"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:42:47 -0700, "Bob Terwilliger"
> > wrote:
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>>sf wrote:
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>>> Breakfast was unbelievable! I'll take the camera with me tomorrow
>>> morning. What was I thinking?
>>
>>That's a bit odd to me; I never thought Italians went in much for lavish
>>breakfasts. (When I lived in Italy, our standard breakfast was a roll,
>>fruit
>>and/or juice, and espresso.)
>
> Why on earth do you think it's odd? Scratch that. I really don't
> want to know.
>
>>Was this perhaps a place which caters to foreigners?
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>
> No shit, Sherlock. I doubt many Romans book a room there here.
>
I missed my American breakfasts while in Italy. I would have been happy to
stay at a luxury hotel and have a big American breakfast, then do as the
Italians do the rest of the day! (I think they don't have big breakfasts
because of the customary large mid-day meal.)