italian culture

and how to adjust to it

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annoyances
bars
beggars
buses
cafes
chat
children
cinemas
computers
consulates
crime
culture
diary
diy
dress code
driving
eating in
eating out
embassies
employment
etiquette
family life
feedback
food from home
forum
fountains
golf
graffiti
groceries
guestbook
hotels
household
la dolce vita
language
lavatories
learning italian
legalities
magazines
map-buying
maps
medical
merchandise
mosquitos
movies
officialdom
permesso
pickpockets
pictures
pizzas
police
portraits
problems
public services
radio
recipes
repairs
residency
restaurants
rubbish
schools
scooters
search
shopping
souvenirs
spending
sports facilities
subway routes
subway tickets
sunburn
taboos
taxis
television
toilets
t-shirts
translation
transport
rubbish
utilities
walking
weather
what to wear

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Settling into the Italian way of life. Actually, before we attempt, (in our small way) to immerse you in advice on dealing with Italian culture-shock, we're going to cheat a bit by throwing you a safety net. Here it is:

where to meet fellow expatriates in Rome
or...
where to find stuff in Rome that you would buy at home

Click either of those links and you'll feel safer already if stranded in Rome.
For the braver among you who are contemplating getting up close and personal with real live Italians while you're here, we present our observations on everyday life with Italians - learning their culture, habits, customs and etiquette, starting, for the moment with:

eating with italians

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