26-Marzo-2006

I’ve discovered two things that really don’t go together in Italy; the month of March and sandals. Today was a beautiful day, 22 degrees Celsius which if you double it and add 30, we learn that it was 74 degrees F outside! Now, with this weather, one could logically assume that it would be ok to wear sandals. However, Italians have this season mindset that goes like this.. if it’s not June or July, one must wear a scarf and heavy jacket… logical eh? Never in all the time that I’ve been here have I felt more like a tourist. The looks were incredible; we’d get the once over and then the wide-eyed stare at our feet. First we considered that Italy could be a feet hating nation in which you were condemned because in the Vatican you can’t wear shorts or have bare shoulders. But the local crepe guy assured us that Italians did wear sandals and that we had just made the sandal appearance rather early.