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Guide to being Italian

HOW TO BE ITALIANO VERO IN 10 EASY STEPS Přepnout do češtiny This article was created in March 2017, while I was studying in Italy   I have been living amongst crazy Italians for six week. This whole time I have been trying to blend in with the crowds, local habits and culture, and I have made some progress. I say “Ciao, Bella” to everybody I meet and kiss them on both cheeks, I spend most of my free time in cafes and eat my weight in pasta each day. I am undistinguishable from the locals and consider myself capable of giving you the advice you never asked for. So, what is the secret of being true Italian? 1. An Italian is never on time, under any circumstances. And when it looks like he is about to reach the meeting point exactly on time, he stops for a coffee on his way. Just to be sure he doesn´t ruin his reputation. 2. As I already said, an Italian drinks coffee. He drinks it very often and he loves it. Standing at the bar, sitting at the table, with his friends or ...

Welcome to the Balkans

NOTES FROM MONTENEGRO (June 2018) Přepnout do češtiny   You may think that after you experience Italy and Greece, you truly experience the south. You may also think that if you know Croatia, you know the Balkans. Wrong and wrong. But if you go just a little further south from Dubrovnik, you can discover the land of endless possibilities. Montenegro is full of surprises and culture shocks. Welcome to the Balkans. Our first stop – Podgorica. The ain international airport of Montenegro is truly pocket-sized. There was a taxi driver waiting for us in the arrival hall, holding a sign with my name in his hands. And I felt like a princess or a celebrity. This was the first and the last time throughout the vacation that I felt this way. From this moment onwards, I felt either like Alice in Wonderland or like a piece of meat – especially so when older Russian men on the beach tried to explain to me, that if my boyfriend is not on the vacation with me, I should definitely find me a new...