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2 weeks in total,
Rome for a couple of days, 2 days near Castelnuovo Berardenga (near Sienna), couple of days in Lucca (easter week-end) and back in Rome for a few days.
We have a car (maybe not the best thing moneywise) and will do day trips and get lost in the country side.
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Nice area, especially Lucca and Siena. Good idea to get a car since in those areas transportation is lacking, especially now with COVID - also a large part of the beauty is in the countryside, far from major trasport hubs.
Just be aware that the Tuscany countryside can be a bit difficult to drive in, as many roads are narrow, bad, winding and steep so you need to pay extra attention. In Rome I'd advise you to park in a exchange hub and move with public transportation because roman drivers and roads are something indescribable (if you ever drove in India you'll find many similarities). Also the centre of Rome is "easily" walkable.
Have a nice stay!
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OriginalGriff wrote: Then a pack of cyclists racing the wrong way down a one-way street
I can vouch for them: up until I was in Middle School (early 2000s) we were taught to ride bicycles on the opposite way "to be aware of the incoming traffic". Then in 2003 (IIRC) the Road Laws changed and it became strictly forbidden, but by now most people of my age and above have the wrong way stuck in mind.
A long time ago roundabouts were stupidly to be taken clockwise, there still are accidents when elderly people who don't drive much take them in the effing wrong way.
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I don't know about Rome but I have done some driving in the north of Italy and I thought that it was worse than here in Belgium.
Were it was really crazy was Torino. The guys I needed to visit there told me it is because there is a really high percentage of people from the south of Italy ( Napoli and thereabouts ) living there to work in the local FIAT factories so maybe it is true that the further south in Italy traffic gets worse. 
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We're renting the car to escape Rome as soon as we have the car; I don't intend to drive there.
My friend will be the copilot with the GPS in her hand to help me navigate out of the city as quickly as possible.
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Good idea. Then I will offer a couple of tips more regarding renting: do not rent overly large or uncommon cars and check that the plate is the standard EU one. Possibly choose an EU car brand with common models (in Italy any FCA car is ok, most Renaults and VW).
That is because there are a lot of specialized thieves that specifically target rental cars - a couple that has a Youtube vlog and moved here had 2 rental cars stolen in a week. Here's a link to their video on that specific issue https://youtu.be/MveWqUncXUQ
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Funny, I don't find Italy especially bad to drive in. Southern France is worse IMHO.
Maybe it is because I've grown up on the Swedish countryside, where the dirt roads might not be winding and steep, but they are indeed narrow and bad.
And you might meet an occasional rally driver wannabe.
We're going to Italy as well this summer, we rented a house outside Assisi. Been to Tuscany several times already, time to check out Umbria.
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Rome has terrible roads and drivers. Also I'm used to Northern Italy roads 
But yes it's not that bad, yet I heard many people from abroad being caught by surprise.
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Haven't been to Rome, but we might do that this time. But we'll be taking the train just in case.
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On the way between Castelnuovo Berardenga and Lucca you have San Gimignano.
It's a tourist trap, but still worth a visit.
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It's a nice tourist "trap", been there twice.
we also stopped for lunch at San Miniato.
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I'm also an experienced (pre-COVID) air traveler. The wife and I recently flew domestically (US) for the first time in 3 years. Total PITA...
* Airports were super busy.
* United Airlines'  "new" pre-check baggage drop-off system is seriously broken.
* Aforementioned airline's employees are inefficient and often rude.
* TSA is even more screwed up and inconsistent than they used to be.
* Due to the ridiculous baggage charges most people try to only "carry-on". If airlines merely enforced their own written rules 1/2 of the carry-on bags would be checked and boarding could proceed easily.
* Idiot passengers need to keep their mouths shut when flight attendants are dealing with other idiot passengers who don't wear their masks correctly.
* The drink service onboard seems even slower than I recall... 
Thankfully my ANC ear buds worked very well!
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Travel - what be this travel thing you talk about. Got back from Singapore a year before COVID and have not left Queensland since. Not sure I would do an OS trip these days, I dread getting stuck in an obscure part of the world.
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Should have come to Netherlands. It is way easy here.
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Hi all,
Using W11 here.
Working with a laptop plugged to a dock station with 2 external displays.
I am super used to use the keyboard to do lots of things, including opening the windows menu. ^^¡ (not a super shortcut I know).
But when I press the Windows key the menu opens in my laptop display.
I know I can change the main display to be one of the external ones, but... then icons also move to that display.
Do you know of any way to be able to open the Windows menu in the external display of my choice without having all the icons moved there?
Thank you all!
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You can't - the taskbar is where it appears, and that always shows up on your main display.
About the closest you can get is to have a taskbar on very monitor ("Taskbar settings"..."Taskbar behaviors"..."Show my taskbar on all displays") and then you get a start button on them all which opens it "locally" rather than on the main display.
And no, you aren't the only one complaining about this ... 
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They could just open the menu in the display the mouse is or just being able to define which display the menu opens...
But... patience...
Thanks for your answer...
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Ditto here with three monitors, Win11 and a dock station. My issue somewhat different in that I got a new tv/monitor, quad def. If I have only two monitors in use, I can get it to display 3840x2160. But then I activate that third monitor and it reverts to 1920x1080.
Once I got all three monitors in UHD so I know it is possible, but it only happened that one time.
If anyone has any thoughts on this...?
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I'm still used to 640 x 480, so all else is gravy.
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Check the specs on the video card in your laptop. It may simply not be 'strong' enough to handle high resolution on 3 monitors.
Good Luck!
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Ah, I have had this exact problem.
Check your system, does it have 1 or 2 video cards?
Are both still active?
Turns out, mine had 2, and I had to use specific Ports to use both video cards!!!
Changing the ports once time, forced me into a similar situation, and it took a while
to get it worked out.
Then there was the fact that windows "remembered" the downgraded resolution, and I had to
go through it at the Monitor Level to get it back.
4k Monitors are nice. I now have a 50 inch on the desk, replacing 4 regular monitors. NICE!
Just wish I had room for 2, LOL
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Hm... isn't it better to have more physical displays to be able to arrange windows easier?
It's a genuine question... years ago I went from 1 display to 2 and it was a real productivity improvement, now I have 3 (including the main laptop display) and it is even better... going back to 1 display... even it's big enough... Don't know if I could get used to it again.
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Hmm... Keep in mind a 4k Monitor = 2 x 2 @ 1920x1080 (Which I used to have)
My monitor is 3840x2160... I have software that aids in Quartering the windows. (So Win+Home/End/PgUp/PgDn puts window in TL,BL,TR,BR corners)
I have ZERO Bezel gap. I Can maximize my code window (and often Do). I have ZERO borders/lines on my screen.
Also, I OFTEN do 1/2 screens (Left & Right)... It's visually PERFECT.
And with Multi-Desktop Mode, it blows your mind. It's very "seamless" by definition.
And I am never fighting with Monitor Arms.
I will say there becomes a point of diminishing returns. If I used an 80" monitor for this, I'd have the neck of a Super Hero from all of the movements...
And even if I did 60 inch, I would seriously start looking at curved screens!
And FWIW, I find it cheaper than 4 Monitors. Although I feel the TV that I am using won't last as long as my monitors normally do... It does a GREAT JOB as a TV as well, but I only watch stuff ONLINE anyways.
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