This book was a wonderful assistance on a recent trip to Rome. It is small and light and has phrases sorted by need (Food, Travel, Etc.). Some of the suggestions are quite funny and so it was entertaining to read through, even those sections I did not think I would need to study. One of my favorites under food was "Do your customers ever return?" (I suppose for a situation where you did not like the food &/or service.) I cannot swap my copy yet because I have another trip to Italy soon and it will be coming with me again.