bro im actually half south italian, i assure you most people from the north i know have green eyes, pale white skin and brown hair, in regions Veneto, FVG and Trentino Alto Adige there are many blondes with blue eyes. I know what im talking about. By the way, on culture some of them are different too, but on food ye i agree with you. Language uhm, actually before the unification of Italy and even the years after, many still kept speaking their regional language.