Italians lead a less stressful life style than Americans

It never ceases to amaze me how anything ever gets

accomplished in Italy. Italians and Europeans in

general definitely lead a more laid back lifestyle than us

here in America. Being fortunate enough to have

traveled to Italy numerous times, I’ve experienced this

first hand.


“If you’re late, you’re late”, this is the attitude

in Italy. Time does not seem to be important

there. For example, my cousins and I had plans take a boat

to Sicily one day. The boat was to depart

at9:00am. “We’re never going to make it”, I stressed as we

headed toward the dock. My stride was fast and

furious, while my cousins strolled behind me laughing at

the frenzy I was putting myself in. “Slow down

Americana”, this phrase is repeated numerous times during

my stay. You see, they knew that boat wasn’t

going anywhere without us. Here in America that boat would

never have waited past the departure time.
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