Comments on: Survey Says: Top Things to Love About Italy http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/ Living and Traveling in Calabria, Italy Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:49:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: running42k http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5167 running42k Mon, 30 Mar 2009 17:11:49 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5167 AC Milan.   <strong><em>AC who?</em></strong>   <abbr><em>running42k’s last blog post..<a href="http://running42k.blogspot.com/2009/03/benefits-of-insomina.html" rel="nofollow">Benefits of insomina</a></em></abbr> AC Milan.
 
AC who?
 
running42k’s last blog post..Benefits of insomina

]]> By: J.Doe http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5166 J.Doe Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:50:41 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5166 I love that fresh mozzarella and good cheese is so cheap, but I'm sure someone mentioned the food. I love the fact that you can walk into any old bar for lunch and have a good plate of pssta for about 5 euros. Also the pretty scenery.... Anyway I left my expat life in Italy so if you had a list of things that you don't like about Italy I could write tons. I'm happy I went there and lived there but am happier I left, but for a vacation I'll have to say that Italy is great (now that I know some Italian and a little how Italy works and hopefully wouldn't get scammed or ripped off by taxi drivers, restauranteers..the list goes on of those who take advantage of 1 time visiting tourists)   <strong><em>Yikes, I hear you. There is such a drastic difference from living in and visiting Italy. I hear you. I am glad you are happy about the experiences you had, though.</em></strong>   I love that fresh mozzarella and good cheese is so cheap, but I’m sure someone mentioned the food.
I love the fact that you can walk into any old bar for lunch and have a good plate of pssta for about 5 euros.
Also the pretty scenery….

Anyway I left my expat life in Italy so if you had a list of things that you don’t like about Italy I could write tons. I’m happy I went there and lived there but am happier I left, but for a vacation I’ll have to say that Italy is great (now that I know some Italian and a little how Italy works and hopefully wouldn’t get scammed or ripped off by taxi drivers, restauranteers..the list goes on of those who take advantage of 1 time visiting tourists)
 
Yikes, I hear you. There is such a drastic difference from living in and visiting Italy. I hear you. I am glad you are happy about the experiences you had, though.
 

]]> By: Jennifer Rafferty http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5165 Jennifer Rafferty Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:28:22 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5165 Affection...My Italian relatives in Sicily had only met me for the first time and they were far more affectionate and close with me than my other relatives in the United States. One's personal space is a lot smaller in Italy (and other Mediterranean countries), and people are physically closer, without it having all the implications that physical proximity seems to have in this country (USA). And of course, as a result, PDA is more common. I love to watch young couples holding hands and smooching in the parks. PDA is one of the first things I notice as soon as I get off the plane in a medditeranean country. It warms me inside and makes me feel more human when I see it.   <strong><em>Oh yea, PDA is definitely more out in the open here than in the US ... but less, I think than in Paris!</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Jennifer Rafferty’s last blog post..<a href="http://carmeloorlando.blogspot.com/2009/03/calabria-simu-o-no-calabrisi.html" rel="nofollow">Calabria-Simu o No Calabrisi?</a></em></abbr> Affection…My Italian relatives in Sicily had only met me for the first time and they were far more affectionate and close with me than my other relatives in the United States. One’s personal space is a lot smaller in Italy (and other Mediterranean countries), and people are physically closer, without it having all the implications that physical proximity seems to have in this country (USA). And of course, as a result, PDA is more common. I love to watch young couples holding hands and smooching in the parks. PDA is one of the first things I notice as soon as I get off the plane in a medditeranean country. It warms me inside and makes me feel more human when I see it.
 
Oh yea, PDA is definitely more out in the open here than in the US … but less, I think than in Paris!
 
Jennifer Rafferty’s last blog post..Calabria-Simu o No Calabrisi?

]]> By: Ciaochowlinda http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5164 Ciaochowlinda Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:11:32 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5164 Did anyone on the survey mention the GELATO? That alone is worth the fare to Italy.   <strong><em>You know, I threw that in with "food," but that was a definite oversight on my part! lol</em></strong>   <abbr><em>Ciaochowlinda’s last blog post..<a href="http://ciaochowlinda.blogspot.com/2009/03/candied-orange-peel.html" rel="nofollow">Candied Orange Peel</a></em></abbr> Did anyone on the survey mention the GELATO? That alone is worth the fare to Italy.
 
You know, I threw that in with “food,” but that was a definite oversight on my part! lol
 
Ciaochowlinda’s last blog post..Candied Orange Peel

]]> By: My Melange http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5163 My Melange Mon, 30 Mar 2009 11:34:57 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5163 Funny stuff, C. I'd agree with *everything*- until I lived there and had to deal with the post office!   <strong><em>Ha. You have heard correctly, Robin.</em></strong>   <abbr><em>My Melange’s last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/MyMelange/~3/Vhs6a2--LrA/sfogliatelleoff.html" rel="nofollow">Sfogliatelle-Off</a></em></abbr> Funny stuff, C. I’d agree with *everything*- until I lived there and had to deal with the post office!
 
Ha. You have heard correctly, Robin.
 
My Melange’s last blog post..Sfogliatelle-Off

]]> By: nyc/carribbean ragazza http://my-bellavita.com/2009/03/30/survey-says-top-things-to-love-about-italy/comment-page-1/#comment-5162 nyc/carribbean ragazza Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:16:57 +0000 http://my-bellavita.com/?p=1530#comment-5162 My one year anniversary is coming up (Wednesday). This post have given me some food for thought. To pick up and completely uproot my life was kind of crazy, no? ha   <strong><em>A year already? Wow. That flew. And crazy ... well, aren't we all? :-)</em></strong>   <abbr><em>nyc/carribbean ragazza’s last blog post..<a href="http://sistergirltales.blogspot.com/2009/03/romes-auditorium-parco-della-musica.html" rel="nofollow">Rome's Auditorium Parco Della Musica a must for lovers of music and/or architecture.</a></em></abbr> My one year anniversary is coming up (Wednesday). This post have given me some food for thought. To pick up and completely uproot my life was kind of crazy, no? ha
 
A year already? Wow. That flew. And crazy … well, aren’t we all? :-)
 
nyc/carribbean ragazza’s last blog post..Rome’s Auditorium Parco Della Musica a must for lovers of music and/or architecture.

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