Sorry LOL
The food in france is great and the girls are meh..
The girls in Italy are hot and the food is meh..
Your mileage may vary :)
My uncle Johnny-boy. Whose father ( my grandfather) was born in Naples was drafted around 1948 and sent to Italy, part of the post war occupation. We are, as a family harsh critics of restaurant Italian food, he said not only was the food worse than we could make, it was worse than local NYC Italian restaurants.
So your problem with Italian food was the fact that you needed to either find a family to take you in over there and feed you. Or find a little specialty restaurant set up by and for the local mafioso.