Ciao Readers!
Today I am being totally self-indulgent (like a blog focused on me and my adventures isn’t self-indulgent enough already). This past week my blog past 10,000 all time views! How cool is that?!?! To be fair, “views” do not equate with visitors, let alone different visitors; “views” refers to how many times people click on pages, etc. on my blog – so for instance, if you have clicked through on half of the e-mail notifications you have received to individual posts, then clicked on more pages while you were visiting, you alone may be 100+ of those 10,000 views. Some people land on my blog totally by accident – interestingly, the most popular search terms that get people here are things having to do with scarves – “why do Italians wear scarves” or “how to wear a scarf like an Italian.”
In addition to being tickled at the number of views (and by the way – THANK YOU ALL!!!), I am really tickled by how far my blog has traveled (way further than I have). I think it’s cool, so I am sharing with you the country views report, below (fyi WordPress, Puerto Rico is actually a commonwealth). Thanks for coming along for the ride and please stick around for the next 10,000!
| Country | Views |
|---|---|
 United States |
6,912 |
 Italy |
1,218 |
 United Kingdom |
810 |
 Australia |
312 |
 Sri Lanka |
145 |
 Canada |
93 |
 Germany |
89 |
 Spain |
69 |
 Denmark |
39 |
 New Zealand |
31 |
 Japan |
28 |
 Singapore |
20 |
 India |
16 |
 France |
12 |
 Belgium |
9 |
 Slovenia |
8 |
 Philippines |
8 |
 Croatia |
8 |
 Finland |
7 |
 Greece |
7 |
 Turkey |
7 |
 Switzerland |
6 |
 Egypt |
6 |
 Serbia |
6 |
 Brazil |
5 |
 Malaysia |
5 |
 Republic of Korea |
5 |
 Russian Federation |
4 |
 Indonesia |
4 |
 Lithuania |
4 |
 Mexico |
4 |
 Netherlands |
3 |
 Bulgaria |
3 |
 Portugal |
3 |
 Saudi Arabia |
3 |
 Czech Republic |
3 |
 South Africa |
3 |
 Thailand |
3 |
 Hungary |
2 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2 |
 Austria |
2 |
 Sweden |
2 |
 Poland |
2 |
 Taiwan |
2 |
 Ecuador |
2 |
 Puerto Rico |
2 |
 Pakistan |
2 |
 Israel |
2 |
 Hong Kong |
1 |
 Montenegro |
1 |
 United Arab Emirates |
1 |
 Lao People’s Democratic Republic |
1 |
 Estonia |
1 |
 Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic |
1 |
 Ireland |
1 |
 Syrian Arab Republic |
1 |
 Mauritius |
1 |
 Tunisia |
1 |
 Romania |
1 |
 Libya |
1 |
 Peru |
1 |
 Chile |
1 |
New Mexico to Italy 
Peter
/ October 29, 2012Very cool, Hope! I’m taking credit for a couple of hundred views! Funny about the scarf post–I forwarded that one to several scarf-wearing friends! You keep blogging and I’ll keep reading! Yours, A Loyal Reader
newmexicotoitaly
/ October 29, 2012Thanks so much 🙂
Sharon (Sherry)
/ October 29, 2012Ciao Hope. I am getting hungry reading your posts. Thank you for your friendship in Firenze. I am missing the daily cappuccino, and the almost daily indulgence of gelato. I wonder if a cappuccino machine could produce anything like what we had at Quelo.
Since Canadians talk about the weather a lot, you need to know that It is 39 F. in Toronto and Hurricane Sandy’s rain and winds are arriving here (presto)!
I look forward to reading future posts.
Arriverdci
newmexicotoitaly
/ October 29, 2012Ciao Sharon! Thanks so much for reading and commenting. I was sad I didn’t get to say goodbye properly (looked for you on the last museum tour) – now I don’t have to!
Sharon (Sherry)
/ October 29, 2012Arrivederci (blame it on jet lag)
newmexicotoitaly
/ October 30, 2012I take it Sherry is the real name, Sharon was the school one? In any case, yes, those were some excellent cappuccinos we shared!