Happy 150th Birthday Italy!

This marvelous country with its 20 regions and 110 provinces combines mountains with beaches, beautiful cities with cute little villages.... snow with sun.... northern precision with southern passion...

Furthermore, Italy offers its inhabitants and the rest of the world incredible art, ravishing fashion (Valentino Garavani, Versace, Gucci, Emilio Pucci, Etro, Dolce & Gabbana, Moschino), wonderful cuisine including pasta and pizza, fine wines (Amarone, Tignanello, Chianti Classico, Greco di Tufo, etc.), delicious coffee such as espresso and cappuccino, yummy fruit and vegetables (what to think of those gorgeous tomatoes?!), unforgettable literature (Dante, Boccaccio, Petrarca, Leopardi, Machiavelli, Manzoni, Tommasi di Lampedusa, Eco), beautiful music, including opera lirica... Pavarotti..... Andrea Boccelli..... and on and on.....
Cities like Rome, Florence, Venice, Naples, Turin.....

What's not to like? This is as good as it gets!!! So I say "Auguri Italia"..... Happy 150th birthday! And many more to come.