Only in Italy. A Memoir of Mishap, Mayhem and Romance - Michael Francis

Flying to Italy? Hours in the Air Will Feel Like Minutes

When a fifty-five year old New Yorker joins an Italian for Beginners class he expects to learn a few simple phrases, but what he gets is a one-way ticket to the chaotic splendor of Italy.

Armed with unwavering optimism, and a gift for using verbs in all the wrong tenses, he takes his basic Italian and lets it loose on an unsuspecting country.

From standoffs with ill-tempered street food vendors, to white-knuckle bus rides on narrow mountain highways, every awkward and embarrassing moment is lost in translation.

You'll cringe, cheer and laugh out loud at every hilarious misadventure - including the whirlwind romance he never saw coming.

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