I hope you enjoy your trip lagatta! :)
Those Dutch stairs would kill me. Or, rather, I would clumsily and awkwardly trip and fall to my untimely demise. I've got huge feet (I wear a dainty size 10 1/2 shoe). Hm, maybe a jaunty side-step all the way down? :wink:
I lived in a fairly old house growing up, old by Saskatchewan standards anyway (built before 1910). The stairs were pretty narrow and steep but as a kid it wasn't too bad. I was back there about a year ago and after taking a tour of the upstairs, tripped on the way back down and landed on my bum. Skinned my elbow in the process too.