Italian way:)

Every country has its own traditions and specific ways of doing things. A visit to Italy has shown me the "Italian way".
Some examples: lots of rules for everything/ eating, drinking , relaxing.
One cannot eat a sandwich and drink a cappuccino, no no no, that would be a blasfemy; or drink wine if u are willing to have a pizza later. Also any meat or real food at breakfast is out of question. Only a croissant, or a fruit/ that is enough.
Want to have lunch? Well only until one or after 4/ they need their resting time then, and everything is closed. So tired or not, just grab a little tiny sandwich and go sleep until Italian fun time comes.
U can say that rules are meant to be broken/ hm, tell that to an Italian. Spaghetti can be eaten only at specific moments and with the right sauce.Never any sour cream or God forbid ketchup.
When it comes to clothes they are the fashion gurus, that is for sure. They can be starving but they need to be fashionable. A mixture of superficiality and elegance wonders the streets and shops of Italian cities. Lots of metrosexuals, masculine dolls walking around the Latin streets .
Their level of civilization is supposed to be higher, at least than Ro, or so they say. If I consider the garbage disposal system, I would say they have skipped this civilization lesson.
Of course I also have positive thoughts about Italy. I saw some spectacular sights, drank some good drinks, met some fine people. But for their rules, I might just have a sughestion: chill out!