HOTDOGS.

There are TONS of tourists here, and I mean TONS. I read in one of my travel books that the chances you are standing next to a real Roman while in Rome is 1 out of 9! Jimmy told me in order to be considered a "real" Roman, your family has to have lived here for 7 generations. That's a damn long time! There are english speaking people everywhere, and Lord Almighty, if there is one thing that is SO aggravating, it is SLOW WALKERS. And here, you pretty much can't avoid that. I guess that's ok though, b/c Rome definitely shouldn't be a place where one should be in a hurry. But its still annoying.

One ultimately dumb thing, is how restaurants LOVE to advertise their food in english. Most specifically, what stands out to me are signs that say "HOTDOGS!" "HAMBURGER", "WURTSEL!" Ok, any IDIOT who comes to Italy to get a HOT DOG... is an idiot. WHAT THE HELL???!!! Like, I don't understand how those signs could attract guests to their establishment by offering hotdogs. And I doubt any Germans come to Italy to sample their wurtsel. And anyone who doesn't know that GELATO means ICE CREAM, is also dumb. So, the bottom line here Italy, is, I understand tourism is a hug income for you, but please trust the fact that no one is here for American cuisine of any sort. And I effing LOVE hotdogs.