Lucca's spot

Saturday, December 31, 2011

We Are All Well!!!

During this holiday season I’ve received hundreds of wishes from all over the world, and I have to say that it was a great pleasure and I was very touched. Therefore, I return the good wishes with great warmth and I wish to all of those who wrote to me, friends, clients and future guests in Lucca, a wonderful New Year.

I’ll take this opportunity also to reassure everyone…I have noticed that many season wishes that arrived to me also expressed worry for “Our” political and economical climate…

Well, I have to admit that the Italian situation isn’t at its best. Italy isn’t going through a great moment…it’s all very confused and chaotic…but is this situation only in Italy? I’d say that we are all in the same boat…

Anyway, one of the few certainties we have is that there is no danger of civil rebellions, revolts or uprisings of any kind. From all the Christmas wishes that I received, I seemed to detect that we are pictured by the rest of the world as if we are on the edge of a cliff…like the north African countries and Syria…or like Greece, some months ago… I felt people are afraid for us… our Bella Italia!

Well, you must know that here in Italy we have many, big problems, but we are fine…we are too fine…and this is probably the reason why Italians will never protest in the squares to truly fight… anyway, who against??? Italians won’t give up their life style and their comforts…Italians will confront this difficult moment with their heads held high, making some sacrifices if necessary, but there won’t be big disruptions…indeed, tourism is an area which will be of great help to the national economy.

Unfortunately, many times, journalists exaggerate and want to create panic, when it isn’t at all necessary. For example, here in Italy we read on newspapers and hear on the news that it is dangerous to go to Israel…but I’ve had many clients from Telaviv that started laughing when I asked them how the situation was over there…and they even invited me to visit them, because it is a beautiful country.

Here in Italy, in Lucca, we are all calm and serene…we are still worried about an economical and political system that doesn’t work anymore…but this doesn’t discourage us, instead it gives us one more reason to always do better, in order to resolve not only our own needs, but also the needs of an entire nation.

Therefore, as usual, we are waiting to welcome all of you, with the same smile and nice manners of always.

I WISH YOU HAPPY NEW YEAR!