100 Of The Best Curses and Insults In Italian: A Toolkit for the Testy Tourist. Chuck Gonzales
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CONTENTS
Learn How To Give ’Em Hell Like A Native!
Situation #9: License To Drive
Situation #12: I Scream, You Scream
Situation #13: Room Disservice
Situation #16: Missing the Boat
Situation #19: The Prada Put-Down
Situation #32: Crossing the Line
Situation #34: The Breaking Point
Situation #38: Under the Tuscan Run
Situation #40: Taken For A Ride
LEARN HOW TO GIVE 'EM HELL LIKE A NATIVE!
I must preface this book by saying: I heart Italy. I'd even go so far as to say it's my first true amore. I've traveled to many other remarkable places, but Italy and I, you see, we've had a love affair for almost 20 years. In fact, now that I think about it, my actual romance with Italy is pretty much gone, our relationship remaining profound but in a more platonic way. Sort of like the couple that has lived together so long that things like bad breath no longer matter. Italy and I, we're now old friends.
Once a year, I return to it, like an overused cell phone in need of a good charge. If I were to create my own romantic fresco depicting what I adore most about Italy, it would include the world's finest shoes, pasta, wine, art, gelato, architecture, and (I'm married now, so I'll include this last "element" with a nod to the past) men.
And though my fresco would not include the following, it's not to say they don't exist in Italy (and in fact,