Il Vittoriale degli Italiani
I only spent a week in Italy, but I still haven’t got back to normal. Perhaps that’s good, but I really ought to start doing lots of things.
A wonderful time was had by all four of us. One thing I didn’t do was to learn any Italian. At breakfast on the first morning, there were boiled eggs with eggcups available. I wanted to know whether the eggs were soft (requiring the use of an eggcup) or hard (enabling me to peel the whole thing and eat it on the plate). I held my egg up to the waitress and asked, “Is it hard or soft?” It turned out she didn’t understand, so she went to ask the receptionist for a translation. When she returned, she said, “Egg.”
To sum up: Lake Garda is beautiful, but so are the lakes in Switzerland and they’re easier to visit. Venice is special, unique, amazing. If you haven’t been there, why not?
Jul 5, 2011 at 12:09 pm
I love the conversation with the waitress! I bet you gave up and used the eggcup 🙂
Sadly, holidays of any kind have been out of budget for a few years but I would love to go to Venice before it all sinks! I’m so glad you had a good time.
Jul 5, 2011 at 12:27 pm
Actually, I went to ask the receptionist and discovered it was hard-boiled. Go me 🙂
I hope your budget improves very soon.
Jul 5, 2011 at 10:39 pm
That’s hilarious about the egg. And you were right – it was a good reason not to blog for a while. Glad you had a good time. It is hard coming back and getting down to things after a great holiday, isn’t it?