THE Arsenal v Bayern BumBoys 9th/10th April 2024

[Retro Gunner]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

[Redarmy]

best thing about Italy being not many English visit....they all fuck off to spain and greece

[Retro Gunner]

best thing about Italy being not many English visit....they all fuck off to spain and greece

True Red.

[Nick Nack]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

Remember years ago was in a small village on the beach in Calabria and a beach vendor hadn't paid the mafioso their "fees". I watched on as these "guys" burnt his shack to the ground
I assume the owner also slept with a horses head

[Retro Gunner]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

Remember years ago was in a small village on the beach in Calabria and a beach vendor hadn't paid the mafioso their "fees". I watched on as these "guys" burnt his shack to the ground
I assume the owner also slept with a horses head

Yeah, the Ndrangheta (no chaps, that isn't a misspelling ) do have a fierce reputation.

[OneBardGooner]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

Remember years ago was in a small village on the beach in Calabria and a beach vendor hadn't paid the mafioso their "fees". I watched on as these "guys" burnt his shack to the ground
I assume the owner also slept with a horses head

Yeah, the Ndrangheta (no chaps, that isn't a misspelling ) do have a fierce reputation.

Was it Guy Fawkes Night?

[Gunner Rob]

Look at it this way. We have a decent shot at beating Bayern. Then in the semis we either face Madrid - which is doable to set up a really winnable final. Or we get two games to kick lumps out of Man City and hopefully destroy their title challenge.

I suppose the question is this.
Is it easier to beat the top teams over 2 legs or 1?

[Gunner Rob]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

[Retro Gunner]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

Must have been nice Rob. I think Stromboli has an active volcano but don’t know if any others have. I’d like to visit Ischia which is a little further north and I know people who’ve been abs say it’s really nice. I’ve never been to Elba either, which is just off the Tuscan coast and I’d like to get there too someday.

[Redarmy]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

Must have been nice Rob. I think Stromboli has an active volcano but don’t know if any others have. I’d like to visit Ischia which is a little further north and I know people who’ve been abs say it’s really nice. I’ve never been to Elba either, which is just off the Tuscan coast and I’d like to get there too someday.

All the tourists go to Capri..Retro ...but have been to Ischia, elba and monte cristo and a few other barely inhabited islands

[Retro Gunner]

Sicily is nice if you avoid Taormina which is one giant tourist trap , we took the ferry Calabria to Messina and drove round for a week . Lovely people very worth visiting.

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

Must have been nice Rob. I think Stromboli has an active volcano but don’t know if any others have. I’d like to visit Ischia which is a little further north and I know people who’ve been abs say it’s really nice. I’ve never been to Elba either, which is just off the Tuscan coast and I’d like to get there too someday.

All the tourists go to Capri..Retro ...but have been to Ischia, elba and monte cristo and a few other barely inhabited islands

Fabulous Red, what did you think of Ischia and Elba? I have good reports of both.

This forum is becoming like the Italian Tourist Board.

[Nick Nack]

Yes, never particularly fancied Taormina, which is a rocky coastline too and I prefer sandy beaches. I do business with a guy in Calabria, but we always meet in Florence, so I've not been down there. Very isolated part of Italy and pretty deprived I think. Rocky and wild, but I'm sure it's stunning.

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

Must have been nice Rob. I think Stromboli has an active volcano but don’t know if any others have. I’d like to visit Ischia which is a little further north and I know people who’ve been abs say it’s really nice. I’ve never been to Elba either, which is just off the Tuscan coast and I’d like to get there too someday.

All the tourists go to Capri..Retro ...but have been to Ischia, elba and monte cristo and a few other barely inhabited islands

Fabulous Red, what did you think of Ischia and Elba? I have good reports of both.

This forum is becoming like the Italian Tourist Board.

Went to Elba as a kid back in the 70s. To say it was under developed back then would be an under statement. Can't remember much about it tbh, except it was as hot as fuck. Apparently the locals all went on holiday elsewhere as to get away from the heat

[Retro Gunner]

I visited a couple of years back. Started and finished in Catania - which is a great city and within easy reach of Mount Etna.

But also had a few days island hopping in the Aeolian islands - one of them has an active volcano and you go out in small boats at night to see the lava coming down

Must have been nice Rob. I think Stromboli has an active volcano but don’t know if any others have. I’d like to visit Ischia which is a little further north and I know people who’ve been abs say it’s really nice. I’ve never been to Elba either, which is just off the Tuscan coast and I’d like to get there too someday.

All the tourists go to Capri..Retro ...but have been to Ischia, elba and monte cristo and a few other barely inhabited islands

Fabulous Red, what did you think of Ischia and Elba? I have good reports of both.

This forum is becoming like the Italian Tourist Board.

Went to Elba as a kid back in the 70s. To say it was under developed back then would be an under statement. Can't remember much about it tbh, except it was as hot as fuck. Apparently the locals all went on holiday elsewhere as to get away from the heat

A kid in the 70's?? Fuck me Nick, didn't realise that you were an old fucker too. There's quite a few of you on here.

[mcdowell42]

Should change the name of this thread to "A place in the sun" and fuck it down to the basement

[Retro Gunner]

Should change the name of this thread to "A place in the sun" and fuck it down to the basement

Hold on a minute Mc, you're Irish, you don't know what the sun is...you've never seen it.

Now, "A Place in the Rain and Fog" maybe.