Top 20 Lessons:
1. Toilet seats don't always exist in Italy
2. A "toilet" can be literally a bowl in the floor
3. They don't have AC in Italy
4. They also don't have dryers, so you hang dry everything
5. Some of the people get really offended when you barder the prices in the markets
6. Zara is one of the best stores ever invented
7. The Euro exchange rate sucks
8. All the food is SOO fresh here, its amazing!
9. There is good gelato and bad gelato
10. You can get some real cheap but good wine
11. You can't buy alcohol after 9 from a store unless you are sketchy about it
12. Italians grocery shop daily & look at you strangely if you buy a lot of food
13. The post office is 10x worse here then in America
14. Stamps are very expensive & you need two for one postcard
15. Italian is hard to learn and understand
16. You get charged to sit down at a restaurant
17. If you get a coffee and drink it standing its 1,50 euro, if you get it to go its about 3,00 euro, & if you sit down to drink it its about 5,00 - 7,00 euro
18. The Ponte Vecchio was used to sell fish until the king didn't like the smell so now they sell gold & silver
19. I know I can go somewhere knowing no one and be completely out of my comfort zone and meet some of the greatest people and form friendships in a matter of days!
20. I never knew how much I could love a culture other than my own until I left Florence, Italy.
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| My favorite view of the city |
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| One of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen |
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| My favorite night spot, Ponte Vecchio |
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| Bridge concerts are the best |
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| Love the view on the bridges |
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| Market, freshest food... ever |
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| Enoteca, a local wine shop |
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| Home cooked Italian meal |
