tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post3029925785617752518..comments2014-03-14T23:03:27.586+01:00Comments on Between Chocolate and Pizza: The highs and the lows*Belgianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-22724936600720799172009-10-27T15:57:51.281+01:002009-10-27T15:57:51.281+01:00he he he, sounds to me like you just should calm d...he he he, sounds to me like you just should calm down, take it easy, go with the flow... Sorry, this is not ment to be rude or to upset you. It's just the only way I can imagine that somebody can get by - survive! - in Italy at all ;-) From what I am reading here anyway. <br />Hope you succeed! CarmenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-44141054753130574702009-10-19T09:15:25.379+02:002009-10-19T09:15:25.379+02:00I shouldn't compare I know, I know...so hard t...I shouldn't compare I know, I know...so hard to do though! I feel like the chaos and the mentality of some people in this city is getting to me. I totally flipped out last week cause I needed a prescription for which I first had to wait in line to ask for the prescription. (no they don't take phonecalls) and then go back the next day to pick it up. When the nurse told me that it wasn't ready and I had to wait a mezz'oretta which turned into an hour I just lost it.Thanks for your uplifting words though! The first year is almost over, so hopefully I'll settle in soon. (if I don't decide to just go back to Belgium instead ;) )*Belgianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-88502952640465424082009-10-14T22:23:14.410+02:002009-10-14T22:23:14.410+02:00Whatever you do, don't compare Italy to Belgiu...Whatever you do, don't compare Italy to Belgium - you'll never feel better if you do! My advice is to just hang in there... Of all the 'settled' expats I know who have been here for years, not one had a good first year. Many would probably have given up in the first few months, although they're all glad they didn't. Dai, tieni duro!!Emminahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797433598987212074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-24657792123545774102009-10-09T10:18:19.613+02:002009-10-09T10:18:19.613+02:00Good to know I'm not alone. Sometimes I feel l...Good to know I'm not alone. Sometimes I feel like I'm just a difficult person or something. <br />Are you planning to move to the Netherlands?<br />For now, I'm planning to stick it out. We'll see how it goes...*Belgianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02880299633158233594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498292712515192677.post-78938192822439537972009-10-04T12:12:51.511+02:002009-10-04T12:12:51.511+02:00I just found your blog through "Too Tall for ...I just found your blog through "Too Tall for Italy". Sounds like you're going through exactly what I went through 4 years ago when I moved here. The unbelievable salaries and (even though I'm originally from New York City) horror at the chaos that is Rome. <br /><br />No solutions here - I still feel the same about Rome which is why we're thinking about leaving (BTW_ my husband is Dutch from almost-Belgium ie the south). A lot of my foreign friends have left actually for the reasons you mention. :(Kataromahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14978496810226430712noreply@blogger.com