Italy is not perfect...but...

I am Italian, and have been living in London from seven years.
I remember I used to complain a lot about my country, about how everything was disorganised, about how services were never running prperly...about everything, really.
On the contrary, I always thought that Britain was the perfect place to live, when i visited as a tourist it seemed so well organised, everybody seemed polite, all better than Italy.

I must admit I found many problems here too, i go through a 3 hours commute daily, trains are super packed, often cancelled or delayed and unbelievably expensive. The streets are dirty, people don't give a shit and the streets at night are dangerous. I got robbed on the street twice, once in front of my house. Did anybody come to help? No.

To pick up on a point made earlier, also, not a single english friend! And noth through not trying. All my friends are foreigners like me.

This gave me a lot of perspective on my country, I must admit.

Problems are everywhere, different problems, maybe, but problems they are anyway. Italians are chaotic, I am sure British, Germans French and everybody else have their own peculiarities which can be seen as "annoying" to foreign eyes.

Just my point of view, obviously, sorry if it's a bit long winded

Gabriel 10 Jul 2009, 08:32 - Report