FumpyAer

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[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just do yourself a favor and price it out beforehand. A single-country eurail flex-pass will almost certainly be cheaper than individual tickets if you want to use trains extensively:
https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes/one-country-pass/italy

Basically, the way these passes work is that you have a limited number of "travel days" where you can do all the train trips you want. And you have to use those up within a month. If you are there for several months, you can choose the number of days per month you want to use.

For me, it was easy enough to board with the pass without booking in advance, but I wasn't traveling in peak season and I only had one or two travelers. I think you'll want to book reservations in advance for peak travel season, even with the eurail pass.

Eurail is for non-eu residents. Interrail is what the service is called for EU residents, and I believe that is somewhat cheaper.

The more people you have, the more a car rental/multiple short car rentals starts to make sense. However, keep fuel prices in mind; if you're used to US fuel prices, it's not gonna be half that cheap.

And for long-distance travel, train is obviously superior from an experience standpoint.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It may be that eating close to the edges is irritating their whiskers, not that they cant percieve the food. Try a dish with lower sides.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What did they do so wrong? The only thing that bothered me was having to copy tens of thousands of sprites every time I want to play. And the difficulty involved in unlocking the Godmode item.

This was probably at least two years ago though..

The core functionality couldn't work in a rom, so hopefully you're cool with it being made in rpg maker.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Think about and research transportation costs within Italy before you plan a sprawling trip with upwards of 5 cities.

When I was there, train ticket prices within Italy were scaled with the distance traveled. I only visited 3 or 4 cities and I was blown away how much I spent on train tickets. It was an unbudgeted "surprise" expense.

My advice would be that unless you're backpacking/hitchhiking (which gets harder the more people you have), either pick two or three or even fewer locations and really really explore them thoroughly, or consider picking up a Eurail pass, which will for a flat rate allow you to take pretty much any train for free after the initial cost. Or, if one of you is older than 25 + you have 3 or 4 people going, it may make sense to split the cost of a car rental among your friends.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was wrong it's like 2.5 hours. There's much closer spots. Sorry.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The DaVinci museum is in Venice. https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g187870-d1963369-Reviews-Museo_Leonardo_da_Vinci-Venice_Veneto.html

Tickets are now 10 usd, but that's still pretty cheap.

I may have been wrong about lodging prices being different in Verona. At least they're not different enough to offset a 2 hour train ride. Transportation can add to it. I wouldn't do Verona to Venice unless you only want one day in Venice. There are places closer to Venice that would be better if you want to be in Venice for multiple days. Like Marghera.

Sorry I was remembering poorly, it's been a while since I went.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The one in Verona I was misremembering. It's actually quite far away from there in Florence, the Museo Casa de Dante.

So I don't actually have any museum recs for Verona. ~~I just think it's a nice city to stay in to avoid paying for a hotel in Venice.~~ I was mistaken about this, it's not practical for a commute, especially not a multiple day Venice stay. Although it would be a cool follow up spot

Btw I didn't dislike the Romeo and juliet stuff but of course, they weren't real people and so it's all just "fake" history.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

One thing I would say is you should be planning lodging already if you haven't yet. I went in like April so I could do it last minute, but if you go in summer, stuff fills up fast, especially the cheap lodging.

You can use hostelworld.com as a search engine, but I like to look up their website afterward and book directly. It saves the hostel runners money.

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)

Of those places I've only been to Venice. Don't miss the Leonardo DaVinci museum. They have small models of a bunch of his inventions/designs, including a large one of his flying machines. Also they have some cool old instruments in the Viol family that I thought were interesting. Entry was like 5 euros when I went.

And of course, Italian Gelato is pretty special.

~~I did Venice as a day trip out of Verona so that I wouldn't have to deal with finding lodging actually inside Venice.~~ There are a few nice B&B/hostel spots in Verona. I don't remember Verona being that interesting though aside from the coliseum and the castle there. And it's pretty.

Verona also has the Romeo and Juliet tourist traps and some small but good museums.

Edit: Verona isn't as close to Venice as I remember! Read this article for better information!

https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/venice-on-a-budget

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

This site apparently will reply with a coupon code of some kind for altruan.com if you email them.

https://virus.sucks/pluslife_en/

[–] FumpyAer@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean teenage engineering just did the visual design and ui. I guess you could also question their judgement on who to partner with too.

Their audio stuff they make actually does what it says on the tin most of the time.

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