Yesterday I was talking with an Arabian girl and I asked her what she knows about Italy. 
She answered me I know Rome is its capital, and that your country is famous for pasta. 
She said also that Italy is known for mafia (foreign people often confuse the reality of mafia with the romantic depiction of the Godfather’s movie), prada, gucci, versace… and of course, PIZZA! 
Well, I told her, you know almost nothing about my country. 
Italy has 70 % of the whole art world and one of the most ancient of histories, but at the same time it only became a state in 1860. The last time it was (a state? Was) during the Roman Empire. The banking system was created in Florence, whose wealth at that age (in 1.400 – 1.500 a. c.) was higher than the whole of the UK. 
Italy is a pearl in the middle of Mediterranean Sea. On its lands there are both maritime pine and fir, palms and snow, volcanoes and green fields. Italy is composed of twenty regions, each one so different from one another for traditions, food and dialect. 
Italians never follow laws, but they interpret them, so we are magicians of nuances. We have problems with organization, but we always fix them: that’s because for century after century we were dominated by others kingdoms and families who really didn’t care about the population. This condition through the centuries produce a mafia mentality. 
We don’t go often to Church, but we are quite religious because we are dreamers, we love fantastic stories, inside we’re animist and superstitious. 
We have a rigid honour and respect codes, but just in front?, and our friendships look like love stories, so we don’t like to leave someone alone, even if at the same time integration of GLBT people isn’t still done, different families from the traditional one still aren’t completely accepted, there still are social differences between women and men. 
Italian is still the language of art and fashion. Our history is composed by thousands of stories, from north to south. 

And yes, we eat pizza and pasta. Sometimes.

Grazie mille! I loved reading this so much! Its an amaizng description :D I love Italy so much too! But well, you do eat lots of pizza e pasta :P haha, just kidding! :D Have a great day, and send us some of your sole per favore! :D 

godfathers pizza

Yesterday I was talking with an Arabian girl. I asked her what she knows about italy.
She told me, "I know Rome is its capital, and that your country is famous for pasta." 
She said also that Italy is known for the mafia (foreign people often confuse the reality of mafia with the romantic figure of the Godfather’s movie), Prada, Gucci, Versace… and of course, PIZZA!
Well, I told her, you know almost nothing about my country.
Italy has 70 % of the whole world of art and one of the most ancient histories ever, but at the same time it became a state only in 1860. The first time since the roman empire. The banking system was created in Florence, whose riches at that time (in 1.400 – 1.500 a. c.) were greater than the entire UK.
Italy is a pearl in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. it has are both maritime pine and fir, palm and snow, volcanoes and green fields. Italy is composed of twenty regions, each one different from the other in traditions, food and dialect.
Italians never follow laws; they interpret them! So, we are the magicians of nuance. We have problems with organization, but we always fix it: that’s because for centuries we were dominated by other kingdoms and families who really didn’t care about the population. This condition through centuries created the mentality where the mafia has developed.
We don’t go often to church, but we are quite religious because we are dreamers, we love fantastic stories, and because inside we’re animist and superstitious.
We have rigid codes of honour and respect, but only on the outside, and our friendships resemble love stories, so we don’t like to leave someone alone. Even though the integration of GLBT people still has not happened, and families that differ from the traditional one still aren’t completely accepted, there still are social differences between women and men.
Italian remains the language of art and fashion. Our history is told by thousands of stories, from north to south.

And yes, we eat pizza and pasta. Sometimes.