GRAND VOYAGE ITALY
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This is a blog about our three week voyage throughout Italy. It is a trip of discovery for our little family to discover our Italian roots and heritage. We will share our joys, hardships, humor and lots of travel tips.
GRAND VOYAGE ITALY
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A typical Italian breakfast
Just how did this riposo thing get started in Italy (and other Mediterranean countries)? Many attribute it to the heat in the middle of the day--which can get extreme in summer--combined with the typically heavy meals eaten as lunch in the Mediterranean diet. Simply put, people get drowsy after a big meal. Italians supposedly are embracing this biological fact as part of their natural clock... napping when their body says to nap, whereas Americans are out of tune with their natural rhythms.
When you speak to Italians and understand their lifestyle you get a cleare ..read more