Comments on: Cappuccino and non-cappuccino cultures http://italychronicles.com/cappuccino-and-non-cappuccino-cultures/ Life in the Living Museum Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:30:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Francesca Maggihttp://italychronicles.com/cappuccino-and-non-cappuccino-cultures/#comment-30519 Francesca Maggi Tue, 12 Apr 2011 18:51:37 +0000 http://italychronicles.com/?p=90#comment-30519 I lived 12 yrs in Milan and now 6+ in Rome - and, I can tell you, Romans work very hard as well! It's tough not to catch someone still at the office at 8pm. They only appear to work less, given that most State / City employees work something like 'half days' (but often on saturdays). Still, instead of going home for a nice nap, they run off to other jobs...And, although decisions don't get made so fast here, believe me - I wouldn't trade living/working in Rome for Milan - again. I lived 12 yrs in Milan and now 6+ in Rome – and, I can tell you, Romans work very hard as well! It’s tough not to catch someone still at the office at 8pm. They only appear to work less, given that most State / City employees work something like ‘half days’ (but often on saturdays). Still, instead of going home for a nice nap, they run off to other jobs…

And, although decisions don’t get made so fast here, believe me – I wouldn’t trade living/working in Rome for Milan – again.

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