First, it's the smell that will hit you as you enter. You might momentarily wonder if you've died and gone to heaven. Then, displayed graciously behind glass windows, very much like valuable jewelry safely nestled and protected, your eyes might not believe the beauty you are seeing.
No, you have not died and gone to heaven after all, but you have just entered an Italian pastry shop, or pasticceria. I shamefully have to admit that on my return trips to Italy, the pasticceria is most likely going to be my first stop, jet lag and all. Dolce means sweet or sweets in Italian, I'm starting to think that the saying "La Dolce Vita" is referring to their pastries and not their lifestyle!
Source: http://www.italialiving.com/
