Comments on: The Amalfi Coast Was Toast http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/ about a grrrrl Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:47:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: e*star LA » Blog Archive » Thoughts On Traffic and Driving Stick http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-23704 e*star LA » Blog Archive » Thoughts On Traffic and Driving Stick Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:08:21 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-23704 [...] think people don’t really know what they’re talking about. Probably 90% of the cars in Europe are manual - you don’t think they have bigger traffic problems in even smaller streets than we [...] [...] think people don’t really know what they’re talking about. Probably 90% of the cars in Europe are manual - you don’t think they have bigger traffic problems in even smaller streets than we [...]

]]> By: e*star LA » Blog Archive » 7 Random Things Take 2 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-21772 e*star LA » Blog Archive » 7 Random Things Take 2 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:53:31 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-21772 [...] just too much pleasure in rowing through the gears. Just the experience of driving from Naples along the Amalfi Coast in a tiny Fiat Panda was a great high. I know people think I’m nuts just because of the way I [...] [...] just too much pleasure in rowing through the gears. Just the experience of driving from Naples along the Amalfi Coast in a tiny Fiat Panda was a great high. I know people think I’m nuts just because of the way I [...]

]]> By: e*star LA » Blog Archive » Just A Water Mill http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16663 e*star LA » Blog Archive » Just A Water Mill Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:59:52 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16663 [...] As for our car, the sweet lady of the hotel let us take her parking spot and scratched off the appropriate date on a permit for me to put on the dash of our Fiat. [...] [...] As for our car, the sweet lady of the hotel let us take her parking spot and scratched off the appropriate date on a permit for me to put on the dash of our Fiat. [...]

]]> By: *e http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16615 *e Fri, 28 Sep 2007 10:12:05 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16615 @Al Bolin: I have never driven in Taiwan but I would say they seem about on par with each other!! @Al Bolin: I have never driven in Taiwan but I would say they seem about on par with each other!!

]]> By: e*star LA » Blog Archive » Pompeii Might Not Have Had Trash In The Streets http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16613 e*star LA » Blog Archive » Pompeii Might Not Have Had Trash In The Streets Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:38:45 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16613 [...] next morning we set out and grabbed our rental car. After we made it out of Naples, we decided on Pompeii over the Mt. Vesuvius hike or Herculaneum. [...] [...] next morning we set out and grabbed our rental car. After we made it out of Naples, we decided on Pompeii over the Mt. Vesuvius hike or Herculaneum. [...]

]]> By: Al Bolin http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16608 Al Bolin Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:41:19 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16608 Never been to non-London Europe. Is driving scarier there or in Taiwan? Never been to non-London Europe. Is driving scarier there or in Taiwan?

]]> By: *e http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16605 *e Thu, 27 Sep 2007 01:19:42 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16605 @codemunky: I think I'd rather experiment w/the e-brake in a parking lot rather than an Amalfi Coast hairpin! @big league: Know the casting director? Kidding! @Capell is swell: Capiche on the smaller, efficient cars. With the sheer quantity of people, it's not as if it helps the air quality but just think how much worse it would be without! @lexybeast: Indeed. These guys are crazy!! I've always wanted to try a TDI (they have tons here--diesel VWs...it's awesome). @codemunky: I think I’d rather experiment w/the e-brake in a parking lot rather than an Amalfi Coast hairpin!

@big league: Know the casting director? Kidding!

@Capell is swell: Capiche on the smaller, efficient cars. With the sheer quantity of people, it’s not as if it helps the air quality but just think how much worse it would be without!

@lexybeast: Indeed. These guys are crazy!! I’ve always wanted to try a TDI (they have tons here–diesel VWs…it’s awesome).

]]> By: Lexybeast http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16602 Lexybeast Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:43:33 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16602 My dad has said something like 'The British drive on the left side of the road, the Germans drive on the right side of the road, and the French drive in the middle of the road.' Sounds like the Italians drive like the French. =) When I went with my parents to England last year, we rented a little VW Jetta, but it was diesel. That tiny contraption made noises like an old school bus... it was sweet. My dad has said something like ‘The British drive on the left side of the road, the Germans drive on the right side of the road, and the French drive in the middle of the road.’ Sounds like the Italians drive like the French. =)

When I went with my parents to England last year, we rented a little VW Jetta, but it was diesel. That tiny contraption made noises like an old school bus… it was sweet.

]]> By: Capell is swell http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16601 Capell is swell Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:23:20 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16601 The cars were one thing I appreciated about Europe. I've been slow about posting my journal entries, but Ioved the seeing the smaller efficient cars. And you are right on about the roundabouts! The cars were one thing I appreciated about Europe. I’ve been slow about posting my journal entries, but Ioved the seeing the smaller efficient cars. And you are right on about the roundabouts!

]]> By: big league http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/comment-page-1/#comment-16592 big league Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:29:50 +0000 http://www.estarla.com/2007/09/25/the-amalfi-coast-was-toast/#comment-16592 awesome! you should be in the next Fast & Furious movie. Fastismo y Furiousismo! awesome! you should be in the next Fast & Furious movie.

Fastismo y Furiousismo!

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