Swept in the moment to the Tuscan countrysides... il campo ...and the small northern Italian villages, right in the center of la piazza. So pardon me for the moment as I quote some bella passages:

"Travels in the Tuscan countryside for a day trip, weekend, week, year -- a journey or a hike, a picnic or a ride: I go when I'm wanting something. Something endless, something new. Something with no memory of mine but with a memory of its own that reaches farther back than I can imagine. When you find the piazza, you're in the heart of the heart of the place. All the lives and affections and events flow out from right there."
-Frances Mayes, from her book, In Tuscany

Chi pi conosce pi ama, pi amando pi gusta. (The more you know, the more you love, and by loving more, the more you enjoy.)
-St. Catherine of Siena

"A me la polenta piace un po' pi tenera, a mio marito un po' pi solida, allora la faccio non tenera e non solida, che siam contenti tutti." ("I like my polenta to be soft, my husband likes it dense, so I make it neither soft nor dense and we are all happy.")
-Ermelina Querciagrossa, from the book Luna, Bella Luna

Luna, bella luna fammi sognar dormendo chi sposer vivendo. (Moon, beautiful moon, make me dream while I am sleeping about whom I will marry when I awake.)