Comments on: Sweeping, Weeping in Sicily http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/ Living in Southeast Sicily Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:28:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-4379 Jann Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:16:08 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-4379 Hi Rosann--thanks for commenting! Re McDonald's--you're right--they're so clever-they offer bathrooms w/out purchase AND in my area of Sicily (there is only one, thank goodness) McD's is one of the few places offering (free) wireless!! And now they're co-opting "local, slow" food slogans. You CAN manage a move to Italy!!! You just have to want it above all else! Hi Rosann–thanks for commenting! Re McDonald’s–you’re right–they’re so clever-they offer bathrooms w/out purchase AND in my area of Sicily (there is only one, thank goodness) McD’s is one of the few places offering (free) wireless!! And now they’re co-opting “local, slow” food slogans. You CAN manage a move to Italy!!! You just have to want it above all else!

]]> By: Rosann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-4378 Rosann Fri, 03 Dec 2010 16:03:21 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-4378 I just returned from a month in Rome and just loved, loved seeing the sweepers each morning outside my apartment in Trastevere. That photo hit home with me. About McDonald's - there are quite a few in Rome and they do sell traditional breakfast pastries and espresso in real china. I, however, loved McD's because one can use the bathrooms there without purchasing anything! It is sad to see those arches, though. Love the blog -- I'm desperately trying to find a way to stay long term (a year to forever) in Italy........ somewhere..... anywhere. My paternal grandparents are Sicilian. Maybe Sicily will open up to me! I just returned from a month in Rome and just loved, loved seeing the sweepers each morning outside my apartment in Trastevere. That photo hit home with me. About McDonald’s – there are quite a few in Rome and they do sell traditional breakfast pastries and espresso in real china. I, however, loved McD’s because one can use the bathrooms there without purchasing anything! It is sad to see those arches, though. Love the blog — I’m desperately trying to find a way to stay long term (a year to forever) in Italy…….. somewhere….. anywhere. My paternal grandparents are Sicilian. Maybe Sicily will open up to me!

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-2189 Jann Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:24:51 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-2189 Yeah, what is it about brooms? Glad someone understands! Yeah, what is it about brooms? Glad someone understands!

]]> By: wayne http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-2177 wayne Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:22:30 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-2177 i Love these pictures. piero has laughed at me because i have take similar pictures of street sweepers in Otranto and Barcelona and Ischia. But I am a Virgo. I love to see people care for their spaces! Looking forward to meeting you! i Love these pictures. piero has laughed at me because i have take similar pictures of street sweepers in Otranto and Barcelona and Ischia. But I am a Virgo. I love to see people care for their spaces!

Looking forward to meeting you!

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-1897 Jann Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:39:59 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-1897 Karen, what do they use in your part of Sicilia? Karen, what do they use in your part of Sicilia?

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-1895 Jann Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:29:44 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-1895 Hi Cathy--well, unfortunately I wouldn't say that McDonald's isn't gaining a foothold in Italy. There ARE several towns where they've gone under, but they're fighting back hard. I just heard that they've got a new "Italian" menu here in Italy (not sure what's on it), and also they offer free wireless in a country where it's often hard to find a wireless connection... Hi Cathy–well, unfortunately I wouldn’t say that McDonald’s isn’t gaining a foothold in Italy. There ARE several towns where they’ve gone under, but they’re fighting back hard. I just heard that they’ve got a new “Italian” menu here in Italy (not sure what’s on it), and also they offer free wireless in a country where it’s often hard to find a wireless connection…

]]> By: Jann http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-1894 Jann Sun, 18 Jul 2010 18:25:27 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-1894 Dennis--really really really!!!!!!!?????? What an amazing story. Thanks for posting it!!! Dennis–really really really!!!!!!!?????? What an amazing story. Thanks for posting it!!!

]]> By: Cathy http://baroquesicily.com/2010/07/sweeping-weeping-in-sicily/comment-page-1/#comment-1892 Cathy Sun, 18 Jul 2010 13:33:14 +0000 http://baroquesicily.com/?p=4213#comment-1892 So glad to hear McDonalds isn't gaining much of a foothold in Italy!! I wouldn't think the Italians would go for it... not with all the REAL, quality food we enjoyed there! So glad to hear McDonalds isn’t gaining much of a foothold in Italy!! I wouldn’t think the Italians would go for it… not with all the REAL, quality food we enjoyed there!

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