A few more thoughts from Italy

– I don't care how hot you are, you are not hot enough to wear a white Speedo – ever.  Those things are just wrong, wrong, wrong.
– Gelato is part of the essential food groups.  It's good for you.  Period.
– I can live/travel with 2 dresses, a pair of shorts and 2 tank tops.  The rest is just extra weight that I haven't touched in the last 12 days.
– Fighting through the gelato line at Naninni's gelateria in Siena is nearly as bad as fighting through the McDonald's line in Beijing.  Brutal.
– At some point in the hot muggy late night heat, the body gives up complaining about the discomfort and just passes out regardless. 
– Evenings in medieval walled cities and surprise thunderstorms in the midday heat are life's little daily treats.
– English TV is hard to come by but when it comes, you love CNN and the BCC just as much as MTV.
– After weeks of being in shorts and dresses, I don't think my body will ever accept jeans again.
– If you are buying a Chianti make sure you get a bottle with the black rooster sticker on it.  This means the wine was made in the oldest and most authentic region of Chianti (this is invaluable advice given to us by a local).
– Today we went to the grocery store and made our own version of prosciutto and melone.  We ate in the square and it was heaven.
– Little bits of a simple heaven like this are so easy to come by these days.  I am happy.