Colazione

Don't be worried, it's only an Italian word. It means "breakfast".Italian people don't have breakfast, they tend to skip it by swapping it with several shots of Espresso throughout the morning until they finally get to lunch time, obviously starving.

Only if they really have time to waste (as if they didn't have plenty of it anyway), Italian people choose to take a break at a nice Cafe' (we call it Bar o Caffetteria) and enjoy a nice "Cornetto e Cappuccino". Again, don't get worried, these are not naughty words, they only mean "Croissant and Cappuccino".
And by Croissant we obviously mean this:
Italian people call it "Cornetto" that means "little horn", because they are always very imaginative. It does look a bit like a horn, doesn't it?And yes, Cornetto is also the name of the famous ice-cream (Just one Corneeeeetto, give it to meeee...) because, just like croissants, it reminds to Italian people of a horn. Italian people apparently love horns. No, seriously though.Some of them (the oldest and less cultivated) think they bring "good luck" and keep the troubles away. It's not unusual to find this type of items in their pockets:
What does it look like? Correct, a horn. This is why it is called "Cornetto" (little horn), and in this case it's a Cornetto Portafortuna (little horn bringing good luck). Don't ask why.
It reminds of a chilli too. But enough of this. Let's go back to our "colazione".
As we were saying, if Italian people have more time to waste (that is always), they enjoy their "Cornetto e Cappuccino" sitting at a nice Caffetteria.
This is Cappuccino by the way, but you all know it already :
Italian waiters have this weird obsession of drawing fancy pictures on the milky froth. There's even a kind of competition between them, for the best drawer of froth-pictures. The best ones actually look like work of arts and it's even a shame to drink them. You might say where's the point of making them, then? But Italian people are creative minds, therefore they feel the urge to add pointless stuff to everything. And they do look pretty in the end, don't they?
The only people who actually have breakfast in Italy are children up to ten years old or maybe more, when their mothers can still force them to have breakfasts and they don't argue, yet.Healthy Italian children usually have cereals then (even if coated with sugar and chocolate). Yes cereals, just like British people. As a matter of fact Kellogg's brand is very popular in Italy too.
Other Italian children, have breakfast with latte e biscotti (milk and biscuits). Yes, you read well: "biscuits" for breakfast. Italian people don't do salty food in the morning, for some reason.That is why they all look at British people as the "weirdos of bacon, eggs and beans for breakfast". They don't know what they miss.The only small exception to this rule is made when they have "toast", that for them is your"toastie", the toasted cheese and ham sandwich. Confusing, I know.

This is what Italian people call "toast". Whereas they call your toast simply "pane tostato", "toasted bread". Because that is what it actually is!
As we said, this is the only exception to their usual sweet-tooth. There's also a very popular industrial bakery brand, called "Mulino Bianco" (The White Mill), that produces all sort of cakes, cookies and biscuits.This is a very big lack in the British economy by the way and the Girlfriend just can't understand why you don't sell their products here.
Look, there are so many different types you can write almost everything with them:

"IL MATTINO HA L'ORO IN BOCCA" A popular Italian saying, it means: "Morning has gold in its mouth""BACIAMI" (Kiss me)
"CACCA" (crap). I am very sorry about this, but it's quite funny.