tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post8516838926337042477..comments2023-10-26T17:06:56.408+04:00Comments on cool travel guide: San Telmo #1: bliss in Buenos AiresLara Dunstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05568159382939703162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-16318313295564925392009-06-14T03:35:12.919+04:002009-06-14T03:35:12.919+04:00I could not agree more. When we went to Italy for ...I could not agree more. When we went to Italy for the first time my goal was to try to live like the locals. I did not want to look like a tourist. I even made my children wear brown hush puppy shoes instead of their white tennies. We ended up buying an old apartment in the village of Casperia Italy and restored it. Now we truly live like the locals. They know our names and we when we arrive in town it's like coming home. It's an amazing feeling.<br />CiaoBillhttp://www.italiancountrycooking.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1024398511254172770.post-55108007183200717342007-10-06T03:01:00.000+04:002007-10-06T03:01:00.000+04:00Since I sponsor www.living-like-locals.com I shoul...Since I sponsor www.living-like-locals.com I should have a good answer.<BR/>If you travel as a tourist, you spend your days with tourist at tourist places and never really learn what living in the city is like. When I borrowed a friend´s apartment in NYC, I did not feel like there was a big T for tourist painted on my forehead when I left the bldg. and walked onto the street.<BR/>Whereas when I walk onto the strret from a hotel, I feel like everyone else knows that I am not a local, and that I will somehow be treated differently.<BR/>It is like an animal in the forest looking for camouflage--you feel safer or better when you blend in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com