Lucky for me I have been able to discover first hand that the people of beautiful Italia live life with the intent to never stop eating. Seriously, I don't know how they do it. The Italian diet is an incredible phenomenon. They have coffee for breakfast, maybe some frutta for lunch, and for Cena you eat bread and cheese and pasta until you want to die. I'm not even joking. I never finish a full plate. And right before bed, which you would think would lead to excessive weight gain. Yet, not one person I have seen here is obese. The majority of citizens, old and young, have a quite athletic build. If I had to guess I would say it is due to the fact that nothing is processed. No sodas, chips, or artificially sweetened treats (Yes, I am sad to go without takis for these few months, but their treats make up for that loss). You can taste the difference in the natural sweetness of the yogurts and pastries here versus the modified stuff back home. Don't get me wrong, they drink plenty of wine which is perfect for liver damage but hey whatever. So for all you silly people back in America telling yourself you can't eat carbs if you want to look good, everyone over here in Italy is laughing at you. Or at least I am.
Alrighty, I been really reflecting on this night and I hope I can say something of as equal excellence that I learned that night as it the night felt to me. So long story short my host mom is a really rad woman, is the president of this women's community club, and they were having a banquet to celebrate awarding a community group best costume in the parade and Festival the city has every September. The festival is all about the dance of the dead. Which is essential to remember that this life is special and even leaving it needs to be celebrated as something remarkable. This festival is a big deal like these people aren't messing around. Anyway, she let me tag along and since we aren't in tourist territory there was basically no one who spoke English. I stood awkwardly by one of F's friends and then when it came time to sit I ended up with this man, L, and the Governor for the district and his wife. All of which spoke English, I was delighted, to say the ...
So wonderful!!! I'm moving to Italy so I can eat all the carbs!!
ReplyDeleteMe too!! So glad u are there and excited to hear about your adventures!!
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