Some Random Thoughts After 2 Months!
1. The only things on time in Italy are the trains. Being 5 minutes late is ok for everything EXCEPT for getting on your train.
2. Run towards the city center. In Milano running on the sidewalks doesn't really happen. Therefore, when running I am no longer going to run away from the city center because, even though the sidewalks are less crowded, people are less and less used to see people running. The closer you are to the center of the city, the less stares you get!
3. The universal pickup line - "Do you have BBM?" Got to love AT&T and their worldwide network!
4. My current 5 food groups are pasta, bread, oil, cheese and wine.
5. The furniture in my Grandma and Nonno's house finally makes sense. Kind of an odd revelation but now that I've been in the houses of their family here I finally understand why they have the furniture they have and decorated the way they did!
6. You actually can find any movie and TV show on the internet.
7. Euros finally don't feel like monopoly money! Wooo! And I can finally identify coins by looking at the outside rim of them!
8. I always end up giving my seat to older women... and they have no qualms about asking you to get up so they can sit down. I try to avoid confrontation!
9. I know Skype as a company isn't that healthy financially but they seriously need to figure something out because they are vital for my survival over here. I have unlimited calls and minutes to US (and Canada!) landlines and cells for $3.00 a month. Do your research Skype because I'd pay more!
10. I miss dryers. We don't have one in my apartment and my jeans perpetually feel too big because in the US most people usually buy them with the assumption that they'll stretch when wearing then you wash and dry them and then they shrink back a little. Here it's simply stretch, wash, stretch, wash... And you can't use the o so reliable measurement of weight gain/loss based on the tightness of your favorite pair of jeans!
11. Caffe, always. I love the philosophy on coffee that Italy has. Here a coffee is actually "un caffe" and you get it at a "bar" which, is US terms, is actually a "cafe." A caffe here is a shot of espresso and you often drink it while standing at the bar. It's a fast process that takes 3 minutes. I always put a healthy amount of sugar in mine and have recently been ordering a "caffe latte" in the afternoon. At about a .80 to 1.00 euro a pop it isn't expensive and I love thinking I look so Italian!
2. Run towards the city center. In Milano running on the sidewalks doesn't really happen. Therefore, when running I am no longer going to run away from the city center because, even though the sidewalks are less crowded, people are less and less used to see people running. The closer you are to the center of the city, the less stares you get!
3. The universal pickup line - "Do you have BBM?" Got to love AT&T and their worldwide network!
4. My current 5 food groups are pasta, bread, oil, cheese and wine.
5. The furniture in my Grandma and Nonno's house finally makes sense. Kind of an odd revelation but now that I've been in the houses of their family here I finally understand why they have the furniture they have and decorated the way they did!
6. You actually can find any movie and TV show on the internet.
7. Euros finally don't feel like monopoly money! Wooo! And I can finally identify coins by looking at the outside rim of them!
8. I always end up giving my seat to older women... and they have no qualms about asking you to get up so they can sit down. I try to avoid confrontation!
9. I know Skype as a company isn't that healthy financially but they seriously need to figure something out because they are vital for my survival over here. I have unlimited calls and minutes to US (and Canada!) landlines and cells for $3.00 a month. Do your research Skype because I'd pay more!
10. I miss dryers. We don't have one in my apartment and my jeans perpetually feel too big because in the US most people usually buy them with the assumption that they'll stretch when wearing then you wash and dry them and then they shrink back a little. Here it's simply stretch, wash, stretch, wash... And you can't use the o so reliable measurement of weight gain/loss based on the tightness of your favorite pair of jeans!
11. Caffe, always. I love the philosophy on coffee that Italy has. Here a coffee is actually "un caffe" and you get it at a "bar" which, is US terms, is actually a "cafe." A caffe here is a shot of espresso and you often drink it while standing at the bar. It's a fast process that takes 3 minutes. I always put a healthy amount of sugar in mine and have recently been ordering a "caffe latte" in the afternoon. At about a .80 to 1.00 euro a pop it isn't expensive and I love thinking I look so Italian!
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