Have you ever been in Italy? where?

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I spent some time touring the north of Italy, from Torino, down to San Remo, along the coast to Pisa, then to Firenze, down to Roma, back up the coast to Firenze, along to Bologna, down to Rimini, a quick stay in San Marino, up to Venezia, along to Milano, and back to Torino. I have skied in Sestriere and Maddona di Campligio, and been to the Imola and Monza Grand Prix, so I know it fairly well.

Oh and I have watched AC Milan v Inter Milan at the san serio stadium.

Oh and I have been in hospital in Sestriere, Mestre and Firenze with a dislocated shoulder. I first dislocated it skiing in Sestriere, it fell out in Mestre when i was showing David Beckham how to take penalities, and a bouncher kindly twisted it out, when escorting me from a night club in Firenze.

I also visit Mestre quite a lot, to visit a photographer friend you lets me use his studio.

It is a much more people friendly country than the UK and US, and most of the Italians are friendly and helpfull even though I 'non parla benne Italiano'.

Italians take great pride in their appereance, and seem fun loving and to enjoy life. They same very laid back, except when they are behind the steering wheel of a car, or at a football match, when they are very passionate or mad.

Unfortunatley the salaries are s**t, or I would be there right now.

federica

I'm Italian and I think we are less corrupt by the progress than other countries.
We are a country of poets, inventors, artists and navigators ( like a famous song says ) but not only this.
We are great although our abilities are not exploited and although the government give us too few opportunities to have the job we have studied for.
Anyway I love us :-)

Redhead27, every country has its problems, specially in this period. So, let's try to collaborate more and to understand each other, not to accuse, and all together we'll overcome this big crisis.

Bye
xxx

Bzplz

Sicilia- from Palermo to Catania and all in between
Roma
Amalfi Coast-Positano, Amalfi, Sorrento, etc... (including Ischia,Capri)

Southern Italy is peaceful (at least where I lived)...the city is hectic, but I didn't mind it. The Italians were nice...Loved to go out to disco's, pubs, liked walking around the centro socializing...I liked it.

Main fault? When you have to pay the "attendant" to park...I hated that. You could park "illegally" and pay the "attendant" and NOT get a ticket...but park LEGALLY and should your parking stub expire- you get a ticket...interesting...ahhah..

Last spring we went to:

Lake Como
Florence,
Rome,
Venice

LOVED every place. As Canadians in our early 20s, who didn't speak Italian, we found that Italians were kind of rude to us, especially in the restaurants. We felt bad that we didn't know the language, and can imagine that that would be annoying to Italians.

mareeclara

Yes
Verona
Venice
Sienna
Montepulciano
Rome
Pompeii
Florence
Pisa
Lucca
Bologna
Trieste

Main Fault???? Food is great, people are nice, hmmmmmm Naples did not look like the nicest city when I went thru it and I hear the south is a bit "dirty"in places.

Alyssa H

Haha I have been to Italy many times! Trust me you will truely fall in love with it the moment you arrive. A flaw that it does have is its not quite as clean as say Switzerland or Germany. But it is so beautiful. I practically love over there and actually am heading over there this summer.
I have been to, Venice, Rome, Florence, Lake Como, Serento, Sienna, Naples, Piza. Many more that i dont remember.
The people are also so friendly and warm. Food is excellent! Sure beats American by a long shot.

redhead27

yes... rome & venice... probably going to sicily later this year.

i married an italian, a sicilian to be specific. I know alot of Italians, some from the north and most are from Rome in this country, though more and more are coming from Naples.

Italians are prideful, they are passionate and happy people for the most part. Some are stuck in old traditional values, some are not and are more adapt to the times. Meaning, some are still very machismo so to say and some understand this country is all about equality... some are racist also, but there are those that aren't as well.

their main fault... hmmm... I'd have to say too much pride in their country, when to be honest... their country isn't that great, otherwise there wouldn't be so many of them immigrating to the US. Honestly, Italy may be beautiful but they have a lot of problems politically (corruption), economically (poor), and socially (racist against the gypsies) .... so where all this pride comes from... not really sure.

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