"Grazie" for a few days

I'm in Genoa!! My husband is attending a conference here for three days, and luckily, it was possible for me to come along.

We didn't have the time to prepare so much for this trip: learning some Italian, for example. Worse, we did a mistake of not having a list of basic phrases in hand! We didn't even know how to pronounce "grazie" correctly  when we stepped out of the airport in Genoa. So as soon as I could when we arrived at the hotel, I got myself informed with the basics and read some dos and don'ts for tourists. It's a must to know some Italian when visiting the country!

The phrases I found most helpful are:

"buon giorno!" to greet someone;
"mi dispiace, non parlo italiano" when someone talks to you in Italian, and you have no idea what it was all about, and you hope he/she answers: "parla inglese?";
"mi scusi" for excuse me or pardon me;
"dove" for where;

and of course the important words "si" and "no" when you simply have to say yes and no, respectively.
But a funny thing is, I'm surprised to hear myself sometimes answering with the Finnish affirmative reply "joo"!

In Piazza de Ferrari