Some things are definitely best left in the past, like shoulder pads. Well, this is my opinion, at least. But there are others we still think of fondly: mixed tapes, rotary phones, buying a CD in a store, or the thrill of picking up movies at Blockbusters for a night in with pizza and friends. Don’t get me wrong, today’s alternatives are just as good but, perhaps, it’s the sweet taste of youth we miss from those days, more than anything else.

But I don’t want to get all soppy, rather, I’d like to take a walk down Italy’s memory lane and reminisce with you about a bunch of things Italy had and no longer has, stuff we all loved and knew, at some stage of our lives, but now only survives in our sepia-toned (or should I say 80s neon?) memory snaps. Let’s begin with…