QUOTES OF THE WEEK

 Hello ladies and gents this is the Viking telling you that today we are talking about 

THE ITALIANS

The Italians and Spanish, the Chinese and Vietnamese see food as part of a larger, more essential and pleasurable part of daily life. Not as an experience to be collected or bragged about - or as a ritual like filling up a car - but as something else that gives pleasure, like sex or music, or a good nap in the afternoon. Anthony Bourdain

Italians can not beat us, but we can certainly lose against them. Johan Cruyff  

I am Italian. Springsteen's mostly Italian, too. We're both Italians with Dutch names, one of the many things we have in common. Steven Van Zandt 

Both It's in the nature of Italians to live life with a positive tone and to celebrate the invitations that come along in life. Italian food is so conducive to all of that. Lidia Bastianich 

Nature I love places that have an incredible history. I love the Italian way of life. I love the food. I love the people. I love the attitudes of Italians. Elton John 

I spent five years in Italy, and the Italians have a slightly different lifestyle. Everything is a bit slower and more easygoing. You can feel that when you live there; you become a little more relaxed about typically 'German' things like accuracy and punctuality. Miroslav Klose  

The Italians, who used to be a great motor-manufacturing power, have been absolutely destroyed by the euro - as was intended by the Germans. Boris Johnson  

Who Italians are fantastic people, really. They can work you over in an alley while singing an opera. Don Rickles

and as always have a chilled day from the Viking