Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Hotel Rooms - Part 15 - Villa Pitiana, Tuscany

There was a time, when rejected job applicants were suing the referees who had been too honest about them, when referees took to damning applicants with irrelevant praise.  For instance, a referee for a would-be professor of philosophy might say that the candidate was a superb billards player, with no comments made about the hapless applicant's philosophical or academic skills.
Having said that, the Villa Pitiana, east of Florence, is in a superb location, that we would probably not have found without cheating with GPS.


Speaking of cheating, the Villa's website doesn't make any blatantly false statements, but makes many which are, with 20/20 hindsight, somewhat subjective, if not downright subject to hyperbole.  The website is a work of art, as are the many favourable evaluations of the hotel on Trip Advisor, that must have been made by people who have spent their last few vacations in North Korea. Du mouton habillé en agneau?

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