Sometimes it's hard to figure them out

For most of, Italy is on our bucket list somewhere. A friend of mine left the states - Tuesday , to spend the next 6 months living in Firenze – to fulfill his dream of living in country for a season of his life. Italy is bittersweet. If you have been there before, you know what I’m talking about. Italians have their own way of thinking; often different from our own perspective. The train schedules are inconsistent. Shops close at will. Public transit is unpredictable. Directions can be impossible. It’s hard to explain to a first Italian traveler how the Italians think. Another example, just how different, was in the wall street journal this morning.

Please see the link below.

http://professional.wsj.com/video/milan-gets-the-finger/F17194EB-866F-488E-A612-1A2604681980.html?mg=reno-secaucus-wsj

A well known Italian artist, who splits his time between New York and Milano, has a sculpture is displayed in the financial square in Milano. The sculpture is a giant middle finger sanding vertically tall within the square. It has many Italian laughing, all the while communicating the strife of past Italian politics. The sculpture is well liked and a motion has been made it a permanent part of the city. This is just another example of how different this country can be