hi guys Anna English here English like a
native today is not so much a lesson but
more an observation this is gonna be a
very informal chatty video about the ten
things that I found about Italy to be
very different to the UK so this is my
Italy versus Britain video now I spent
two weeks driving around Italy exploring
everything that Italy had to offer in
the time I had available and all that
was documented for my adventure channel
which if you're interested is linked
down in the description box below now
there were a number of things ten of
which I'm going to talk about that were
very different that shocked me now the
first one happened when I was visiting a
public bathroom for the first time in a
restaurant I went to the loo and I
popped out to wash my hands I could see
the tap but there seemed to be no way to
turn the tap on it wasn't automatic I
was waving my hands all around the tap
it wouldn't come on I was pressing all
sorts of things around the sink around
the tap I couldn't get any water out I
didn't know what to do eventually a
little old lady walked in she didn't
speak a word of English but I gestured
to her I don't know how to turn the tap
on and eventually she pointed to the
floor this is something that became
quite apparent over the two weeks many
public places in Italy have foot pumps
for the water in their sinks so you have
to use your feet to pump the water out
in order to wash your hands I've never
seen anything like that it completely
baffled me most places in the UK have
taps which is why I was so confused
number two on my list also refers to a
form of washing and it's in the shower
in every single B&B or hotel which we
stayed in
the showers had a pull string in the
shower and no indication as to what it
was for now in the UK most bathrooms
will have a pull string not in the
shower but just in the room usually by
the door and when you pull it it's
either the lights or it's the extractor
fan to get all the steam out I was
unsure why this would be in the shower
it really confused me and I was nervous
about pulling it just in case it was
something completely different so I
didn't pull it but an Italian friend of
mine then later informed me it was a
good job I didn't pull it because these
are alarms to let someone know that
something has gone wrong and you're in
trouble
so had I experimented and pulled those
strings I could have ended up with
someone rushing in and seeing me in all
my glory that would have been
embarrassing the third thing on the list
again is in the bathroom what is my
obsession with the bathroom and it's the
inclusion of a bday or bidet or however
we pronounce it how is it pronounced
bday basically the little seat the
porcelain seat that you sit on after the
bath Bob is the little person to see you
sit on after going to the toilet and it
cleans your nether regions it cleans you
up we don't really have them in the UK
gosh what must you think of us but we we
just don't have these things as part of
our normal bathroom but they are in
every bathroom in every hotel I've been
in so far the next one and this is the
last one on bathroom stuff and we're
moving on the next one is seedless
toilets so I wouldn't say it was common
but I was surprised how many times I did
actually come across a hole in the floor
for a toilet now I've experienced this
lots in Thailand in the Philippines in
China but I haven't ever really
experienced this in Europe so I was
shocked and I have to say very dismayed
as a very pregnant person struggling
needing the bathroom being presented
with a hole in the floor yeah they're
weird we don't have them in the UK we
like to sit not squats we're very lazy
all right I'm done with the bathroom
moving on to food now every time we sat
down for dinner we would ask for bread
or bread would be naturally brought to
us in restaurants in the UK this is
customary and seemed to be the same in
Italy but the difference is in the UK
you would always be brought butter we
always put butter on our bread not in
Italy
I wasn't presented with butter once we
sometimes were given oil olive oil of
course the country of olive oil and it
was very good
and sometimes that would be accompanied
by and balsamic vinegar but never butter
and I did really miss having a bit of
butter for my bread I have to say so
there were some other differences that
were expected which were the pasta was
incredible the pasta in Italy it's just
so much better than the pasta here in
the UK I just don't know what you do
with it but it's amazing
apart from the pasta that I had in the
airport which was obviously microwaved
and disgusting everywhere else where it
was properly made and cared for
it was ma and I never had a bad pizza
even the cheapest pizza was amazing it
was never too greasy always fresh always
just mmm one it seemed oh oh I hope I'm
saying that right of course
in Italy they drive on the right which
is very different to us in the UK we
drive on the left
which brings me to my next difference
which is the lack of speed cameras in
the UK so many roads will have a speed
camera at some point and you can't go
very far at speed without coming across
a speed camera which makes you press on
the brakes really hard and make sure you
are not breaking the speed limit but in
Italy no speed cameras you just cruise
along without a care in the world crazy
and the last observation was something
that really did shock me and that was
everyone is so slim everyone I saw was
really slim and really beautiful well
they weren't all really beautiful but
they were all really slim which is
shocking
because in the UK we have all sorts of
shapes and sizes but more so because in
every cafe and restaurant in which we
ate the majority of the food on the menu
is carb heavy is all carbohydrates and
fats oil cheese bread dough pasta
there's very little on offer in the way
of vegetables and salads and and low
carb low fat meals and so you would
expect if people are eating like this
that they'd all be a lot bigger but they
weren't well done
what's your secret I want to know guys
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arrivederci
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