Italy is beautiful, the people are so friendly ,food is out of this world, beautiful landscapes, and so much history. Traveling in Italy is like opening a history book and climbing in. Since I am Italian but born in this country when visiting Italy I feel I have gone back to my roots. The customs, people and food are all so familiar to me. I only wish I spoke the language! when I was small my grandmother told me I spoke Italian since they spoke it in the home. after starting school I forgot all of it. I can understand it when hearing italian spoken but I get all tongue tied when trying to speak italian myself. If money was no object I would go back every year.