@wittmann:
Did mean to ask Noll: how and where do you buy your games in Italy?
Are there shops in the big cities? Never thought to look in Florence. (This would be if we ever moved there. Not for now.)
Depends.
My most reliable source is a good friend of mine, that happens to have the most numerous collection of boardgames in the world (20.000+ boardgames, 60.000+ if you count doubles and other languages versions), and happens to be also the CEO of “giochi uniti”, a major Italian boardgame publisher. If you’re curious about this awesome man, here’s a dated interview about him:
http://www.lettera43.it/stili-vita/12628/giochi-senza-frontiere.htm