Thoughts from Italy (1025 hits)
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Submitted by cellar_door (View user info) at 2003-06-11 21:17:01 EDT
Venice. A whole city on the water. What it lacks in olfactory pleasure it makes up for in personality. The architecture, the food, the people; it is a grand place for romance. The gondoliers know this and make their living selling romantic tours of the city, weaving their way through the countless canals and singing songs of love. To be quite honest, they could be singing about horseradish and tuna, but the Italian language is such that even the most benign conversation seems full of life and passion.
You can tell the Italian love for sex and romance just by seeing their television or advertising. Billboards and gameshows are full of beautiful men and women, the latter usually dressed suggestively. I was a little shocked and, well, pleased at discovering this when I first arrived. Now, however, half-dressed women only seem...well, just as sexy as ever. Who am I kidding?
European women have a certain style to them that seems lost on American females. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's the fact that most European countries do not hide their sexuality. They revel in it. They don't view sex as a dirty little secret. It's a fact of life, and it can be fun.
In the States on the other hand, sex, we are told, is to be hidden behind closed doors, preferably in the bedroom. That's part of the reason for fake breasts and lipsuction. We are afraid of our own bodies. But if a women looks like a plastic doll, and feels like one, then, hey, she's o.k.!
Being here in Western Europe, I see that most women have a beautiful bodies, well into their middle age. I thought my girlfriend's mother was her friend or sister when we first met. It's just a matter of eating healthy and wanting to take care of the sexy, wonderful body God gave you.
In America we are told to consume, consume, consume, then fix it later with plastic surgery and plastic dollars. No wonder we seem a crude, haggard bunch of people. Always reaching out for the next burger, the next dollar, the next scapel. We should be reaching out to unplug the television.
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Submitted by William_Q_Percy (user info) at 2004-03-25 01:49:52 EST (#)
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Submitted by lawryde (user info) at 2004-03-23 21:23:08 EST (#)
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yes um
Submitted by ctrl_alt_del (user info) at 2003-06-14 16:42:02 EDT (#)
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I love plastic surgery. Fake boobs rule!
Seriously, though, you're a lucky bastard being over there.
Submitted by crisko (user info) at 2003-06-12 09:54:55 EDT (#)
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Can I bang your girlfriends mom...maybe someday you can call me daddy.
Just kidding, you lucky bastard.
Submitted by Hadooken (user info) at 2003-06-12 00:24:29 EDT (#)
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Yeah I am currently stationed in northern italy and I am in the states for a one week class. I plan on putting together a post dedicated to some of the differences.
Submitted by MickGinny (user info) at 2003-06-11 23:49:59 EDT (#)
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Submitted by cellar_door (user info) at 2003-06-11 23:37:15 EDT (#)
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Sicily, as my Nana would say, is a far cry from the way mainlanders live. I was stationed in Northern Italy, near the Austrian border. Even Roman culture was different. As for this being news, no, the subject line cleary states: Thoughts from Italy. Thoughts, not news. Thank you.
Submitted by d_d (user info) at 2003-06-11 22:02:47 EDT (#)
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i lived in italy for a year.. truly amazing.
Submitted by Hairsphincter (user info) at 2003-06-11 21:53:23 EDT (#)
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This is news?
Submitted by Titinita (user info) at 2003-06-11 21:40:09 EDT (#)
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I lived in Italy for over three years. (Well, Sicily, but I traveled all over.) The everyday Italian ladies (not the models you may find at some international Italian expo) didn't shower every day, didn't shave, and didn't wear deodorant. We also had unsolicited pornography delivered to our doorstep. Yuck. American ladies aren't better than Italian ladies, but Italian ladies are certainly not better than Americans, unless you are only referring to how likely it is to see some breasts.
Submitted by hidden101 (user info) at 2003-06-11 21:20:55 EDT (#)
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