I've decided to start a blog of little life lessons that I learned in my travels throughout Europe over the next five months. As you can imagine I went through an immediate culture shock upon arriving in Italy (everyone here speaks Italian, not everyone speaks English) and as a result I've provided nothing but a walking comedy for the Italian passerby.
The major reasons for starting this blog are the following...
1. Provide information for the next naive American that travels to Europe (trust me w/in 24 hours I've realized I'm the most American thing in this city)
2. Use this space as both an outlet and memory bank for some of the things which I messed up that day
3. Allow other people to laugh at some of my stories (at my expense)
4. Give me something to do (as opposed to napping all day)
Naturally I will improve and immerse into the European culture. As a result, I imagine that most things at the beginning any ordinary person might have already known/experienced. This is another way of saying the first ten lessons my dad might have informed me about yet I was too busy not listening to process and take seriously the information (for example: London uses pounds... yes I gave the guy at the airport euro and he said they don't use them). Like I said many of the initial things will be basic things which anyone would know. However by the end of my travels I intend to be a seasoned veteran on all things European.
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