Erin en Italia: Things that surprised me about Italy

Things that surprised me about Italy:

• The doors open the opposite way. In the U.S. you pull a door to enter a shop and push to exit. In Italy, you push to enter and pull to exit. That was weird.
• Italians eat a LOT at each meal (usually 3 courses.)
• Italians don't eat many: fruits, veggies or milk
• They don't tear down old buildings like we do, they just renovate them.
• People that live in Venice don't really use gondolas, they use water taxis and their own boats.
• Italian sounds a lot like Spanish except it's prettier sounding
• All the little side-of-the-street stores carry the same items!
• You often have to pay to use a public restroom
• There are so many different ways to flush toilets.
• People drive CRAZY!!!
• Police officers wear very fancy uniforms
• Everybody has a dog
• The roads curve a lot and are very narrow