A little piece of home...
Where can you have a hula contest in Italy?... at the American military base, of course. Despite our love for Italy, its people, its culture,... it was nice to visit the American base (the Navy has a support site near Naples and the Airforce has a base in Vicenza and a support site near Pisa). All you have to do is make friends with an American service man or woman and you're in the club! 
What can you do on base? Well, you can watch a movie in English (hooray!), eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken or Taco Bell (which may wreak havoc on your digestive system), or you can shop (with your host's assistance) at the base's grocery and department stores.Don't get me wrong, one can be very happy living in Italy and not visit an American base. For us, it was like a vacation... see the latest movie, eat a bean burrito (difficult to do in Italy since there's no refried beans and no cheddar cheese), buy Diet Coke with Lime, a Thanksgiving Day turkey, Crispix, chocolate chips, cake mixes (wow, this is fun), beef jerky, bacon, cheddar cheese, chips & salsa, GameCube games (that play in an American player), potato peeler, slow cooker, portable ice chest,... should I stop now?
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