Italian cheese

I am depressed about the cheese. Even here in Rome only Italian cheese is available and it is all very anonymous white cheesey stuff. We did buy a small wheel of English cheddar, but during our drive it got too hot and sort of melted. The wax on the outside melted, then the cheese sort of oozed out. Ick. Sadly this leaves me without good cheese for the next 2 months. I'm going to look online to see if i can get an emergency delivery of Cheddar!