It's time to write a blog. I will write about the impressions and differences that are clearly striking. In order to avoid comments like "it’s not like this I know, because my friends were there," I clarify that I am writing about the south of Italy and these are exclusively my subjective judgments. 1. Food: Did you know that the typical breakfast of Italian people is the dream of an eight year old child? Candy, cakes, cakes, fruit, straight to booty instead of sandwiches with sausage and scrambled eggs. My stomach is indignant, but I continue to eat sweets for breakfast. A classic Italian breakfast is a croissant and cappuccino. Specifically, in Lecce, instead of croissants, they prefer pasticciotto. Older people prefer the espresso cup and read the article in the local newspaper. 2. Lunch: Lunch is a nice tradition to meet together on Sunday to have lunch with your family. The only thing that is considered in the Slavic countries the first dish (soup) in Italy is pasta. And everything is all eaten separately, not like in Eastern Europe - everything is on one plate and the meat is a side dish and salad. Merenda or afternoon tea is a great time to drink coffee and eat something sweet. Of course, such a phenomenon as an aperitif, a digestive in my food culture is completely absent. You should try it. Dinner starts unusually late for me. Not until 9pm. And it lasts a long time until almost midnight. Dinner is very big and it is difficult for me to get used to eat so much so late. By the way, pizza is the only thing that I enjoy eating late at night. 3. After dinner, there is such a concept wider, that is, go for a walk in the city center, walk in bars, meet with friends, talking with friends. When we made an international exchange with VulcanicaMente and we had a free day in the city, guys from different countries asked me to take them to a disco at 10 o'clock in the evening. I explained to them that this is impossible. So in Italy, people dine at this time. The funniest moments during night walks around the city are meeting a group of guys who have a bachelor party. They are fun and in ridiculous costumes they accompany their friend to a new life. Such companies always don't mind taking pictures. The tradition of opening a bottle of champagne at midnight and blowing firecrackers or fireworks when a friend has a birthday is in the style of Italians. Closer to one in the morning, when groups of people from neighboring villages arrive, it becomes crowded in the narrow streets of the city and traffic jams form. Yes, yes, not from cars, but from people. 4. Heating. More precisely its absence. I specifically bought a thermometer to know the temperature in the room. In winter, the temperature did not rise above 16 degrees. Yes, we have heating in the apartment, but there was little use for it, since we only turned it on for a couple of hours in the evening. Sleeping was comfortable lying under three blankets. on the street, by the way, it is +15 and the sun is shining, and I was sunbathing on the balcony. That is, the temperature outside was felt warmer than inside. In general, heating is very expensive, so in some houses, even in principle, there are no batteries, if any, they are included only in extreme cases. In principle, a couple of months a year to suffer, when the other 10 do not know where to hide from the heat. Soon, the heat would come. #CosaVuoiFareDaGiovane #ErasmusPlus #Youth #Ang #GenerazioneErasmusPlus #SVE
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Have you ever thought about the boundaries of your personal space? For me, the touch of unfamiliar people has always been something wild. In our culture, it is customary to shake hands when we meet, or it’s easy to embrace (and only with friends), or even to limit ourselves to “hello”, without excesses, so to speak. My first touch with Italian greetings happened when I was 10 years old at Cagliari Airport, when an Italian family met me and one person pulled my cheek and said loudly “che carino!!!” Therefore, before the trip In Lecce, I did not know what surprises I expect.
Perhaps because I live in a colder country and our people are a little close and annoyed by casual contacts, in the south of Italy these borders practically do not exist. When you meet them, they will shake hands, but be kind enough to provide both cheeks for a "kiss." I am still very embarrassed when an adult uncle asks to kiss your cheek. This means that the person is glad to meet you and wishes you only the best. When I meet bearded guys, after greeting, I give them a compliment that they are soft. They get embarrassed. Embarrassment. Yes, and the concept of "familiar" and "friend" is very different from the Slavic. If you talked with a man for more than five minutes, he is already your friend, with no options. I worry because I always feel shy when meeting new people, but the Italians will always be the first to reach out, call their name and ask what your name is and your mood, and in most cases will ask about the origin of your name. And now, just now, nine months later in Italy, I realize that I no longer feel discomfort from these “kisses”, from the fact that our Italian apartment owner holds my hand when she speaks to me. Here it looks and happens so naturally that upon returning home I will welcome people so much. #CosaVuoiFareDaGiovane #ErasmusPlus #Youth #Ang #GenerazioneErasmusPlus #SVE |
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