Pubs, Cafes and Coffee Shops

My plans to head to Italy this year has been nixed. It is just too expensive. I am bitter about this. Sure we are heading Cozumel, Mexico in a month, but that does not come close to quenching my thirst for traveling and seeing what's out there. I have never understood the attraction of traveling to an all-inclusive resort and never leaving the grounds. I plan to sneak away a bit between relaxing and family duties. I plan on seeing the ruins (and a ton of cruse ship people, no doubt). And I do have a tip on a restaurant, an Italian ex-pat who married a Mexican woman and opened an Italian restaurant on a small side street off of 5th avenue in Playa de Carmen. I hope it is good because this is as close to Italy as I am going to get with a sinking dollar.