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Apr 9, 2023
6:06:12pm

oxcoug Political Junky

Rick Steves is such a funny, overrated phenomenon - dude wandered into an

empty space forty years ago and was like "oh, no one else is doing this? I guess it'll just be boring, mediocre ol' me then." And has been churning out uninteresting content ever since.

There are literally fifty people on CougarBoard whose thoughts about Italy (and other places in Europe) would be more interesting to me than Rick's. But ah well.

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Time

Trip report from Italy

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 5:53pm

This post is worthless without pics

SJS

4/9/23 5:55pm

So tell us more about the President of France and his wife

Born2Fish

4/9/23 5:57pm

In one of the museums they had the King of France's armor.

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:02pm

From Day 1 of your report:

Born2Fish

4/9/23 6:06pm

Ahh. Macaron. 🙂

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:07pm

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Buffalo

4/9/23 6:03pm

I might have left off a few gelato stops.

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:05pm

Did you make the mistake of thinking the whipping cream option was a good idea?

DiamondMo

4/9/23 6:15pm

I had it a few times. I love it.

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:21pm

I remember expecting a nice sugary mouthful of whip cream outside the Vatican

DiamondMo

4/9/23 6:57pm

There’s no such thing as too much gelato in Italy

therock

4/9/23 7:55pm

Rick Steves is such a funny, overrated phenomenon - dude wandered into an

oxcoug

4/9/23 6:06pm

Probably. We enjoyed his Uffizi gallery audio guide.

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:07pm

We "took Rick" to Italy back in 2001 on our first out of the US trip - his gift

BYUfan92

4/9/23 6:35pm

We love Rick Steve's, he's great. We met him a few years ago on one of our

j-woot

4/9/23 6:59pm

Guy might be boring, but he certainly isn’t mediocre.

valleus

4/9/23 7:29pm

I like him

Gustav

4/9/23 7:35pm

I think Rick works because he's boring enough to stick to the core of what makes Europe special. And that's what people

mokelembembe

4/10/23 7:55am

Borrr-ing! Let me know when you head to California Adventure again

Nikomedes

4/9/23 6:14pm

Thats fantastic, love Italy. The Fiat driving caught my eye - are you a US

BYUfan92

4/9/23 6:27pm

Just need a drivers license and pay for the tour.

Ted Lasso

4/9/23 6:29pm

Going to Italy next year - gotta do this. Thanks!

BYUfan92

4/9/23 6:35pm

Such a fun trip! I want to go back so badly

waveslayer

4/9/23 6:28pm

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