Italianisms

So I have picked up on a few things since being in Italy...

1. Italians seem to be obsessed with naked people and naked body parts. I would venture that 90% of the art we have seen in this country is of nude or partially nude people. (A little too much nakedness for my tastes, but who am I to judge.)

2. Florence is a little like Mexico. Lots of pushcarts selling leather goods, lots of haggling! (A lot of fun for Matt.)

3. Fresh fruit is quite the luxury, and apparantly only to be consumed on special occasions. For breakfast this morning all I really wanted was some fresh fruit...much to my despise I discovered that a (small) cup of fruit is 6 euros! (For 6 euros you could instead get an entire cheese pizza, 1.5 bottles of wine, 6 chocolate croissants, or 2 prosciutto and mozzarella panninis. geez, where do these people get their antioxidants!?)

4. Mopeds and Motorcycles are the coolest. The ratio of motorcycles:cars is probably 3:1.

I am sure I am forgeting to mention a whole host of other peculiarities, but thats all for now!

-Carlyn