Italy

The farmer and I returned home from our annual vacation this week.  We spent nine days in Italy and I totally fell in love with the country, the food, the wine, the whole Italian experience.  Since I'm an unapologetic list-maker, here is my list of reasons to return to Italy some day:

Pasta.  Need I say more?

Venice is the most fascinating city in the world.  No cars.  Everything is done via the canals.  Even the ambulances are boats.

The churches in Italy are huge, filled with priceless art, overwhelming and totally magnificent.  I managed to drag the farmer into about 20 churches during our vacation.  St. Peter's in Rome would take days to thoroughly explore.  We spent a half-day there.

I love the piazzas.  It's so much fun to people-watch in the piazzas.  The locals, the tourists, they all pass through the piazzas and you can find people in them at almost any hour.

I love to listen to the Italians speak.  The Romance languages are, well, so romantic.

Vino.  We weren't even in Tuscany, but the wines were delicious.

It's really mind-boggling to realize that you're walking on cobblestone streets and walkways where the Caesars and the saints walked.  Such history in Italy!

Since we only spent time in Rome and Venice, I'd love to return and see Naples, Sicily, Pisa, the Amalfi Coast and many other wonderful spots that we missed.

Comments

[danifesto]

A-maz-ing!
I love lists! I love old churches! Vino=GOOD! Pasta=GOOD! I definately need to get to this country before it goes the way of Iceland and Latvia. By all accounts, it will happen pretty soon.

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