I can't eat it if it can look at me

Terrenia is a beautiful beach town along the western shore line of Italy. Although they have an American beach which caters to the military and DOD guests that visit the area, it is mailny a place for Italians to visit. In Pisa, we found that there were restaurants to target a variety of tastes. Who knew falafels were so big in Italy? This was not true for Terrenia.

Another thing that I found interesting was the type of seafood offered. In the US, seafood involves a wide array of things, from the crustaceous to the gilled. Here, it seemed most seafood was squid, octopus, clams, or muscles, the more mucous-like sealife. When we came to a restaurant that had a large, glass display of their seafood out front, the boys thought we had found an aquarium. They were disappointed, and slightly grossed-out when we jokingly told them that was what was for dinner. On to the next restaurant. Here, the dinners started at $20 euro a plate. Probably not.

Remembering the travel tips of Samantha Brown, we headed down a side street and came to an Italian Restaurant. Quick question....when you're in Italy, is it still called an Italian restaurant, or it just a restaurant? Either way, the menu looked inviting, and by then we had moved past the icky seafood and were ready to eat.

I know now that my children will grow up truly well versed in other cultures. When we sat down to eat, my oldest son requested "spaghetti carbonara." I know some 5 year olds who can barely say carbonara, let alone request it at dinner. Then there was the 3 year old. He said that he wanted "prosciutto and melon," pronounced with the proper Italian inflection. The waiter was impressed by their grasp of the language, I was just glad we weren't eating octopus.

Ciao' for now!