Trigger warning: this post contains many references to standard beauty ideals and jokingly refers to some people not quite meeting them. If that causes you to re-live the trauma of being called a chunkster when you are a kid, maybe skip this one. It’s only for people with senses of humour.
I need to add an update to this post, re: day drinking. This morning (Sunday), I went to our local cafe/bar at approx. 9am for a cappuccino. And there, in all her rich Italian lady glory, was an immaculately dressed woman in her late sixties, sipping a big glass of Prosecco. Glorious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your travel adventures are always interesting. I have only been to Italy once and that was over a half century ago. A lot about the country was beautiful and interesting (although one of the nuns supervising the teenagers in our big tour group did get pinched in the rear end while visiting Vatican City).
Your trigger warning gave me a good laugh to start off a dreary Monday (I'm a few days late reading). As for your observations regarding Italian hotness, it explains my lifelong attraction to women of Italian ancestry, culminating with my wife. Have a great rest-of-your-trip!
Brilliant post! Your comments about the Brits made me laugh! I can always spot them a mile away when in Budapest, just by the style of drinking and behaviour (e.g. running around the streets in their underpants!) Usually good fun, though. Re: Italian style. I totally agree! We lived in Italy for a year and a half. Our elderly neighbour dressed modestly, but totally rocked a long denim skirt and tops. She just looked effortlessly stylish and elegant. And one of my lasting impressions, in terms of style, was seeing a young woman sitting in the park, one day, reading or something. She wore this red scarf. There was something about how it was shaped and draped around her. I'd never worn scarves before, but started experimenting with them after that. I just couldn't get that look, though! However, when I look back at our photo albums, during the period we lived in Italy, my husband and I dressed much more stylish than what we do now. It must have rubbed off on us. I think the weather, food and lifestyle makes such a big difference. By the way, are you half Italian, Jenny? You mentioned your mum living in Italy. It must have been an amazing experience, living there as a child.
Yes. Maybe it has to do with generations of dense cloud cover? Mind you, I do find some people from our neck of the woods attractive, but it’s mostly from their sense of humor. Oh and Irish women have amazing hair. I went to an Irish feminist conference once to promote some event or other, and I had this surreal moment when I noticed what everyone had this extraordinary thick shiny hair. It maybe it’s that they were all middle class. 🤨
You sound very enthusiastic about Italians, but what about the man who has recently murdered (probably strangled to death) a Nigerian street vendor in broad daylight in Civitanova Marche? No one intervened. The inner ugliness of some Italians is much more important than their looks.
I need to add an update to this post, re: day drinking. This morning (Sunday), I went to our local cafe/bar at approx. 9am for a cappuccino. And there, in all her rich Italian lady glory, was an immaculately dressed woman in her late sixties, sipping a big glass of Prosecco. Glorious! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your travel adventures are always interesting. I have only been to Italy once and that was over a half century ago. A lot about the country was beautiful and interesting (although one of the nuns supervising the teenagers in our big tour group did get pinched in the rear end while visiting Vatican City).
Lovely! Yay, gorgeous men! Eye candy is one of life's pleasures. :-)
Your trigger warning gave me a good laugh to start off a dreary Monday (I'm a few days late reading). As for your observations regarding Italian hotness, it explains my lifelong attraction to women of Italian ancestry, culminating with my wife. Have a great rest-of-your-trip!
Brilliant post! Your comments about the Brits made me laugh! I can always spot them a mile away when in Budapest, just by the style of drinking and behaviour (e.g. running around the streets in their underpants!) Usually good fun, though. Re: Italian style. I totally agree! We lived in Italy for a year and a half. Our elderly neighbour dressed modestly, but totally rocked a long denim skirt and tops. She just looked effortlessly stylish and elegant. And one of my lasting impressions, in terms of style, was seeing a young woman sitting in the park, one day, reading or something. She wore this red scarf. There was something about how it was shaped and draped around her. I'd never worn scarves before, but started experimenting with them after that. I just couldn't get that look, though! However, when I look back at our photo albums, during the period we lived in Italy, my husband and I dressed much more stylish than what we do now. It must have rubbed off on us. I think the weather, food and lifestyle makes such a big difference. By the way, are you half Italian, Jenny? You mentioned your mum living in Italy. It must have been an amazing experience, living there as a child.
Yes. Maybe it has to do with generations of dense cloud cover? Mind you, I do find some people from our neck of the woods attractive, but it’s mostly from their sense of humor. Oh and Irish women have amazing hair. I went to an Irish feminist conference once to promote some event or other, and I had this surreal moment when I noticed what everyone had this extraordinary thick shiny hair. It maybe it’s that they were all middle class. 🤨
Maybe we are cursed…
You sound very enthusiastic about Italians, but what about the man who has recently murdered (probably strangled to death) a Nigerian street vendor in broad daylight in Civitanova Marche? No one intervened. The inner ugliness of some Italians is much more important than their looks.