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1. |
There are no carpets here - just tiled
floors: Handy if you don't like hoovering, and if you have a
wild party, you can just hose down the house the next day. |
1. |
There are no carpets here - just tiled
floors, so if you drop anything glass or ceramic (or electronic,
such as my external modem which I dropped the other day), it
doesn’t stand a chance of survival. |
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2. |
The guy at the meat-counter in the supermarket
is friendly and chats to you. |
2. |
It takes an hour to get served at the meat
counter ‘cos the guy is friendly and chats to everyone. |
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3. |
People drive shockingly fast here which
is nice if you’re an impatient driver like me. |
3. |
People drive shockingly fast here which
is terrifying if you’re a nervous driver like me. |
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4. |
Parking is free throughout most of Rome. |
4. |
It takes ages to find a parking space. |
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5. |
They have roundabouts here as well. |
5. |
When you are on a roundabout, you have
to give way to traffic joining the roundabout in front of you,
which pretty much defeats the whole purpose of having a roundabout. |
