Ciao, Bella.

Italy by FAR has it going on in Europe. Sleep in, have a light breakfast, take it easy during the day. Stroll around Duomo taking in the astounding architecture, churches, non-stop shopping, have an afternoon coffee and pastry, then around 6pm, stop by Buonorotti, the area where Giuseppe Verdi once lived and composed, stroll into a café, by yourself a beer or glass of wine for about 6 euros, and help yourself to the complimentary buffet. And what a great spread; proscuitto, salami, cheeses, quiches, mini-bruschetta and so on. It is such a great environment. Don’t worry, that will hold you over until around 10pm when you can venture out for a proper dinner, since ristorante’s stay open til at least 1 or 2am (weekends & weeknights, the way it should be).

My biggest gripe, all the guys, mostly 30 and under ALL, and I mean ALL wear the same jacket. It's an olive green nylon looking jacket with a hood and the hood is lined with fur. Trendy? I think not. That jacket is the American college answer to Uggs.

Lets see what it looks like:









Quite a lovely place with equally as lovely people, but the really seem to try TOO hard. They must wake up at 6am to get ready for going out at 5pm. They'll pull it together...........someday.