Ah, Italia.....

I don't think you have to really go to Italy to know how beautiful a country it really is, however, George and I have been there and yearn for our next trip over the pond to the kind of lifestyle I so wish was part of our good 'ol USofA.  My oldest son and DIL are there as I write this and I am with them in spirit.  I often dream about being able to have my children/grands fall in love with the place too so that we could all pick up and move there permanently.  I know that isn't going to happen but I did say "dream" didn't I?  I normally am not one for revisiting places I have already been to but this is my one exception.  I won't ever get enough of Italia.  I love that the Italians seem so content with whatever life they are living whether it be in fashionable Milan, sleepy and romantic Lake Como, touristy Venice or gutsy Rome.  Italians take the time to appreciate where they came from and why they wouldn't want to leave.  They are content with what they have and are proud of what they have earned on their own.  I am not criticzing the US for I do love this land and nowhere on earth do you find the opportunities you have here.  It would just be ideal to see it all through the eyes of a native Italian for they truly know that.............IJTWLI       Ciao !