Two observations
First, there are a few other tourists here. We couldn't even get close to the Fontane di Trevi because of all the people. I don't think Italy has an off-season anymore. My goal now is to walk everywhere, not to take a taxi, bus or metro while I'm here. The upside, you've walked off the pasta. The downside, carbon monoxide poisoning.
Second, everyone eats gelato. And I thought pasta was the representative dish of Italy, but there are more gelaterias than there are trattorias, it seems like. They eat it anywhere, anytime, including sitting on the curb of a street. With these drivers, that seems like a foolish thing to do.
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I'm drooling over the gelato. How many flavors have you tasted?
Posted by: Janet | September 19, 2007 7:56 AM
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Posted by: Desiree | September 19, 2007 8:14 AM
Now you know why men don't watch Steel Magnolias more than once voluntarily.
Posted by: Anonymous | September 19, 2007 5:25 PM
I was in Italy a few years ago. I had just gotten my digital camera and was going through the several hundred (not a typo) pictures I had taken and I realized that I took a ton of photos of the gelaterias. They were beautiful, and plentiful.
By the time I got to Florence (about halfway through the two weeks), I was almost sick of eating gelato. But sick in a good way.
By the way, the walking is absolutely right. As much eating as I did in Italy, I didn't gain a pound because of the walking.
Posted by: Cara | September 21, 2007 5:44 PM