It's the little things...

like the buskers on the metro, the death and funeral notices signposted all over town, the way you never hand someone money but put it on the counter, the condom vending machines, the way you drink your coffee at the bar, the manner in which you greet someone as you enter a shop, the big men in tiny Smart cars with stereos blasting, the sheer number of motorcycles, the smells of brioche, cornettos and coffee all mixed into one, the lack of toilet paper in public toilets, the tabacs/tabacchi, the speed of speech, the carabinieri and their uniforms, the lack of clothing on many, the attraction to Nutella and all its derivatives, the overwhelming use of the word 'jolly', the three wheeled car/utes, the uses of donkeys in everyday life, the turning off of engines at lights, paying for public toilets... all these and many more that makes us all a little different from the other.