Italian Football (2 Viewers)

[CJ_covblaze]

Turin is a wonderful city and has a very cosmopolitan feel about it. I'm not sure why you think they'd want to kill you for being English? I've always found it very friendly!

Been there 3 times and each one I haven't felt safe. It's due to the cowardly acts of fans from another football club.

 

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[Sick Boy]

Been there 3 times and each one I haven't felt safe. It's due to the cowardly acts of fans from another football club.

Ahh okay, if you go away from the football you'll have a much better experience.

 

[Sick Boy]

The bit I saw of Bologna was nice, Padova was very industrial, Rome was very busy and never seemed to quite down which was a bit of a shock after being in the small village of Soligo where my family come from. I went straight from the airport to the stadium when I went to the Milan derby.

That's not far at all from where my girlfriend is from, she is from the mountains to the north of there!

The centre of Padova is very nice!

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

That's not far at all from where my girlfriend is from, she is from the mountains to the north of there!

The centre of Padova is very nice!

We were only in Padova on business for a day so most of the time was spent in a factory in an industrial area and a brief meal out

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

Turin is a wonderful city and has a very cosmopolitan feel about it. I'm not sure why you think they'd want to kill you for being English? I've always found it very friendly![/QUOTE
I had the good fortune for many years to work for a company with their HQ in Turin. My many visits centred on airport, hotel, office and somewhere for dinner. Sadly never there for the footy but still have a soft spot for Torino.
Never felt threatened there but once found a tranny sprawled on the bonnet of my hire car when finishing work late one night, giving it the come on and pushing up 'her' skirt.

 

[Sick Boy]

Haha there are a lot of transexuals in Italy. I had a similar experience to you too haha.

 

[Ranjit Bhurpa]

Haha there are a lot of transexuals in Italy. I had a similar experience to you too haha.

It was the first and last one I encountered....as far as I know!
Local colleagues reckoned there was some connection with the Romanian travellers who lived in the man made shacks on the banks of the Po.

 

[covcity4life]

roma go through as group winners over english champions......

really does feel like serie a is back now.

roma juve through, napoli with a big chance and if not europa, lazio and ac milan through in europa too

league is very competitive and with inter ac having big money it gices italy 5 big teams now, i have a feeling they are in for a boom like the premier league has currently.

 

[Travs]

I'd like to think so, but you know Italy is always only one small step away from chaos! Probably AC Milan going to be a casualty of overspending and unscrupulous owners...

Good to see some teams looking like they might step up and increase the competition. Fiorentina always look decent but can't quite make the jump. Sampdoria look decent this year. Bologna play great football but have the traditional "soft underbelly".... And for me, good to see Parma competing for a return to Serie A.

 

[covcity4life]

yeah would be nice to see parma back. They can "do" a fiorentina

 

[Nick]

We need the anglo italian cup back, although we would be too low down for it now

 

[Gazolba]

I like Italian women, Italian food, Italian cars, Italian fashion/style, Italian scenery, the Italian language.
Don't care for Italian football except if they beat Germany, then I like it.

 

[covcity4life]

We need the anglo italian cup back, although we would be too low down for it now

such a crazy idea when you think back about it!

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

I love Italy. Have been to Lake Garda, Lake Como, Tuscany, Venice, Rome, Florence and many places in between and on the coast.

Rome, I must say was a pleasant surprise. For a capital city it was heaps nicer than I was expecting.

Never been to a Serie A game, but have always wanted to. I did read up a lot about the attendances dropping and I think that has been true to an extent. Something to do with modern football and attitudes towards it and the new stadiums though I think. It has been a similar story in parts of Spain.

Here is a table of the averages last season, some pretty low scorers there!

 

[ajsccfc]

It gets worse when viewed as a percentage too, Juventus are the only side nearing a full house and only a handful others there would go over the 50% mark. You can see why the sides want to move away from city-owned behemoths and go for the more enclosed stadiums like Juventus have and Roma have just had approved (looks a right fancy pants - Photos)

 

[Gazolba]

I love Italy. Have been to Lake Garda, Lake Como, Tuscany, Venice, Rome, Florence and many places in between and on the coast.

Rome, I must say was a pleasant surprise. For a capital city it was heaps nicer than I was expecting.

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The only places I've been to in Italy (many years ago) were Diano Marina and Portofino, both on the Italian Riviera.
The places and scenery were great, but the Italian people not very friendly.

 

[Earlsdon_Skyblue1]

The only places I've been to in Italy (many years ago) were Diano Marina and Portofino, both on the Italian Riviera.
The places and scenery were great, but the Italian people not very friendly.

I think they are just very blunt. If they don't like you, they let you know about it. Even in much of Eastern Europe it isn't that blunt!

 

[Sick Boy]

The only places I've been to in Italy (many years ago) were Diano Marina and Portofino, both on the Italian Riviera.
The places and scenery were great, but the Italian people not very friendly.

The country has become much more open to tourists and other countries over the last couple of decades. Presumably you had a go at speaking Italian?