Italy was great. It's been a while since I've taken a 2 week vacation but it was just enough time to get some sightseeing in and not feel too hurried. The house we rented was in a town called Grutti in Umbria south of Tuscany.
Here are some highlights:
- Got hooked on Harry Potter series. Finished the first 2 books in 3 days. Ended up book 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Italy just so I could have something to read. Finished Deathly Hallows a week after the trip. More on my take on the Harry Potter soon.
- Thank goodness I remembered how to drive a manual transmission. Had a small Opel Punto wagon. It was a fun little car. Italians don't ever signal but they definitely respect the meaning of the fast lane and immediately move over to let a faster car pass not like us stupid Americans who think they own the lane and everyone must go around them.
- Almost each morning for breakfast, went up to the town square on top of the hill to pick up fresh bread and salami. Not sure how our friends from Holland can eat the same thing every darn morning. It was tasty the first few days but got a bit tiring towards the end.
- As expected the food was great. Had the best meals at the local town pizzeria. But after 2 weeks of Italian, definitely was ready for a change of cuisine.
- Americans are lazy. It was easy to pick us out from the group of tourists. They are the ones that put no effort in speaking Italian and expect everyone else to speak English. They think that being American gives them some undeserved privilege: "Whadaya mean you ain't got no automatic cars? Don't ya have a station wagon or a S-U-V or something?"
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