It's Italy

Italy! Early arrival to celebrate Easter with my aunty and her family who live outside milan in a village/place called angera. Lovely lovely views of beautiful green country and lake! My Italian has improved slightly and I can say "basta! No ho pui fame!" translation "enough! I'm not hungry" believe me they still don't understand this and insist on you eating more! I was told I was too skinny and needed to put on 5 kilos! I negotiated 3 kilos.. But yeah right! My stomach will explode pretty soon! The food is great! Bit oily, but great! I will be visiting my dads side up in Vicenza which is apart of Veneto. Now, from memory, when I was 8 we went there and all I remember is cheek pinching and lots of eating! Lots of eating! Did i mention eating?! And I've just been informed I will be staying with the main perpetrator of this custom! Great! here come those 5 kilos! Today i decided to escape and eat simple..But after resting by the lago maggiore too long all the shops were closed! Yes. Its not a myth.. Supermarcato.. Closed! Everyone here is a little too intimate with their loved one. I think I'm the only single person sitting alone on this lake. Ha! Where is feminism when you need it! So far here I've climbed up a million stairs in the castle and got a free coffee for it! Climbed inside a statue of a saint all the way to his head to look out his eyes, mouth, nose and ears at the view! Climbed down a different set of a million steps to see where the monks built their church.. And got a sample of a Turkish toilet! Went across the lake to arona by ferry! And watched Many a couples embrace under European sun.. Italy= not a place for the single!