tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post3313381526468248065..comments2024-03-11T17:08:07.679+01:00Comments on Sicily Scene: A GIRL AND A WOMAN IN ITALYWelshcakes Limoncellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-52557031066062456342007-05-11T05:12:00.000+02:002007-05-11T05:12:00.000+02:00Hey great sitecheck out my Sicily Italy site.Sicil...Hey great site<BR/><BR/>check out my Sicily Italy site.<BR/><A HREF="http://sicilyitaly.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">Sicily Italy</A>Enzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08727176059423533354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-6798409778067989522007-04-01T21:46:00.000+02:002007-04-01T21:46:00.000+02:00Hi, Ruthie. You're right . Someone should do a s...Hi, Ruthie. You're right . Someone should do a study. Bonnie, glad you agree with me on that girl looking uncomfortable.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-6928235053440274642007-04-01T00:21:00.000+02:002007-04-01T00:21:00.000+02:00I've always thought that poor gal in that photogra...I've always thought that poor gal in that photograph looked very uncomfortable and I even felt a little angry at the men in it for making her so. I mean, there were so many of them, and only one of her, couldn't they understand how she'd feel?Ballpoint Wrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01052642068447293589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-60493683909436053592007-03-31T22:36:00.000+02:002007-03-31T22:36:00.000+02:00I think it must be genetic, even American Italian ...I think it must be genetic, even American Italian men are precisely this way.<BR/><BR/>When I was a little girl in New York (13, 14 years old) my hair would get very light in the summer-- and they would stand on their stoops in my neighborhood and call out to every girl who walked by, especially the blondes.<BR/><BR/>Now that I'm grown, brunette and thoroughly Italian-looking, I must not be as interesting. When I was in Little Italy last June the unwanted comments were significantly fewer and farther between.<BR/><BR/>Someone should study why Italian men love blondes.Ruthiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800371586600838226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-8885661534806026662007-03-30T22:24:00.000+02:002007-03-30T22:24:00.000+02:00Thanks, Steve. Hi, Lee. Agree - most Ital men don'...Thanks, Steve. Hi, Lee. Agree - most Ital men don't mean any harm by it and would be horrified to know that anyone thought they did. But you still have to be careful. jmb, that's probably it!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-21136387824528523702007-03-30T09:21:00.000+02:002007-03-30T09:21:00.000+02:00When I went to Florence with a group in 1997, we h...When I went to Florence with a group in 1997, we had a young blonde girl with us. She was always being accosted by Italian men. Once on the bus three of us had to surround her to get one fellow to leave her alone. He still was persistent. Every day coming to language school she had to pass some fellows working on the road way and she had a terrible time.<BR/>I think Italians just love blondes.<BR/>Regards<BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-32516466382915354352007-03-30T07:17:00.000+02:002007-03-30T07:17:00.000+02:00It can be very disconcerting when someone goes on ...It can be very disconcerting when someone goes on and on like that. I'm afraid I'm a little sceptical and cynical when flattery flows so freely! lol I guess it's just the way we are. But the Italians are different...it is the way they are and most mean no harm by it.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-48571618413180758872007-03-29T21:35:00.000+02:002007-03-29T21:35:00.000+02:00I'm sure you still get your deserving share of unw...I'm sure you still get your deserving share of unwanted attention. SmileAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-34808736445281821952007-03-29T21:02:00.000+02:002007-03-29T21:02:00.000+02:00Hi again, anon. That's an interesting theory you ...Hi again, anon. That's an interesting theory you have there!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-53223611752620818642007-03-29T19:26:00.000+02:002007-03-29T19:26:00.000+02:00Hi, anon. No, not only for the young! It's for e...Hi, anon. No, not only for the young! It's for everybody! Italians are very fashion-conscious, you see, so the walk is partly so that everyone can see your clothes! The stroll on Sundays takes place after morning church. Then again after siesta at around 18.00 . On Saturday evenings it goes on for hours! And you don't see any drunkenness here , not even among the young. But I will, as you suggest, post on it. Thanks for the idea!Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-90153451531508458602007-03-29T19:18:00.000+02:002007-03-29T19:18:00.000+02:00Welshcakes - I am not sure I believe that the 'not...Welshcakes - I am not sure I believe that the 'not talking to people' thing is anything to do with our busy lives. I think people stopped doing this over twenty years ago, when life was a lot less busy. <BR/><BR/>I certainly find it bizarre when out with my parents [especially in England] when I pop off to the loo, or whatever, and come back to find them in animated conversation with two or three people. I am often not introduced and when they have gone I ask 'Who were they'. I expect that they are old friends, but am usually told, 'Oh, we have only just met them...'. <BR/><BR/>I think it is more of an English thing - they are too polite to get rid of someone if they don't have very much in common, so they avoid that by not starting a conversation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-28980909180928690212007-03-29T19:13:00.000+02:002007-03-29T19:13:00.000+02:00Sorry, don't really understand this 'dress up in y...Sorry, don't really understand this 'dress up in your finery to be seen' thing. Why ? Is this for young, free and single people to date others ? If so it appears to have been replaced in Britain by binge drinking, and no one of that age takes much care over their appearance anyway. Is this the equivalent of the spanish 'siesta' habit ? Or is it just a stroll after church on Sunday ? I think a bit more explanation is required...<BR/><BR/>Perhaps you could do a post about this ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-46502828512617996082007-03-29T19:05:00.000+02:002007-03-29T19:05:00.000+02:00Hi, anon. Well, the passeggiata is the evening st...Hi, anon. Well, the passeggiata is the evening stroll that everyone takes. It has several purposes: you dress up in your finery to be seen; you observe other people's dress; you MAY meet the love of your life. A passeggiata also takes place after church on fine, celebratory days. The origin of this in Sicily is that the men had to be seen on Sundays in order to be hired for farmwork for the coming week. Sad that in Britain our lives are so frenetic that we don't stop and talk to people. That has not yet happened here.Welshcakes Limoncellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17209759237794290941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-79064230391823010212007-03-29T17:50:00.000+02:002007-03-29T17:50:00.000+02:00"How is a man going to get to know you if he doesn..."How is a man going to get to know you if he doesn't speak to you?"<BR/><BR/>Indeed - how does this work in Britain these days ? Nobody talks to each other anymore - well, certainly not in England, anyway..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26674022.post-13717597950929244652007-03-29T17:49:00.000+02:002007-03-29T17:49:00.000+02:00"What do you think the passeggiata is for?" Do tel..."What do you think the passeggiata is for?" <BR/><BR/>Do tell, Welshcakes, for I don't have a clue..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com