Monday, May 23, 2016
Cultural observations
Italian
- Cookies for breakfast, yogurt and fruit for dessert
- Dinner in courses
- Espresso instead of a cup of filter coffee
- Few showers a week
- Small stick shift cars
- Aren't in a rush
- Typical of everyone to be Catholic
- Children give gifts for their 1st communion (confetti)
- Lunch at 1:30 dinner at 9
- They seem to never sleep
- Noticed many get married in their 30s
- No sports through the school
- Middle school has school on Saturday
- Children go home for lunch
- All bottled water, natural and fizzy
Similarities to American culture
- Importance of children's involvement
- Children play on YouTube and monopoly
- Still noticed many 1st graders picking their noses
- Drive on the right side of the road
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