I don’t normally post “retweets” as blog posts, but this is the funniest thing I have read in a long time - an article in The Onion about a “mediocre trattoria” in Florence that parodies every trip report on slowtrav or tripadvisor that I have ever read. Published Jan 14 2010 it actually PRE-dates Obama’s comment to mayor Renzi that Florence has the best restaurants in the world; otherwise I would have thought this was a knee-jerk reaction to that comment.

So, I hear somebody’s going on a little Italian vacation this spring. You lucky dog, you. Kelly and I were there for our 10th wedding anniversary last June, and we just had a tremendous time. Even though I know you probably have your whole trip planned out already, I want to say that, if you happen to find yourselves in Florence at any point, you absolutely have to set aside a night and visit this really middle-of-the-road little trattoria I know.

Trust me on this one. It’s the most uninspired restaurant in all of Florence. If you do nothing else in the entire city, you have to treat yourself to this completely adequate place. READ REST on The Onion