Here is a list of things I did not expect to learn on my recent trip to Rome:
- In Rome, you can order a Big Mac and Beer from the local McDonalds
- Speed limits are not necessary
- Actually, traffic laws in general are completely unnecessary
- Toilet seats are a rare commodity
- My family’s international diet pretty much matches our diet at home – pizza and ice cream
- Italy is nowhere close to where I thought it was on the map
- The USA apparently leads the international music scene
- It is possible to survive without Walmart
- Lady Gaga sounds the same live as she does on her CD
- My wife is very similar in features to beautiful Italian women
- Motor scooters are kind of cool
- Americans know nothing about parallel parking
- My daughters have the keen ability to find unique clothing boutiques anywhere they go
- I have no sense of direction
- My son has the best looking hair in all of Italy
- I can wear sandals for a solid week, when in Rome
- “Can you hear me now?” NO – Verizon is nonexistent in Italy
- Train schedules are almost as reliable as a plan to win the lottery for retirement funding
- When travelling to/from Italy, US Air finds it absolutely necessary to make an additional stop along the way. This stop could be anywhere from 4½ hours to overnight
- It is possible for a town to support an ice cream shop every 100 yards as long as you call your ice cream “gelato”
- My wife is generally right
- About the time I start to believe my wife is right, she is wrong about something
- I don’t keep count very well
you thought italy was below the us. hehe. but i like this it is very good and funny and it makes me want to go back to rome! and the train schedual was not the problem, i believe it was you(: