Sales! Sconti! Saldi!

Sales! Sconti! Saldi!
These three words are used to let customers know that items are being discounted. Here in Italy, sales are regulated by regional law. Everything goes on sale at the same time, twice a year, in February ... and right now! Starting this Saturday, July 3, "saldi" signs appeared in most shop windows.

The English word SALE is also the Italian word for SALT.

This Diesel Store window on the Via del Corso in the center of Rome plays with both of these words!

Roman Photo Location Revealed

Saturday’s mystery picture was of EUROMA2, the new “centro dello shopping” that opened this past Spring here in Rome. It has 230 stores and boasts of 4,000 parking spaces. It is open until 10 pm every night, including Sunday.

Some of the places in the food court have interesting design features.

I was happy to find a SUBWAY sandwich shop!

It is hard for Italians to be away from their soccer game. The food court has several TV monitors so that your boyfriend can watch the game while you eat your MacDonald's french fries.