any case there are no, the Neapolitans on two wheels only go by motorbike, so who cares?“, will rightly thought the Lord.

Eager to observe the features of this character, to see if the theories of Lombroso were busted, appearance a few minutes, waiting for him to come back, And deliver the transition, for me to finally cross.
After a few minutes, comes a middle-aged man from rotten teeth, and begins to tinker with the bike, to turn off the alarm. …Read the rest »

Recensione Lufthansa/Brussels Airlines: NAP-MUC-BRU-EDI / DUB-NAP

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Rapid City, Bali, Timbuktu… I know, I know, This Trip Report will sound just as exotic or for airlines, nor to destinations. Yet, at least for me, presents a particular news, or try the whisk Dash8-400. 🙂

For other reasons, the absolute necessity was having to move quickly to Monaco, early in the morning, then continue.
This implies at least one stop but, in airports like FRA and MUC, you gladly bear a lengthening of travel time (species in the case of MUC).

It starts early in the morning from NAP. Due to problems with the system of online check-in, you must use the self check-in machines, and so, verso le 5, after finding parking, you arrive at a terminal where, Despite the hour, There are already a number of queues at banks AZ, but also those in which, Date l'ORA, presumably check in desk for charter vacationers.

Most of the crowd, as always, è in zona LH, for the FRA and MUC early morning.
It is true, Italians are not known for having a great familiarity with anything having electronic circuits inside, and yet I can not explain why, for an operation that requires thirty seconds like the self check-in, many employ 5/6 minutes.
It must be said that was not present lass LH to help passengers in this operation. The reason I think I intuit: the management information system storage, from what I hear, is blocked, no case can be accepted, and workers running to and fro. …Read the rest »

Netsons: my bad experience

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** Disclaimer: As told is a single personal experience, and shall be taken for what it is, not generalize and make it a general rule on the services provided company. On the other hand, is ok to use the web to review any product, how can it be a web hosting. It goes without saying that an official replica of Netsons can only be welcomed, and indeed may be useful to help to create a constructive dialogue with a provider that, it must be said, gave me satisfaction for many years. **

You may have noticed, starting from 21 August 2013, a slowdown almost “tragic” response times and loading this site.

I was in Italy and, return, I was surprised to see such a tragic situation, in terms of the drop in visitors and response times (shown on Pingdom).

Da anni possedevo un account shared hosting su Netsons, and even before they start selling web space, I used their free account. In short, almost 8 years in a row on their servers, without having particular problems. …Read the rest »

Chicago: guide to visiting 4 days in the city of Al Capone

Itinerary to visit Chicago in 4 days

Chicago, the city of the Blues.

Chicago, the city of the fight against Prohibition.

Chicago, the city of gangsters.

Chicago, the city of… deep dish pizza.

I could not, receiving the poi, not visit this city, the largest and most important of all the Midwest U.S..

Unfortunately, many tourists decide to skip it at the bottom of, thinking that it is a copy “in small” di New York. Indeed, is the U.S. capital architecture, with splendid palaces and houses that date back to the '900, or the period in which Frank Lloyd Wright e Louis Sullivan worked in the city. Do not forget that the city is home to the Willis Tower, that for a long time was the tallest skyscraper in the world, and from the top you can enjoy a splendid view over most of Illinois. …Read the rest »