Hi I'm from Italy...What do you think about this country?????

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emsr2d2

Not at all! I have visited your beautiful country many times, coming to Florence/Pisa/Forte dei Marmi with my family when I was 7, then skiing in Trafoi and Livigno many times, and more recently coming to Rome every year for the tennis tournament in May.
I never ever think of the Mafia when I think of Italy.
I think of fantastic food, lovely friendly people, beautiful architecture, history.
I am very jealous of you for being able to live in such a gorgeous country.

Adrian B

beautiful people
beautiful cars
beautiful food
beautiful clothes
wonderful history
...occassionally arrogant men.

im5particus

You make grrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat cars!!

Roy

Its shaped like a boot

Maillot Jaune

The amaziing food. I love Italian food!
I also think of villages, gondolas, and MORE GREAT FOOD!

kaitietink

When I think of italy i think of a beautiful setting in a little village. I never think of the mafia when i think of ital actually

Feathery

Beautiful countryside, great art, sculpture and architecture, wonderful food and wine. And lovely women, of course!

Sunshine1601

The Mafia is probably at the bottom of the list of things that Italy brings to mind. The first things that come to my mind are food, culture, and Italian men ;) It's a beautiful country with beautiful, friendly people.

southforty1961

Love the food! Lots of beautiful people. And yes you have crooks just like any other country but thats not the first thing that comes to my mind. Chow.

Radames

Ciao Teresina, anch'io sono Italiano ma vivo negli usa. Devo dire che la maggior parte delle volte senti dire la parola "mafia" quando si riferisce all'Italia....e non e' giusto perche' la mafia e' una piccolissma parte della nostra terra.

KeS

I'm thinking of all the fantastic trips I have done there and all the nice people I have met!

I have even put up a private website where I've filled in useful stuff from my own experiences:
http://www.italyexposed.com/

LAURA

I think about lovely food like pastas,pizzas and broucettas.People riding on scooters saying ciao .The great paulo di canio for west ham.Over priced designer labels. when i think of the mafia i think more of the usa.

goreuser

i think of nice ladies there...

SOL SIREN

Ciao, sono Inglese e vivo qui in Italia da tanti anni, questo ti risponde la tua domanda. La Mafia sara sempre una problema ma io non penso piu di tanto.

chiara

hey ciao..
vedo spesso domande tipo la tua (lo confesso: anch'io volevo metterne una), ma soltanto da noi italiani..
non Ã¨ strano?
spero capiscano che lo facciamo perchÃ¨ siamo socievoli e non perchÃ¨ siamo egocentrici e vogliamo sentirci elogiare.. :-)
ciao da belluno

Java Jive

I love the males, language, food, GUCCI, and the land.

Pimpstick

I would love to visit Italy and stay a while.I love the art,architecture,landscape and if I were single, the women LOL.Italy would be one of a few countries I need to see before I die.

Florence-Anna

I love Italian food, and want to learn more about it.
I would also like to visit Italy before I am too old, to see the country, the architecture and meet the people.

As for the Mafia - that is not something I think of at all, unless someone else does, or it in the news for some reason. I you are asking, should I be concerned?

ricciuta

Ciao, anch'io sono italiana ma vivo negli Stati Uniti.. When I think of Italy I think of wonderful things!!! The sea, the fashion, the wine, and the food... the love of the people for other people, family and for the land and sea.

Other things aren't so good like the menefreghismo and the mentality of "non tocca a me!" but I think you know what I mean.

juststu777

Just love your food all that pasta

CBT Princess

I LOVE Italy - been there three times and planning a trip this summer. Venice is my favorite city. As to the Mafia, I might think of that in Sicily, but certainly not in Central or Northern Italy

shugaholic

It's my favorite country in Europe to visit. I love the food and the people are so expressive and full of life. I think of espresso, barilla pasta, pizza, pannetone, nutella, the wine, the beauty of the different regions, the history, the architecture, opera, culture. It's an amazing place.

desbo121

When Someone says Italy to me I think of food, football, history and countryside! (Not really Mafia...)

high_flyer72

i've never been to italy but my brother has and i've seen pics of it and it looks beautiful.

Baboo

Ciao! I am American, but I am living in Italy. Even before I moved here I never associated the Mafia with Italy, maybe it is because I have never seen any of the Godfathers. Plus, every country as their own sort of Mafia, they just all have different names.

As for what do I think of Italy. Complicato! I fell in love with an Italian guy... and moved over here. I had been to Italy about 4 times on vacation and I LOVED it. I loved Italy and the atmosphere and the people and the food... but once I moved here it was very different. I still love the food and the people i know here, but I find it to be an extremely racist country. I never knew this before I came here. Everyone treats me like garbage because they think I'm Chinese and everyone refuses to help me . Then they find out I am American and they change completely, they become kinder and more helpful. It like I have to go around with my passport taped to my shirt, which isn't fair. Why should where I was born change the way they see me. Then there are so many people who are always yelling things that they think sound like Chinese at me and make those squinty eyes where they pull at their eyes and ask me if I can see properly. All that aside, it has been tough trying to deal with the Questura and any other office that makes me wait for 4 hours and then yells at me saying that the Chinese never listen. My bf says that it is just because Italians aren't politically correct. ha. I guess not. I am getting more used to it now and it really reminds me of my childhood, so I am a little torn on what I think about your country. It is beautiful, the food is wonderful, once you know people well they are extremely kind and generous.. but it is impossible making friends in Tuscany, nobody wants to be your friend. Plus the language is gorgeous even when people are making fun of me or yelling things like Â°Cinese di merdaÂ° at me, still beautiful and melodic. But I guess I am little surprised.. I did not expect it to be.. this way :)

â„“Î±dyâ™¥_â™¥

Ciao..io sono italiana..mi vedi sull'anserws di lÃ infatti..ma ti rispondo ugualmente..l'Italia, come tutti gli altri paesi del mondo, ha i suoi difetti, in questo caso uno rilevante e notevole come la mafia, ma ha anche tantissimi pregi e noi italiani lo sappiamo bene, no?
Baci e w l'Italia ;-)

raffy

we compaesana forza napoli!!!

F'Lar

Hi. I've just got back from the Aosta Valley (I'm a coach driver and a registered Interski Alliance driver so I'm out there a lot). The country and people are FANTASTIC. The food is Wonderful and I can't wait to get back there next Saturday. You're country is one of the best that I visit regularly. Keep up with treating the visitors with your normal hospitality and I and my colleagues have no complaints.

Our Man In Bananas

I love your country, I've backpacked my way by train through most of it...

Just look at the wonderful history in cities like Rome, Napoli, Siena, (Firenze) Florence, Verona, Assizi, and Venezia.

Not to mention the fantastic food in places like Bologne,

and the wonderful scenery at Cinque Terre and the Almafi Coast...

Then there's the art... ah Michelangelo...Leonardo...Botocelli...

Yes, I love it....

Bridget L

It would be very difficult to accurately sum up an ENTIRE country -- just as no one can really accurately sum up America. When you travel from the west coast to the east coast in America you come across ALL KINDS of people and have many different experiences. You cannot generalize people.

I have lived in Sardegna for 5 years. I am now living in the Naples area. I am enjoying everything I can about this country and Europe in general. I have found Sardegna to be very different from where I live now. Italy, like every other country, has its good points and its bad points. I try to focus on the good. I LOVE THE AVAILABILITY OF GOOD, INEXPENSIVE WINE!

MILANISTA

haha.. buona domanda ;)

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