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*walks in, smells the dellicious spaghetti and sits in the corner*

May I have a spaghetti carbonara and a glass of Chianti please?

I love it here, so you can count with a new resident customer from now on. Hey, maybe I can start sort of "Stammtisch" here? "Stammtisch" is a german word for a table (always the same) in a restaurant, a pub, etc., where friends meet regularily. And I can imagine, that there will be lots of returning customers !

Sure thing glad to see a new regular customer turn up. Things have been a bit slow around here.

Well, maybe I can find another friends of italian food and ambiente

Allora .... adesso io sono in foro
Dove sono gli pasti? Dove e il vino?
Dove sono tutti?
Io ho portato un poco di bruschetta et alcuni espressi.

*runs out of words and sits in the patio in the shade*

*tries to remember more words*

Mi dispiace, ho dimenticato tutto.

It's always good to remember that one

Hi Cyy,

jeez, you are making me nervous - I don't understand a word (well almost), but maybe it's a good idea to look around to someone with italian knowledge. I always wanted to learn it.

I'm sorry .... I've almost exhausted my Italian .... that was about 50 % of what I still remember and 25 % of what I once knew .... I always wanted to learn it, too, but never did.

Still, having learned Latin once helps a lot with Italian, Spanish and French. It doesn't help you with the spelling, nor with the pronunciation of French . Mine is awful.

But the most important thing when you are traveling is to be able to read the menu . And I love to read Italian menus .

*Warning* Pedant alert--Pedant Alert

Shurely that should be 'Ristorante'?

Dove la chiesa per favore e come se dice in inglese il gelato?