Who said scuba was not competitive?

[lowwall]

Actually it is easy. A finned swimming course usually is 20 lessons, which is enough for mastering completely the technique.

. 20 lessons? In this day and age where you can get OW certification in a weekend and "mastery" apparently means demonstrating something once under ideal conditions?

 

[LightBrownPillow]

You will be wellcome here.
A lot of international teams come to Parma each year for the Parma Cup, and many come here for the food, too.
You will enjoy much more than Parmigiano cheese. Parma's ham, salame di Felino, Culatello, tortelli (a variant of ravioli), Rosa di Parma, torta fritta, Vecchia, horse's raw meat (Parma's pesto), etc. etc.
And some nice red sparkling wine (Marcello, Otello) and beer (Birrificio del Ducato).

Why must you make the rest of us jealous? I was enjoying my ham & cheese sandwich just fine until I read this post!

I do have 3 friends from my club who will be in Italy this summer, so I sent them that facebook link you posted and hopefully they can join in some practices with your team.

 

[Angelo Farina]

Why must you make the rest of us jealous? I was enjoying my ham & cheese sandwich just fine until I read this post!

I do have 3 friends from my club who will be in Italy this summer, so I sent them that facebook link you posted and hopefully they can join in some practices with your team.

Good... Here some photos of some typical Parma's food specialities:

Tortelli (pumpkin)

Tortelli di Erbetta

Parmigiano-Reggiano

Prosciutto di Parma and Lambrusco

Salame di Felino

Culatello di Zibello

Rosa di Parma

Torta fritta (typical with ham, salame, etc.)

Vecchia (horse meat with red and yellow pepper)

Caval Pist (raw horse meat)

Lambrusco Marcello wine

Typical local beers (Birreria del Ducato)