[Saije]

Fortunately this has never been a habit of mine. But I wonder where these kids get the money.

[GeronL]

Its just spread there, nobody ever binged before.

[BunnySlippers]

The evil Anglo-Saxons.

[mylife]

Next thing you know Greeks will be binge drinking

[Oshkalaboomboom]

When I was over there in the early 1980’s I was warned that if I got picked up drunk in public they would send me not to jail but to a mental institution, because they considered anyone who would get that sloppy in public to have some sort of mental problem. Obviously times have changed.

[stormer]

Just in time - I leave Monday for Venice.

[winodog]

Those sly Romans, acting like they didnt invent drunken debauchery.

[Trailerpark Badass]

But I wonder where these kids get the money.

Having spent most of my adult life in the hospitality industry, people will always find money for booze.

[dnandell]

I was just in Rome, the only people that I noticed being visibly (and audibly) drunk were the English. We could hear them singing their drinking songs from blocks away all through the night.