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The Italy You Don't Know

Honesty is not the best policy, in Italy.

July 25, 2006 by Alex Roe

While reading the English version of Beppe Grillo's wonderful blog I found a rather worrying entry, well, more worrying than the rest. Mr Grillo does not paint a wonderful picture of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italians Tagged With: Culture, Italian

Parking your car – Italian style and other little problems for motorists

April 25, 2005 by Alex Roe

While hanging about waiting for the bus to arrive this morning; I was on the way to the hospital where our little one is staying; I happened to notice this rather crookedly parked car, which … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in Italy Tagged With: Culture, driving, Funny, Italian, men

Cappuccino and non-cappuccino cultures

March 28, 2005 by Alex Roe

While chatting with my other half I happened to mention a conversation which had taken place between two students of mine. The subject of this discussion was whether Milan was a better place … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italians Tagged With: Culture, Italian

Cultural Differences Between Italian and UK Families

January 22, 2005 by Alex Roe

This is my own personal attempt to get my head around how the two cultures differ, especially from the viewpoint of life with children.  This post will thus deal with an issue which is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Italians Tagged With: Culture, Italian

Behind bars

January 21, 2005 by Alex Roe

Nope, they haven't sent me to jail, but when I have a look out of the window of the appartment, it feels a bit like being in one. You see there is a security grating thingy over each of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Life in Italy Tagged With: Culture, Funny

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