Apparently they take their soccer almost as seriously as their pasta

So I asked Fabiano if we could go see a game of soccer at one of the large stadiums; I didn't need to ask twice! His team Juventus had just won the Italian Soccer League championship for the 28th time, and so with 65,000 others we headed up to the Stadio dell' Alpi to sit in the swealtering heat.

We watched a game and the cup presentation, but the real show was the crowd - Italians really get going when it comes to soccer. At one point everyone in the stadium got up and started jumping up and down; being my father's daughter I began to recall every physics film I had seen on the effects of resonance - but eventually the enthusiasm became contagious and I had a great time.

Funnier still was the drive home, with the driver of just about every car tooting their horn in triumph, which did nothing to improve the overall standard of driving!