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Got back a few weeks ago from a week in Siena and Florence, Italy.



When you were in Siena, a city best described as one of those circular games with the BB in it where you have to roll it into the right passage to get to the center.... did you happen to see a rental car nobody was claiming? I lost my rental car in Siena in 2000. I parked it somewhere and went into the city. When I went in, it was daytime and the shops were open and I know I went down 4 steps and entered by a store selling soccer equipment. When I tried to leave the metal bars were down and all the store fronts looked the same. I wandered for like 90 minutes looking for that car and found nothing. So I went to the car rental place and they said that because I lost it they could not help me, but they could if it was stolen. And I said "Did I said lost? I meant stolen. Yeah, it was stolen." Went to file the police report and Allesandro told me that they had not had a car stolen in 24 years. My reply was "Yeah, well, I am a trailblazer like that. Fill out the report."

But on topic, yes, the enzyme driven processed food we eat here is awful when compared to the natural simplicity of the diet in Europe. We were in Italy 13 days and the WORST meal I had there was better than the best I had here. I would like to go back (with somebody nicer) and enjoy that food and ambience again.