This is very Italian and a real problem for the country.
I’m surprised they vacationed in France: most Italians think the next town over is a strange, horrible place.
True. I’m half-Italian myself and many years ago, I visited our ancestral home in Napoli and one thing I directly noticed were these grown men, coming out of these houses, grabbing their stuff and getting a kiss on the cheek from their mothers. We are talking about age 30 dudes. My Mom thought it was cute, I thought not.