Our Italian Adventure begins

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Cool, didn't know those shoes were chocolates..maybe I didn't look closely.

Maybe you were situated in more tourist areas where the clothing that you saw were sold. After all, those fashion cities are also catering to other European tourists, who are bigger boned..from Netherlands, Germany, Scandanavia..Italy is a very different country for them also.

It is noticeable when trying on cycling clothing from Italy, it most definitely.....fits smaller boned people.

As for wandering inside those architectural monuments...true, especially if overrun with crowds it really is harder to contemplate, even see the artwork.