En studerendes tur til Italien: kulturelle observationer

It was a great trip to Italy. I learned a lot from it, and it was eventful. The family I stayed at was really nice. Her brother (Marco) and dad were good at English so we were always talking when we ate. Her mother was not so good at English it was only a few words she could, so it was pretty hard to communicate with her. I had the whole basement to myself, where I had a sofa-bed, and every day they gave me fresh water to me in the basement so if I were thirsty I lacked nothing. Chiara (she girl I lived with) had asked me what I could like getting to breakfast. She already asked me when I was in Denmark, what I would like to get, to breakfast. I got yogurt and bread with Nutella. For lunch her mother maked a packet lunch for me and it usually consisted of white bread with ham or Mexican pancakes with something that looked like salami, a juice, a bottle of water and sometimes some fruit. For dinner the mother made food. We had pasta for starters two days, for main course we got pizza, potatoes/carrots and meat. While we ate the starter, her mother always made the main course. So she just tasted one bite of the others. I think it is strange that they do not eat any salad for dinner, but I do not know if it was just my family. The impression I got was that they hardly eat any food during the day, but then eat the very much dinner. On Sundays, my family didn’t go to the church. I was allowed to sleep as long as I wanted (Sunday), so when I got up we had lunch which was potatoes and meat. I do not think that the family I stayed with usually goes to the church on Sundays. In the weekdays we had to get up at 6.30 am and go from home at 7.15 am. So we were the local station at. 7.25 am and at Saronno station about 7.40 am, where we so had to go all the way to school. At Tuesday evening we went to a pub where Chiara bought a beer to me. On Fridays we were out bowling with some of the other Italians and Danes from the class. Also at the bowling-centre Chiara paid too. In short, she paid all food and drinks ... Which I haven’t counted on. At home they asked me all the time if there was anything I wanted. And if I had to use the bathroom I should just do it. They also asked if the mother had to wash some clothes for me or I would do it by myself. I was really happy for the family I lived by, and they were really hospitable.