I'm Italian (now in the US), and I had some friends come visit in Italy a while ago, and went out to lunch with some of my family. One of my friends ordered a cappuccino mid-lunch and my family almost passed out :)
And to this American who enjoyed a slice between classes I could not understand why. I concluded it was too hot and no one wanted to turn up the pizza oven. Is that correct assumption?
If you want pizza for lunch you head to a bakery or “bar” and they have squares (not “slices”) ready for you to pick up.
But pizza stuffs was the restaurant's clearly advertised purpose.
It sounds absolutely silly but really there’s few good reasons for most of our habits.
Sorry, I know you were just joking.
The sign of a seasoned traveler is someone who enjoys the quirks of various cultures, instead of ridiculing them.
One of the things that dismays me about the European Union is that each country seems to be losing its identity. Ditto for the United States.
Fantastic meal, by the way. I had never understood risotto until then.
Maybe they'd already packed the milk away for the day?