“Italy is beautiful beyond words.”
I’ve been to Italy and the camera came out often to capture some beautiful views. But, I had to hold my nose often too. And, the Italians are surly and lazy. And, everything there is utterly corrupt. And, the beauty of Italy is no grander than one can easily find in Carmel CA, Santa Fe, or the Napa Valley, or many other places in the US with similar climate.
The most beautiful Italian city, Venice, made me want to take a shower every 30 minutes with the smells and disgustingly filthy water everywhere. As for crime, being a hundred miles from any serious crime will put you in Switzerland.
Reconsider.
I’ve been to Italy and the camera came out often to capture some beautiful views. But, I had to hold my nose often too. And, the Italians are surly and lazy. And, everything there is utterly corrupt. And, the beauty of Italy is no grander than one can easily find in Carmel CA, Santa Fe, or the Napa Valley, or many other places in the US with similar climate.
You can’t call every citizen surly and lazy. Sheesh.
Part of the beauty of Italy is the culture. The civilization dating back so far.
And in terms of being corrupt, Italy makes no bones about it. Everyone is paid off and you can’t trust officials at all. Different from here where we think we CAN trust our officials and believe they are above corruption.