Planning another trip to Greece and Italy got me thinking about the insider travel concept.  because of numerous other trips to these same areas, such issues as where to go, where to stay, and what to do are not problems, but just choices.

This knowledge was earned by both reading and doing. One time, we marched out of a really nasty (but highly guide-book recommended) hotel in Rome and walked literally across the street to a much better choice. We knew of the second one from walking into the lobby earlier and scouting it out.  Since then, we always are ready to look into interesting restaurants, hotels, local attractions for our future reference.

Time is running out !
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Don’t miss talking to local people – knowing even a few words of the local language will help a lot – ask where they eat, or where they would stay. We found two of our favorite eateries in all of Italy just Read the rest of this entry