CAMPING ITALIAN STYLE

You've got to love the way Italians camp. They take it seriously, and they bring everything. The campgrounds here have electricity. Cords can be found running everywhere. In Alghero I noticed a group seated semis circle in wicker chairs around a large color television. But here in Nuropolis the set-ups are even more elaborate. The televisions are connected to satellite dishes. Many campsites have refrigerators and even washing machines. I watched an elderly woman working away on a sewing machine. Everyone is jabbering away on a cellphone. The hair dryers are all a roaring come evening before dinner time. People come fully equipped. They build tarped canopies over their campsites and create verandas which are closed with blinds and shutters. They bring it all. And one just has to marvel at the tightly synchronized eating times and itineraries. Italians are so funny!