Italian breakfast has two easy rules: espresso and croissant! Joking apart, italian people love going to a bar, relaxing for a few minutes and drinking coffee or capuccino with a sweet croissant (filled with jam, egg cream or chocolate) or a muffin. There are also people who want a savoury breakfast. In this case they have an orange juice with a little ham sandwich, or in my city is very common to see people having "erbazzone" (a kind of puff pastry filled with ricotta, Parmigiano Reggiano and chard) for breakfast.