Ciao a tutti! I didn’t realise until after the video uploaded to RU-vid that there was a little lag in the work section (how ironic) 😂 How happy does Italy make you? Let me know!
Hopefully we make you happy enough so far. Yes, bureaucracy sucks deeply, but actually in pretty recent times quite a lot of stuff could be now done online using SPID,CNS, CIE etc..
All very good points and thoughts. I'm looking at immersing myself in Italy. I'm a doer. I need to accomplish and discover. I need to learn. Although at retirement age, I hope to become a productive part of the economy. I am in US but my entire family is 1st and 2nd gen Italian.
Shopping is ok. I am not a big shopper but when I asked for discounts I got it. It is ok to ask, because you will never visit that place again. Locally made but quality was lacking. Something to consider as well.
I’m sorry to hear you’ve had experiences of poor quality. It depends on where you go for sure but generally speaking I’ve found the quality of things here to be good.
The bureaucracy can often be the thing that breaks some people, our neighbours just gave up with it all and returned to their home country, and they were EU citizens I can only imagine what its like for non EU
Hi Claire, I am Italian but I have lived for 13 years in England. Moving to Palermo sounds to me like a huge stretch for someone from London, I would say a bit extreme. Everyone has their own tastes and needs but I think the North of Italy would have been a more appropriate option. There is a better work ethic than in the South, better services, English is spoken more and you definitely get 4 seasons during the year 😊
Considerando che la popolazione del mondo, attualmente, si aggira intorno ai 10 miliardi, l'inglese è tutto sommato una lingua minoritaria essendo parlata da poche centinaia di milioni di persone.
English isn’t the world’s most spoken language but according to statistics it is spoken by around 15% of the world’s population and is the third most spoken language behind Chinese and Spanish. That said, this was an example used for the video but thanks for taking the time to leave a comment!
Hello Claire. It struck me as odd the fact that you complained about the high humidity; I always believed that any town by the sea cannot be very humid. I lived in Sydney, Australia, where the weather is gorgeous. Buenos Aires is very humid because we are far from the sea, therefore the summer is quite unpleasant with an average humidity of 70% and a maximum average temperature of 34 degrees Celsius. Regarding work, I feel very much the same as you do. Like my father, I cannot stand the lack of seriousness, professionalism and punctuality prevalent here in Argentina, a by-product of the southern Italian influence and immigration. Unbeknown to me I may have quite a lot of German or British blood... 😁😁😁
Bureaucracy. You, like many others who have chosen to live in Italy, often complain about bureaucracy. Of course, Italians have less to do with it. But even if you would like it to be simpler, there must be rules. Think of the detailed "protocol" rules of your British monarchy. Simply complaining about bureaucracy will not help. Instead, people should have the courage to call out the lazy, incompetent bureaucrats. As long as one only complains about bureaucracy, no one will feel responsible for what is not working properly: it is simply "bureaucracy" ... something abstract that no one will be held accountable for.
I live in London since 2014, and when it comes to weather I have to say that I prefer the UK average temperatures. I lived in Milan for about 15 years before moving here, and I remember how horribly hot the weather was from May till September, the humidity the mosquitos. Way too much for me. On top of that, work and public services are pretty much at "banana's republic" standards.
