"You know that you are in Italy when...."
-When the CB that lives over BENTO in Naples seems like an old friend
-When with only four airplanes in the TMA the controller sounds like a major emergency is taking place, and starts using "BREAK-BREAK" between all his transmissions
-When the AZ MD80 taxying on the parallel taxiway is doing 80 knots... in the corners
-When the Brit on frequency can't pronounce "Brindisi" to save his life
-When you know the location of "la curva Fievo"
-When 99 times out of 100 the "Finanziere" at customs doesn't even look up from his "Gazzetta dello Sport" when you walk by, then when his supervisor comes for an inspection suddenly no item in your flightbag is left unturned
-When four aircraft in front of you on 25 in FCO can mean 20 minutes delay, the next day the controller is clearing aircraft "take-off after, keep in sight" and gets 20 airborne in four minutes