employed, europe

[tokidoki]

so after some weird job interviews, crappy job offers and a couple of months of dole bludging, i've got a job which seems decent. no kids, not so strict and not nova/geos/aeon/gaba/shane. i start next month

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[christophhhher]

ha! Welcome to Italy, I suppose! I'm living in Genova, about three hours north west of Florence..

As for advice? Ignore all the tourist sites, and go drink/eat yourself stupid. I looove Italy, mostly for the food. I loooove Italian cities, but only because of the people. The sites I can live without, particularly in Rome. The backstreets are MUCH more interesting than the main ones!

Paris.. bella Paris.. I try to get there once every few months. It's only two hours drive from my place in Belgium.. so damn convenient!!

You can see all the tourist sites in Paris by foot within a few hours, they're all very central.. and the metro is fantastic.

Just hold on to your wallet in both Rome and Paris.. a loooot of my friends and family members have been robbed in both!

[tokidoki]

thanks for you advice. italy did involve lots of eating. mmm
yeah, just hanging out in rome was more interesting than the sites.

[tweetlebeetle]

Congratulations on the new job!

It is almost 4 years since I was in Europe... but here are my suggestions.

There are a lot of churches in Italy... this one in Rome was interesting. It is somewhere along Via Veneto a pretty tree lined street.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/tapholov/pages/bones.html

Paris is just beautiful to wander around in. Montmartre is a pretty part of town (It is where Amelie was filmed-- the Basilica of the Sacre Coeur is there also).

Take good care of your wallets/passports etc.. especially outside the main train stations.

I hope you both have a wonderful trip!

[tokidoki]

we went there! it was cool & creepy.
we went to the catacombes in paris which was similar. but creepier.
thanks for the tip!

[la_aquarius]

I love the Peggy Guggenheim palazzo in Venice -- it's a gem, man. Plus, it looks like the Biennale is happening this year! I went to it in '95 and it blew my mind.

I had a favorite gelato shop in Rome but I forgot the name. Near the Parthenon, called "Della Palma" or something like that. Anyway, just get gelato somewhere. If you like hazelnut, try the "nocciola" gelato.

And last, if it's still around, Chez Papa is a reasonable but delicious Parisian franchise. I had the Boyard salad both times I was there, and the French country ham was like butter! :D

[la_aquarius]

P.S. Congratulations on the new job!

[tokidoki]

thanks!
we went to a couple of the biennale events that we happened upon.
we had lots of good gelato. mmm
i saw chez papa so its still around. but we didnt go there

[m0lybdenum]

When I was in Paris last december I found a newspaper article ranking the 20 best croissants in Paris, and I tried to see Paris by visiting those shops. I had the #1 and #7 and #8. I really recommend getting the best croissant in Paris, from Pierre Herme at 72 rue Bonaparte. The area around there is nice for shopping/walking and there is the A.P.C. surplus store right there too ( not that I know your wife at all but i know it's popularish in japan).

The #8 croissant was from Poilane, at 8 rue du cherche midi, which is a charming street with some nice antique stores and cafes. #7 was by the Palais du Tokyo or whatever it's called but I didn't like the croissant so I didn't write it down.

Congratulations on your job!

thanks!

[tokidoki]

what a great idea. too bad i didnt read this before we left..
had some good croissants though

[thomas_thankyou]

congratulations on the job.

i think you should rush through any galleries/sights you feel you shouldn't miss, and then spend all of your time gettting lost in back streets and stuffing your faces in tiny cafes/getting drunk in tiny bars.

thanks

[tokidoki]

sounds pretty much like what we did!

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[thomas_thankyou]

so did you actually go or what? when are you putting up the happy snaps etc!

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[tokidoki]

ha ha , yeah we went.
had totally forgotten about livejournal. thanks for the reminder.
see latest journal entry.