I am a bit nosey and often listen in to conversations on buses, trains, in restaurants, on the street…….wherever.
Here are a few things I have heard in lovely Italy.
I was on the train from Lucca to Florence, about a 90 minute trip, when I overheard a conversation between 2 women.
The first one said “You know, I have a friend who lives in London, and she can take from London to Florence in an hour.”
The second one said, “I think it would take a little longer, an hour and a half.”
The first one replied, “No, it takes an hour, it is a special train.”
For more on fabulous Florence click here.
Lucca is surrounded by a magnificent wall which is around 500 years old. The layout of the town inside the walls, and many of the buildings, remain unchanged for centuries.
I offered to help a person who was looking lost. She said, “Can you tell me where is the old part of Lucca?”
To see more of lovely Lucca click here.
I was standing in front of a gelato selection, when the person beside me said.
“This just looks like ice cream.”
To read about Grom gelato click here, and here for Venchi.
In my favourite restaurant in Lucca, Paris Boheme, I heard a woman say….
“Can I have ranch dressing with that?” Luis, the lovely owner/waiter replied, “No, you cannot, you are in Italia and you will have Italian dressing. It will be so much better and you will like it.”
For the full story click here.
The glorious Pantheon in Rome is 2,000 years old and the dome on top is still the largest unreinforced concrete dome in the world. The enormous granite columns in front were floated by barge from Egypt. This apparently wasn’t enough for one chap who said with an air of disappointment……
“I thought it would be bigger.”
To find out more about my favourite building in Rome click here.
At lunch at a Bagni di Lucca agriturismo, we were served freshly picked and sautéed porcini mushrooms, polenta made from grain grown on the property and pecorino cheese made from the milk of the resident sheep. A woman in the party declared that….
“This needs some maple syrup.”
Click here to see the rest of the meal.
Have you heard any good ones lately?