Burrata

[far_gone]

Since we have extra-special guests at the moment, I wanted to make them an extra-special lunch. We all went down to the market, as I think markets are one of the keys to understanding a city and a culture. We picked up a number of things, but for the moment I'll just talk about the burrata

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[gyre]

The weather in June without A/C? Tourists? Other than that I liked my trip to Rome.

[gyre]

Oh yeah ... and Alitalia. I did not have a good experience with them.

[far_gone]

You're missing the forest for the trees! Where do you live??

[gyre]

I don't live there and I do like Italy. If that's all I could come up with that I didn't like, it's a pretty good place.

My list for England is much longer.

[rjshook]

Parking, drivers, Fiat Pandas and Puntos and the bureaucracy.

Then I remember the food.

[far_gone]

In all seriousness, this country has only two faults in my mind: the air quality and the driving culture (or lack thereof).

But ah the burrata. And now the furniture (see my journal)

[smittenbyu]

he he...agree with you... we still have some of the Italian furniture we brought from Italy, they are 12-14 years old now! I remember when we first moved to Rome, we were umm appalled at the antique old looking furniture! he hehe... but three years converted us... ;)

[rjshook]

The bureaucracy is desperately in need of being brought into the 21st century, though I would settle for the later part of the 20th century. I couldn't believe the BS and the waiting it took to get my permesso di sogiourno. I remember hearing a statistic about how long the average Italian stood waiting in line each year.

Oh and I forgot one more fault. The Fiat Multipla. Italy has designed some of the most beautiful cars in the world. Ever. What went wrong with the Multipla?