"Noise. Although we often think of a tranquil Italian countryside when dreaming about Italy, you're more likely to get tractors and chainsaws that start up at daybreak and continue on all morning, just when you think you're going to sleep in.
If you're not convinced that Italians have invented almost every contraption that causes noise, let's begin with Leonardo da Vinci and the helicopter. Well, at least he designed it...[...]
http://www.italiannotebook.com/Todaysnote.php
