Definition of “millisecond”: the amount of time elapsed from the green at the traffic light and the horn blown from the car behind you.
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Did you place your order in English?
We read ‘large’ and ‘small’ as the size of glass. Turns out that’s the size of bottle.
Saluti! Hic.
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Eheh keep in mind: the glass size is decided by the waiter, never by the guest, except when you order beer.
Oh, another thing: never give tips.
Yeah, just realising that. Googled it about tipping the cab driver earlier and it said not to. Totally different from England.
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This reminds me of the “classic” German problem with the Italian words “caldo” and “fredo”. “caldo” sounds like “kalt” (= cold) and “fredo” like frieren (= freeze).
Is there a reason for this or is it just traditional?
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We simply don’t have the habit to give tips.
At the restaurant, there is a voice called “coperto”, which is the automatic tip. It’s part of your grand total.
The taxi driver starts the fare not from zero.
And so on…
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Ah, good to know. I still try to remember if my parents gave tips in Italy, but it’s too long ago.
I mean: if you don’t give tips, you are considered normal. You won’t looked bad.
If you give tips, it will be surprising, hardly it will be refused, it will be interpreted as a gift. 
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Sounds like my neighborhood too!
When I’m driving outside the city on vacation I’m always pleasantly surprised: the light turns green and there is no honking and yelling behind me!
sssshhhure thing! hic!
(mental picture of @PiecesOfKate having a LOT of red wind 
)
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Reminds me of the cheers episode where frasier gives a huge amont of tip to the bellhop necause he doesn’t know the dollar to lira exchange rate and they treat them like kings afterwards.
Thank you.
Have a safe trip @PiecesOfKate!
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Seconded.
Have a rave strip!
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I mean strave rip!
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Safe trip, of course! 
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Reminds of the Berlin Love Parade ‘98. Thank you for the memories.
No problem, afterall there are worse Love Parades I could have reminded you of.
True.
True. In fact, I usually tip when I’m very satisfied with the service. Otherwise I never think about it.
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Resident hotel dog!
Capri tour cancelled!
Boat to Capri!
Espresso!
Beach!
Sunburnt a triangle onto my leg!
Did I mention espresso!
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…WHAT?!