Comments on: Porta Portese http://www.italiannotebook.com/events/porta-portese/ The Free, Brief, Daily email from Italy read by (tens of) thousands worldwide! Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:06:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stanley Crabb http://www.italiannotebook.com/events/porta-portese/#comment-1311 Stanley Crabb Fri, 21 Aug 2009 23:12:53 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4109#comment-1311 ...Been there, done that. It is a very fascinating place on Sunday morning. I wonder if it is still a place of danger for snatch-thieves. We were hit once by one of those. Be forewarned: do not do as foreigners often do, and that is take out a whole "wad" of money and peel off a couple of Euros to pay for whatever...and then put the "wad" back in your pocket. You are thereby "asking for it." Still a great place for bargains and just plain "watching" everybody else. A friend looked down at a pile of junk on a sheet on the street; he asked how much they wanted for a piece of junk, and they said ...? "Ten Thousand Lire" ($1.60 cents back then). He took it home, cleaned it up, and it was a solid silver plate with a little dent. He and his wife used to serve meat on that plate! …Been there, done that. It is a very fascinating place on Sunday morning. I wonder if it is still a place of danger for snatch-thieves. We were hit once by one of those. Be forewarned: do not do as foreigners often do, and that is take out a whole “wad” of money and peel off a couple of Euros to pay for whatever…and then put the “wad” back in your pocket. You are thereby “asking for it.” Still a great place for bargains and just plain “watching” everybody else. A friend looked down at a pile of junk on a sheet on the street; he asked how much they wanted for a piece of junk, and they said …? “Ten Thousand Lire” ($1.60 cents back then). He took it home, cleaned it up, and it was a solid silver plate with a little dent. He and his wife used to serve meat on that plate!

]]> By: Charles M. Luther http://www.italiannotebook.com/events/porta-portese/#comment-1146 Charles M. Luther Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:41:26 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4109#comment-1146 And the Porta Portese market is probably the best place in several continents to be robbed, cheated, conned, flim-flammed, and lied to. I have been there twice in probably 55 years of going to Roma and I will never go there again. I have NOT been robbed there because I was paying attention and am not normally so gullible. You should have mentioned that visitors need to be very, very careful and take nothing of value on their person. Also, I heard more outright lies than you hear in Congress on an average day. And the Porta Portese market is probably the best place in several continents to be robbed, cheated, conned, flim-flammed, and lied to. I have been there twice in probably 55 years of going to Roma and I will never go there again. I have NOT been robbed there because I was paying attention and am not normally so gullible. You should have mentioned that visitors need to be very, very careful and take nothing of value on their person. Also, I heard more outright lies than you hear in Congress on an average day.

]]> By: Monica Pileggi http://www.italiannotebook.com/events/porta-portese/#comment-1145 Monica Pileggi Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:47:40 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4109#comment-1145 Great to know; however I'll miss seeing this market, as my time in Rome this November will be for a few days. I arrive on a Monday and depart Thursday a.m. Any suggestions for me to visit another market on Tuesday or Wednesday of my visit? Great to know; however I’ll miss seeing this market, as my time in Rome this November will be for a few days. I arrive on a Monday and depart Thursday a.m.

Any suggestions for me to visit another market on Tuesday or Wednesday of my visit?

]]> By: Ann Mansolillo http://www.italiannotebook.com/events/porta-portese/#comment-1144 Ann Mansolillo Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:30:18 +0000 http://www.italiannotebook.com/?p=4109#comment-1144 At last, a place we actually visited when we were in Rome! We did get some great bargains. It was our last day in Rome. If I ever return, I'll be at the flea market as soon as I can be. At last, a place we actually visited when we were in Rome! We did get some great bargains. It was our last day in Rome. If I ever return, I’ll be at the flea market as soon as I can be.

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