Day Three and four — small things and larger ones in Italy

Small things

- bread is not served with butter
– salad is served at the end of the meal, only with oil and vinegar and sea salt
– coffee is 1 euro inside the coffee shop, 5 euros if you sit outside at a table
– salami, cheese, and dessert are served at break­fast along with yoghurt, cereal, and fresh fruit
– bottled water with gas or no gas

Bigger things

– in Rome cars, buses and motor­cy­cles turn two lanes into five
– centre lines and zebras (cross­walk lines) are only sugges­tions
– hotels may supply towels and half shower doors, but no face cloths.
– limon­cello and grappa over gelato

 

Even bigger things

- air condi­tion­ing and heat are regulated and are turned on and off at prede­ter­mined times.
– many ATMs do not display messages in English and if your card is not recog­nized, you have less than 30 seconds to remove it of it will be sucked back in and lost forever.
–high-speed Inter­net is something you install yourself

 

Huge things

- a toy store window displays toy soldiers with swaztikas and other Nazi garb
– a wine store displays a brand of wine with labels bearing the likenesses of Hitler, Mussolini, and Che Guevera in the window
– The Vatican owns 67% of the western world’s art. The Vatican museum is over 4 miles long and has much of it’s collec­tion is stored in it’s archives.
– St. Peter’s