How to be the kind of tourist Italians love

A friend who lives in the center of Florence came over for dinner the other day. We got to talking about tourists. "I can't take it anymore," she said.

"Just getting out the front door has become a problem... then you stand in line for hours to buy a loaf of bread, the prices are ridiculous, everyone speaks English to you. The last time I ate at the local trattoria, which I have been going to for years, we barely put our forks down when the owner made it clear that he needed our table."

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