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Firstly let me say straight up that you seem to be intending to cover a huge distance in a short amount of time and I fear that you're going to spend most of your time worthlessly in transit. Being there, getting the photo to prove it and moving on isn’t my idea of seeing a city. I'm only going to comment on the parts of your itinery that I've experienced personally. Florence is an amazing city - in fact my most favourite city in the world. While you mentioned that you're not especially keen on museums you simply must see the Ufizzi (some of the worlds greatest painting masters ) and allow an entire day for it ( go early - there is always a queue) Also the Acedemia , Ponte Vecchio (by night) and Duomo. There are gorgeous pallazzos and churches in the most unlikely places to see, markets near the railway station. To spend less than two days in one of the most gorgeous cities in the world is madness. Trust me, you could spend the entire week there with no problems. Take the time to wander pointlessly through the streets and discover Florence for yourself. My experience of Pisa, is that the leaning tower is what brings the tourists in but the attached cathedral is far more awe inspiring. Maybe an entire morning? Do go through the burial yard next door also – The murals depicting hell and heavan make you understand how the clergy had such amazing power in those days. The lawns around the cathedral are perfect for a lazy picnic also so consider that also. Venice, again needs to be wandered through aimlessly. Nothing makes a new city more enjoyable than being familiar enough with it to actually know where things are – whether it be a gelateri for after dinner desert or the jewellery shop you saw a gorgeous must -have in. Basilica di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, the Rialto ( markets here too) are all must see. While your appeal was for a structured itinerty plan, I really must heartily discourage this type of travel. Can I suggest that you invest in “The Lonely Planet guide to Italy” do some background reading prior to your trip and find the things that interest your group personally and allow lots of flexibility in your plans to stay and enjoy unexpected things. To me trying to squeeze so much into one week suggests that you’re not expecting to have the chance to visit these places again. So use the time you do have enjoying it rather than trying to keep to a schedule. Happy and Safe travels
@lisetta Thank you for your detailed comment. Your response is precisely the reason why I put the HIT in AWT. Lonely planet and web surfing will not get this type of insight for my specific travel, which only a human can give. I will gladly accept your submission on AWT.
I need to ensure that you are the person claiming the submission.Please publish your worker ID as a comment in this Blog, and and I will recreate the HIT. Upon submission at AWT, and a match of worker ID's I will release the payment.
Hi Paul Glad to have been a help. Sorry about the muddle - I'm new at this and still finding my way. I think my worker ID is Lissetta Grant. Thanks for your kind works. Cheers
@lissetta I saw a HIT submission with your text, I gave a small bonus, but I do not see a post from you as instructed, and hence assume that it was not your submission. The HIT is available now; please go ahead and submit and I will issue the payment as a bonus.
@Jane. Thank you for the research that you have done. In your post you have mainly 3 acquisition against me. 1)You were not able to submit the HIT since the time expired. 2)I am cheap. 3)I intentionally keep the assignment time low to waste your time.
Let me address each of these concerns. 1) Please find the HIT again by searching with the keyword "travel". You will find the HIT, which you can submit. 2) The average time that workers took to submit a HIT was 5 minutes. While the hourly pay is not great, this is comparable to or better than other HIT at AWT. 3) My experience is that some workers accept HITs and do not submit, and do not return the HIT. This makes my HITs blocked and not available to honest workers such as you. I try to minimize this by reducing the time for a HIT, which is still reasonable. If the HIT expired, you just had to go back to find it to submit your work.
Firstly let me say straight up that you seem to be intending to cover a huge distance in a short amount of time and I fear that you're going to spend most of your time worthlessly in transit. Being there, getting the photo to prove it and moving on isn’t my idea of seeing a city. I'm only going to comment on the parts of your itinery that I've experienced personally.
ReplyDeleteFlorence is an amazing city - in fact my most favourite city in the world. While you mentioned that you're not especially keen on museums you simply must see the Ufizzi (some of the worlds greatest painting masters ) and allow an entire day for it ( go early - there is always a queue) Also the Acedemia , Ponte Vecchio (by night) and Duomo. There are gorgeous pallazzos and churches in the most unlikely places to see, markets near the railway station. To spend less than two days in one of the most gorgeous cities in the world is madness. Trust me, you could spend the entire week there with no problems. Take the time to wander pointlessly through the streets and discover Florence for yourself.
My experience of Pisa, is that the leaning tower is what brings the tourists in but the attached cathedral is far more awe inspiring. Maybe an entire morning? Do go through the burial yard next door also – The murals depicting hell and heavan make you understand how the clergy had such amazing power in those days. The lawns around the cathedral are perfect for a lazy picnic also so consider that also.
Venice, again needs to be wandered through aimlessly. Nothing makes a new city more enjoyable than being familiar enough with it to actually know where things are – whether it be a gelateri for after dinner desert or the jewellery shop you saw a gorgeous must -have in. Basilica di San Marco, Piazza San Marco, the Rialto ( markets here too) are all must see.
While your appeal was for a structured itinerty plan, I really must heartily discourage this type of travel. Can I suggest that you invest in “The Lonely Planet guide to Italy” do some background reading prior to your trip and find the things that interest your group personally and allow lots of flexibility in your plans to stay and enjoy unexpected things.
To me trying to squeeze so much into one week suggests that you’re not expecting to have the chance to visit these places again. So use the time you do have enjoying it rather than trying to keep to a schedule.
Happy and Safe travels
@lisetta Thank you for your detailed comment. Your response is precisely the reason why I put the HIT in AWT. Lonely planet and web surfing will not get this type of insight for my specific travel, which only a human can give. I will gladly accept your submission on AWT.
ReplyDeleteI need to ensure that you are the person claiming the submission.Please publish your worker ID as a comment in this Blog, and and I will recreate the HIT. Upon submission at AWT, and a match of worker ID's I will release the payment.
Hi Paul Glad to have been a help. Sorry about the muddle - I'm new at this and still finding my way. I think my worker ID is Lissetta Grant. Thanks for your kind works. Cheers
ReplyDeleteI did 15 minutes of research and found a great place for you and your family.
ReplyDeleteAwesome place 100 euros, two rooms, and can be had for less.
When I went to submit the hit the time expired. So not only are you cheap, you're dirty.
@lissetta I saw a HIT submission with your text, I gave a small bonus, but I do not see a post from you as instructed, and hence assume that it was not your submission. The HIT is available now; please go ahead and submit and I will issue the payment as a bonus.
ReplyDelete@Jane. Thank you for the research that you have done. In your post you have mainly 3 acquisition against me.
ReplyDelete1)You were not able to submit the HIT since the time expired.
2)I am cheap.
3)I intentionally keep the assignment time low to waste your time.
Let me address each of these concerns.
1) Please find the HIT again by searching with the keyword "travel". You will find the HIT, which you can submit.
2) The average time that workers took to submit a HIT was 5 minutes. While the hourly pay is not great, this is comparable to or better than other HIT at AWT.
3) My experience is that some workers accept HITs and do not submit, and do not return the HIT. This makes my HITs blocked and not available to honest workers such as you. I try to minimize this by reducing the time for a HIT, which is still reasonable. If the HIT expired, you just had to go back to find it to submit your work.
Argh, just posted a hit - but disregard it - I misread the hostelworld coupon, sorry! But have a fantastic holiday!
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