Why do you Go to Italy solo?

I hear this everytime I start to plan, pack and become frenzied peparing for my return Home To Italy every year or 18 months.  
How do you explain the pull that Italy has?  

How do you explain what it is like to feel the energy of the people in a market?

How do you explain the marvel that the 800+ year old building is still being used and how did they do that without steel supports?

I have stopped trying to explain the intangible feeling that solo travel to an Italian American returning to Italy feels..........

and so glad i have that spark that makes it so exciting....

Solo Travel To Rome: where to eat solo????

As I prepare for my 8th solo Trip Home to Italy I asked a colleague where would she recommend to eat, solo, in Rome
I think I shall try at least one of them next week when I am home in Italia!!!

Here are some restaurants for a solo dinner:

1 - "Le Finestre” in via Chiana 80, Tel.: 06-8551076, http://roma.2night.it/locali/cena/pizzeria/1946/le-finestre.html. This is an informal restaurant for every age that serves pizza, meat and salads. Outdoor space. The area is Trieste near Parioli (villa Borghese)

2 - Always in Trieste is "Napolitanos", an Italian Steak House, there is another one in NYC, that also serves pasta and salads in viale Regina Margherita 72, Tel.: 06-8844684, http://www.oltreillimite.com/aziende.asp?id=180 
slightly dim, relaxing atmosphere inside and an outdoor space in spring/summer, casual, also for solo people who are in Rome for work

3 - In the historic centre in a side street off  piazza del Popolo there is "Gusto" which is restaurant, pizzeria, bar. There is always a lot going on, casual and mixed customers. http://www.gusto.it


Where do you suggest a solo traveler to eat in Rome???

Perugia Chocolate Festival!

who thought up the most wonderful 'holiday' in the world?