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“is still only an echo of the original”, and the FWVGA remains
committed to bringing it as close as they can to its former 1930’s
Glory. BRAVO, FWVGA.
I was itching to get down to the gardens (mostly out of sight
downhill) and to start taking pictures, so honestly, I zoned out
at times. I must admit something here. We’ve Traveled the World,
mostly on our own but sometimes with groups/guides. In my
experience guides—and particularity “local” guides—are pretty
much compelled to barrage you—in excruciating detail—every
possible fact and figure in their brains concerning what is, for them,
their home court: the phrase “TMI”—Too Much Information—at
times becomes quickly, at least to me, very relevant.
A couple of examples come to mind: the guy on the Altiplano
in Bolivia who spent (it seemed) about two hours talking about
a (small-ish) rock! Mari, our wonderful guide in Turkey, going
stone by stone for miles in Ephesus, one of the most famous ruins
on the planet. I got cross-eyed after about the 3,000th stone.
And, on our recent trip to Bulgaria, Serbia, and Romania,
hearing each region’s history from the Dawn of Civilization to
The Kicking Out of the Communists, seemingly minute-by minute,