La Dolce Vita

Top 10 Observations About Italy

10. Parking is simply a matter of creativity. It is perfectly acceptable to park your scooter on the sidewalk and your smart car horizontally squeezed between two parallel cars.

9. There are really only about 15 basic foods in the Italian diet, but 1000’s of ways to prepare them. There are 1000’s of wines, but only one way to drink them (best done by starting at noon and continuing throughout the rest of the day at each and every rest stop).

8. Eating natural, beautiful, local foods in season from local producers can not only sustain you, but is delicious, healthy and eco-friendly.

7. Italy (and Paris) has crazy drivers, and even crazier motorcycle drivers; but seemingly very few crashes. (North Americans could learn a thing or two).

6. Eating copious amounts of Italian bread, cheese and cured meats can easily be balanced by walking everywhere (we are living proof of this).

5. Eating ice cream at Slinky’s Dairy Hut will never be the same, after experiencing Italian Gelato.

4. Watching travel shows (food, wine and culture) on the plane coming home is the perfect way to end a vacation and inspires me to cook in new ways.

3. Life in Italy (as you can tell from my list) centres around food which really is the true meaning of “la dolce vita”

2. Like a good Chianti, life in Italy should be savoured.

1. Italy’s preservation of their history, and satisfaction with simple living is something we can all learn from.