Things Ive Learned...

1. The corner market will sell me two tomatoes, a cucumber, two carrots and a huge bottle of water for under 3 Euro.
2. The Florence train station is incredibly confusing and one should not attempt to navigate it without much frustration or a map.
3. You dont actually have to pay to ride buses in Italy because the bus drivers get off and everyone loads then, so no one checks. Of course, you should still buy the tickets...
4. Florence is hotter than Rome.
5. It rains in Tuscany when it gets hot (it has rained - thunder and all - for four days straight).
6. Murder She Wrote and Matlock air in Italy (in Italian) as do Friends and Gilmore Girls almong some.
7. Many pizza joints are open until after 11 PM in Lucca.
8. Bicyclists in Italy have learned to be very quiet so that when they pass you, you nearly have a heart attack at their sudden appearance right THERE.
9. Italian boys and men wear these three-quarter length capri pants everywhere...things I have never even seen on a man in the states.
10. The only type of food sold in Italy is Italian food...no wonder they are so good at making it!
11. Italians do not care about street signs either in the car or out of it. Pedestrians do not wait for a signal to walk in the middle of the street but cars dont care about their lives - a dangerous combination! Also, mopeds cut in front of the lines and cars swerve across lanes to make their exits even in dense traffic. Shudder.
12. Italy needs to discover wireless internet.