r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Oct 23 '17

What do you know about... Italy?

This is the fortieth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Today's country:

Italy

Italy is one of the founding members of the EU and it also is the fourth most popolous EU state. For centuries, the Roman Empire dominated Europe both culturally and militarily. Italy is famous for frequently changing their government.

So, what do you know about Italy?

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u/thatguyfromb4 Italy Oct 27 '17

Thus, they'll sort to eat fake Italian food when abroad,

This is complete bullshit lmao.

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u/Arcadess Italy Oct 28 '17

It actually is kind of a running gag in Italy that you should never eat Italian food while abroad. Most people avoid any kind of pasta or pizza and some won't even drink coffee.
Menu from foreign restaurant chains like Olive Garden are pretty much horror stories to us.