What do you remember when holidaying in Italy as a child?

What do you remember when holidaying in Italy as a child?

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milk2sugars

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262 posts

165 months

Thursday 17th March 2011
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My keenest memory must be holidaying in Amalfi/Atrani walking with my father and Uncle to get an ice-cream and then having a competition on the beach to see who could throw a pebble the furthest out to sea.
Oh and the trip to Vesuvius and the trek up the volcano from the coach....I thought it would never end!

Also seeing my first Ferrari in Italy at about 10 years old... I will never forget the sound that Ferrari Testarossa made going through the Tunnel!!

So guys/gals...what memories do you have when holidaying in Italy as a child?

so called

9,125 posts

216 months

Sunday 20th March 2011
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My memories are as a father.
When my son and daughter were about 8 and 7, we went to Estensi.
I will never forget how kind Italians were to my children.
I would get my kids to pay for their sweets etc and say thanks in Italian.
A shop keeper would give them more sweets free than they were actually buying.

Great memories.

milk2sugars

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262 posts

165 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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It is funny how the smaller things have stayed in my mind the longest !

Anyone else ?

Ali2202

3,815 posts

211 months

Friday 1st April 2011
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I remember staying in Sestri Levanti as a kid (Mimosa Hotel) and Dad buying me a toy Lancia Fulvia HF (arctic edition) which I loved for years.

I also remember The Family taking a drive to Lake Garda and just outside Milan seeing a trailer with 2 Alitalia Stratos at one of the toll booths. There is a picture somewhere in my Parents storage area. cloud9

Italy has never left me and I will never break the connection from it. (see profile)

Hoping to move there permanently late this year or early next year.

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Ilikebeaver

3,085 posts

188 months

Monday 8th August 2011
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milk2sugars said:
My keenest memory must be holidaying in Amalfi/Atrani walking with my father and Uncle to get an ice-cream and then having a competition on the beach to see who could throw a pebble the furthest out to sea.
Oh and the trip to Vesuvius and the trek up the volcano from the coach....I thought it would never end!

Also seeing my first Ferrari in Italy at about 10 years old... I will never forget the sound that Ferrari Testarossa made going through the Tunnel!!

So guys/gals...what memories do you have when holidaying in Italy as a child?
That sounds pretty close to my first memory of holidaying in Italy too!