Ciao Readers and HAPPY FRIDAY! Since I am back from Italy and back to work I guess my blog will be still for a bit. But before then, I thought I’d re-blog the most-viewed post of all time (by more than 100%, though not sure why). I think I had the scarf-wearing (and confidence) down pretty well this time as two days in a row Italians approached me in the grocery store and started conversations about things in Italian, NOT English! Have a nice Spring…..until next time!
It’s just a fact. Italians wear scarves. If you want to try and pass as an Italian, wear a scarf (and don’t wear white running shoes). Not only do they wear scarves (“sciarpe,” not to be confused with “scarpe” – shoes), but they wear them “in style.” Last time we were in Europe, we learned to tie our scarves the way that was in style back then. It’s hard to explain, but basically you make a slip-knot and put your head through the center (see picture, below).
I went to Italy this year all prepared with many scarves packed and started my trip tying them the “euro” way we learned in ’08/’10. Here I am my very first couple of days (I started the trip in Milan, where my plane landed – this is on the top of the Duomo):
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