OLD WILD ITALY
WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE QUOTE TEXAS IS BIGGER THAN FRANCE, I ASKED GOOGLE AND FOUND OUT THAT TEXAS IS ABOUT 2.2 TIMES BIGGER THAN ITALY. AND 16.5 TIMES BIGGER THAN LOMBARDY AND VENETO TOGETHER, ITALY’S TWO WEALTHIEST REGIONS. HERE, 9.000 KM EAST FROM AUSTIN, YOU CAN FIND CROWDS OF PEOPLE IN LOVE WITH AMERICAN COUNTRY’S CULTURE DREAMING OF GOING WEST: THEY LOVE HORSE BUCKING AND RODEOS, COWBOY HATS AND PICKUP TRUCKS, LINE DANCES AND FOLK MUSIC. AND BBQ, OF COURSE.
