Posted by: lavaligiadicartone | Dicembre 15, 2007

Back to Italy

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…ma solo per pochi giorni… a parte la famiglia e gli amici cari, solo una profonda tristezza mi ispira l’Italia, mettendomi di fronte alla mia frustrante vita precedente da laureato precario, sfruttato e sottopagatO…

i aMSTERDAM

Come potrei quindi non amare il paese che mi ha dato una chance divita migliore?

Lavoro, stipendio, qualità di vita?

No way, I Amsterdam!

Risposte

si. L’italia va sempre peggio. Siamo un paese di stupidi che si fanno le scarpe gli uni con gli altri!
L’unico paese dove il 5 per mille viene ceduto alle associazioni e rubato dallo stato! Dove andremo a finire…

[barf]THIS APRIL MY WIFE AND I TOOK A TRIP TO ITALY FOR THE FIRST AND LAST TIME.

AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING YOUR FLIGHT ATTENDANT ON ALITALIA WERE SO RUDE TO EVERYONE THAT WAS NOT ITALIAN. THEN ONCE WE ARRIVE PRETTY MUCH ALL THE OFFICIALS AT THE AIRPORT MADE US FEEL UNWELCOME. THEN WE WENT FOR A MEAL AT THE VERRONA LOUNGE IN ROME THEY HAD A NASTY ATTITUDE.[barf]

THEN EVERY ONE ON THE STREET STARED WITH SUCH A HATE, OF COURSE THIS WAS WHEN WE DISCOVER THAT THE ITALIANS DO NOT LIKE ANY ONE BUT THEMSELVES. SPECIALLY THE PEOPLE COMING FROM THE NEW WORLD “USA”

THEN TWO DAYS LATER WE WERE TAKING THE EUROSTAR TRAIN TO FIRENZE. ONCE WE GOT TO THE STATION, WE WERE COMPLETELY LOST WE DID NOT KNOW WHICH TRAIN WAS THE ONE WE WERE TAKING, MY WIFE APPROACHED TWO ATTENDANTS FROM THE TRAIN TO ASK WICH TRAIN WAS OURS

BUT THEN AGAIN WE FOUND OUT WE WERE NOT WELCOME IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY ANSWER HER WITH SUCH ARROGANCE AND RIGHT ON OUR OWN FACES SPOKE BAD ABOUT US IN ITALIAN, I KNOW THIS BECAUSE I SPEAK SPANISH AND ITALIAN IS JUST BROKEN DOWN SPANISH, AND ALL THEY DID WAS SENT US TO THE WRONG TRAIN AFTER FINDING OUT THAT WE COULD NOT ASK A QUESTION TO ANY OFFIAL BECAUSE ALL THEY DID WAS TO GIVE US WRONG INFORMATION, IT WAS LIKE THEY WERE DOING IT ON PURPOSE. WE HAD TO PRETTY MUCH GUESS WICH TRAIN IT WAS AND WE GOT ON IT.

THANK GOD IT WAS THE RIGHT ONE. IF NOT WE WOULD HAVE MISSED IT BY ONE MINUTE.

ONCE WE GOT TO FLORENCE WE FIGURE WE TOOK A TAXI TO OUR HOTEL SINCE WE DID NOT KNOW WERE IT WAS. SO WE TAKE THE TAXI AND FOUR BLOCKS LATER WE ARRIVED AT THE HOTEL AND YOUR “FRIENDLY” TAXI DRIVER CHARGED US $14.00USD FOR 4 BLOCKS. MAJOR RIPOFF

SO WE ARRIVED AT CROCCE DE MALTA HOTEL AND ONCE AGAIN WE WERE RECEIVED WITH SUCH A COLD ARROGANCE AND UNWELCOME FEELING.

AND THIS HOTEL WAS NOT EVEN TO OUR ESPECTATIONS THE RUG IS SO 10 YEARS OLD AND SO DIRTY WE COULD NOT EVEN BREATH BECAUSE OF THE DUST PLUS THE LAW THAT NO AIR CONDITION TIL MAY DID NOT HELP EITHER BUT THAT’S ANOTHER CHAPTER

SO WE SPENT 2 NEVER ENDING DAYS IN FLORENCE AND WE HAD TO TAKE ANOTHER TRAIN TO VENICE, AND THIS TIME WE WERE NOT GOING TO LET YOUR FILTHY TAXI DRIVER RIP US OFF AGAIN, WE WALKED TO THE STATION.

ONCE AGAIN GETTING INFORMATION FROM THE STATIONS OFFICIALS WAS USELESS

WE ARRIVED AT VENICE BY THIS TIME WE NEW WHAT TO EXPECT, ARROGANCE,HATRED AND GO BACK HOME ATTITUDE

AT VENICE THE HOTEL “ARRANGED” FOR US TO VISIT MURANO GLASS BLOWER. SO WE GET ON THE WATER TAXI WITH SOME SPANIARS AND THE TAXI DRIVER WAS IN SUCH A HURRY THAT HE LEFT BEHIND OTHER TOURIST SO THE SPANIAR TOLD HIM THEIR WAS MORE PEOPLE TO GET ON THE BOAT AND HE TAXI DRIVER TOLD HIM OFF IN A HATEFUL AND DISRESPECTFUL MANNER AGAIN THE ITALIAN WAY OF TELLING US WE ARE NOT WELCOME. ITS LIKE THEY ARE DOING US A FAVOR, HELLO WHO IS THE TOURIST AND WHO IS SPENDING AND LEAVING A LOT OF MONEY IN THIS COUNTRY?

IN ITALY TOURISM IS YOUR ECONOMY AND IF IT WASN’T FOR US, ITALY WOULD NOT BE WHAT IT IS. BECAUSE FROM TOURISM MONEY YOU ARE ABLE TO RESTORE ALL OF YOUR ANCIENT MONUMENTS. YOU BEING FROM THE TOURISM BOARD WILL UNDERSTAND THIS

SO WE ARRIVE AT THE SO CALLED “COMPLEMENT” TOUR BUT IS JUST A MARKETING AND SELLING GIMICK

AND WITH SUCH PRESSURE TOO.[barf]

WELL AFTER LEAVING MORE THAN $600.00USD WE WENT BK TO THE HOTEL. AFTER 2 NEVER ENDING DAYS IN VENICE WE WERE EXHAUSTED PHISICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY HURT FROM ALL THE HATE THE ITALIAN HAVE TOWARDS AMERICANS AND ALL FOREIGNERS

WE TELL THE HOTEL CONCIERGE AT THE RIALTO HOTEL THAT WE NEED A TAXI TO TAKE US IN THE MORNING TO THE AIRPORT. AND THEY SAID THAT IT WOULD BE ARRANGED BUT DID NOT TELL US IT WAS GOING TO COST US OVER $150.00 FOR THE RIDE. WHICH WE FOUND OUT GETTING AT THE AIRPORT [barf]

I TELL YOU THAT IT’S A SNEAKY AND VERY DECEIVING PRACTICE. TOOK A PLANE FROM VENICE TO MILAN FOR OUR CONNECTION. AND ONCE WE ARRIVE TO MILAN YOUR BORDER PATROL WAS GIVING ATTITUDE TO EVERYONE BUT ITALIANS I GOT TO HIS WINDOW AND HE ASKED ME TWENTY QUESTIONS LIKE IF I WAS TRYING TO GET INTO ITALY, BUDY I WANTED TO LEAVE THIS COUNTRY NOT TRYING TO STAY TRUST ME I WOULDN’T WANT TO STAY HERE NOT FOR ANOTHER DAY NOT FOR A MILLION DOLLARS.

AFTER THROWING MY PASSPORT TO ME WHICH WAS VERY DISRESPECTFUL I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FINALLY WHAT A RELIEF. AFTER ALL THE BULLs*** THIS GUY GAVE ME I WAS AT THE POINT THAT I WAS NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE HATRED AND BULLs*** FROM ANY OTHER ITALIAN.

TO RESUME: OUR EXPERIENCE WAS NOT TO OUR EXPECTATIONS DON’T GET ME WRONG, YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL MONUMENTS AND THE LAND IS JUST AMAZING BUT THE PEOPLE JUST RUINS IT

FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY. IN ITALY NOBODY IS WELCOME PERIOD ESPECIALLY AMERICANS >>SOUTH AMERICANS>>CENTRAL AMERICANS>>NORTH AMERICANS. THEFORE HOSPITALITY AND CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOT A PRIORITY IN THIS COUNTRY. HAVE YOU HEARD THE SAYING YOU GET MORE BEES WITH HONEY. I JUST THINK YOU SHOULD BE AWARE

HAVE YOU SEEN THE HILTON HOTEL COMERCIAL “BE HOSPITABLE”

HAVE YOU BEEN TO ANY TOURIST OR NON TOURIST SPOT IN THE USA EVERYONE GIVES YOU A SMILE, YOU ASK A QUESTION AND YOU ARE GIVEN ACCURATE INFORMATION WITH PLEASURE.

IN ANY BUSINESS TRADE THE CUSTOMER IS #1

AFTER SPENDING $8,000.00 OUR SAVINGS AND MONTHS OF PREPARATION

ALL WE GOT WAS A HORRIBLE AND BITTER VACATION AND THIS HURTS WE WERE VERY HURT BY ALL YOUR PEOPLE.[barf]

JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, I WILL NOT VISIT ITALY AGAIN..ITALY FOR ME DOESN’T EXIST ANYMORE. IT WAS JUST WASTE OF OUR LIFE SAVINGS.

AND THIS WILL BE THE SAME STORY TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHEN THEY ASK ME HOW IT WENT.[barf]

Yep, you are right…it’s sad, but all that you said it’s true. It’s beacause of that, that I live in A’dam. :)

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