Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
#1
Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
Just a general question. Does Italy make you feel "welcome" as a Brit living there?
What attitudes do you find in general with local people?
Do you find "acceptance"?
Any input appreciated.
*This assumes that some effort has been made to learn the language and adapt.
What attitudes do you find in general with local people?
Do you find "acceptance"?
Any input appreciated.
*This assumes that some effort has been made to learn the language and adapt.
#2
Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
In our village they are not very keen on strangers whether they come from 100km or 1000km away. I've never noticed anything anti English about it. Added to that locals have a strong dialect so conversations can be hard going. An engineer from Milan who moved to the village told me that he found the local dialect difficult to grasp when he first arrived. Probably its like a move from Slough to Clydebank.
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
Very welcome in every place we have been...
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
In our village they are not very keen on strangers whether they come from 100km or 1000km away. I've never noticed anything anti English about it. Added to that locals have a strong dialect so conversations can be hard going. An engineer from Milan who moved to the village told me that he found the local dialect difficult to grasp when he first arrived. Probably its like a move from Slough to Clydebank.
#5
Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
After about 30 years here I feel far more welcome and at home in Italy than back in the UK.
Last edited by Sancho; Mar 30th 2017 at 5:58 am.
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
undoubtedly more so than for a sicilian to feel welcome in bergamo.
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I am totally accepted as part of the community where I live. Maybe because I can speak the Neapolitan dialect, and have a large family on my wife's side, and childten born and bred here.
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
We bought a house in Umbria last year in a small hamlet where most people are Italian full time residents or Italian second home owners. They have all been fantastic - so welcoming and friendly. We've been in for coffee and to watch football, had presents of salad, veg and eggs. When we arrived in February our neighbour had bought us a bunch of roses and gave us some wood and a bed warmer. And they put up with our sketchy Italian. We are moving out permanently in a few weeks and can't wait to be back in that lovely community.
#10
Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
We bought a house in Umbria last year in a small hamlet where most people are Italian full time residents or Italian second home owners. They have all been fantastic - so welcoming and friendly. We've been in for coffee and to watch football, had presents of salad, veg and eggs. When we arrived in February our neighbour had bought us a bunch of roses and gave us some wood and a bed warmer. And they put up with our sketchy Italian. We are moving out permanently in a few weeks and can't wait to be back in that lovely community.
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
We bought a house in Umbria last year in a small hamlet where most people are Italian full time residents or Italian second home owners. They have all been fantastic - so welcoming and friendly. We've been in for coffee and to watch football, had presents of salad, veg and eggs. When we arrived in February our neighbour had bought us a bunch of roses and gave us some wood and a bed warmer. And they put up with our sketchy Italian. We are moving out permanently in a few weeks and can't wait to be back in that lovely community.
#12
Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
In our village they are not very keen on strangers whether they come from 100km or 1000km away. I've never noticed anything anti English about it. Added to that locals have a strong dialect so conversations can be hard going. An engineer from Milan who moved to the village told me that he found the local dialect difficult to grasp when he first arrived. Probably its like a move from Slough to Clydebank.
Blimey, that's a shocker. Thanks for your honesty. Is it a lottery then as to where you live and how they feel about strangers?
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
More than I ever could have imagined. I'm treated like a VIP in my little town, where even people from the next village over are considered suspicious.
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Re: Do you feel "welcome" in Italy?
Our village had a foreigners welcome day last year. There were displays of Albian and Romanian dancing and music but when the Rai camera showed the crowd there were no locals to be seen anywhere!
Last edited by philat98; Mar 31st 2017 at 8:31 am.