Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Dos and Don'ts of a Trip to Italy

  • Do expect to eat pizza at least once a day.
  • Don't leave home without soap and shampoo and every other toiletry besides toilet paper. Even if you run out of that, all the toilets have butt washes.
  • Do get the spicy pasta, though all the pastas are great.
  • Don't get frustrated when it takes hours to find the restaurant you're looking for, all the best places are well-hidden.
  • Do buy three pounds of sausage to bring home, it's awesome!
  • Don't miss the Parthenon, or the crypt, what's it called, weinerschnitzel
  • Do start taking a siesta from day one, lest you be off kilter with all the shops, which are closed from 1-4 p.m. for lunch.
  • Don't visit during one of the ecological days, when driving a car is forbidden; if you do this by accident, do not walk the kilometer to the trainstation with your 26.5 kg. suitcase.

4 comments:

Jim Gust said...

The Parthenon is in Greece, not Italy. What's your second choice? Perhaps the Colosseum?

Aras said...

Oops, I meant Pantheon. I got the tour in Lithuanian, so I was guessing as to the translations.

Trashcan said...

So how does pizza in Italy compare to pizza in the states/LT. I am not a fan of LT pizza.

Aras said...

Italian pizza: the crust is crunchier, the sauce is tastier, less sweet, less ketchupy. The ham they put on it, prosciutto, is a very delicious ham that I haven't had for ten years since I was a V16 and there was an Italian Pizzaria in Huttenfeld.

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