I have now officially been in Italy for over a month and now that I am a bit more settled, I am finally taking the time to really observe how the Italians live and I must say, I like their style. At first, I'll admit that I was thrown off by their complete lack of anything even resembling urgency. My mom and I have a saying "We needed that like yesterday!". We use it to describe when we are in a pickle and need something very quickly, emphasis on the quick. Here, I doubt this saying would translate at all in this language. If I told someone here that I needed something yesterday, they would probably look at me and tell me that I wasn't going to get it until tomorrow or the day after. Meals here take 3 hours+. Everything closes down for 3 to 4 hours right in the middle of the day so you can have a midday drink and people still get home in time to have dinner with their families. Teachers start class late because they don't feel the need to stress over a couple of minutes because what is a couple of minutes in the grand scheme of things?
Their average life expectancy is more than 10 years greater than ours. I'm just saying, maybe the Italians are on to something....
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