Living in Italy vs the U.S. - Culture Shocks Between an American and an Italian, Including Cost of Living, Drivers License Exams, Breakups, Health Care, and the Drinking Age

I think it's an amazing place to be as a tourist, a tourist with money.

Two days.

[laughs] Two days max.

Maximum.

Maximum.

Yeah.

Well, I didn't live so much here.

Uh, I lived here for a few years.

I lived the most important years of my life, which is, uh, high school and college, in Rome.

But I also lived abroad.

Um, so am I truly Italian? Yes, uh, from principles, but I also have a little bit of German, where I lived five years when I was young, a l- a little bit of China, I lived in Hong Kong, a little bit of Australia, and, uh, I feel very American.

[laughs]

I feel very American.

Like, you might see me criticize a lot on social media, but I feel very American from many perspectives.

Well, and I think that's really interesting to bring up your background in living in different countries, because it paints the picture of why you have a great perspective on cultural differences, because it's not even new to you.

It's something you've experienced many times.

Now you're experiencing it maybe US to Italy, but before it was, I don't know, Germany to Italy or Hong Kong to Italy, you know?

It, it is a nice thing.

It is also a bad thing, because you never know who you are.

You're a little bit of everything.

Nothing is home, and everything is home.

Mm.

Uh, but yeah, it-

What do they say? Citizen of the world.

Cosmopolitan.