Rome and Italy and Europe are wonderful and good and lovely and all that. But you know what I miss about America? See, I am a big believer in Free Stuff. Which is in a scarce supply here. The side salad. Refills of drinks. Dinner rolls. Ice water in restaurants. Nights & weekends on the cell phone. Bags at the grocery store. Public restrooms. The only thing I’ve gotten free here has been a CD of 10 songs with my Italian SIM card.

Two halves of a different coconut, but I’ll take what I can get.

This is what makes America the greatest country in the world. Land of the Free.
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Today’s word: Cocco