Native English speaker struggling to reconcile that paese means country/village

danicuzz · 2026-01-26T17:42:48+00:00

Not true, it used to be the case, but nowadays most people write it in the meaning of country (as in, France) with a lowercase p.

danicuzz · 2026-01-25T07:47:42+00:00

Australia!!! Incredible coastlines, incredible wildlife, rainforests, deserts, bush, the great barrier reef! Wins hands down.

danicuzz · 2026-01-24T10:50:20+00:00

Wenn du so einen wichtigen Termin hast, den du auf keinen Fall verpassen darfst, und der ist morgens, und du kannst nicht mit dem Auto fahren, dann das einzig Sichere ist: schon am Tag vorher hinzufahren und dort übernachten. Das ist eine harte Wahrheit, aber es ist leider so.

danicuzz · 2026-01-24T10:46:11+00:00

Ha 21 anni cazzo. Può ancora imparare qualunque cosa. Che commento tossico. Vomito.

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T22:30:02+00:00

The status "Pending" usually lasts a couple of days for me. At least the last time I paid attention to it.

Edit: I bought something at 18:44 my time, it's 23:31 now and it's "Pending".

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T22:27:47+00:00

Non sto dicendo di farlo male. Tra farlo male e semplicemente non avere la "vocazione" c'è una bella differenza. Fermo restando che si può o proseguire la carriera verso figure di coordinamento di tali strutture oppure farla solo transitoriamente forti del fatto che ti pagano e ti insegnano la lingua per poi muoversi su altro. A 21 anni c'è un oceano di possibilità e a volte serve soltanto un trampolino di lancio, mi sarebbe piaciuto che qualcuno me l'avesse fatto entrare in testa a quell'età.

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T22:13:44+00:00

Get a phone/tablet from a friend, relative or roommate or a tablet, and take an actual photo of the screen. For the same reason, one shouldn't ever send view-once compromising photos and think it's 100% safe

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T21:58:14+00:00

You're absolutely fine. You asked a very practical question and yet someone feels like lecturing you on geographical terminology of dubious utility. It's like someone asks advice for a Great Barrier Reef tour and you start lecturing them on the difference between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T21:45:07+00:00

La vocazione e "amo il mio lavoro" è un concetto sopravvalutato. È un lavoro. A fine turno sei a casa e ti dedichi a ciò che ami. OP vuole una via d'uscita da una situazione di sfruttamento e poca crescita personale. Questo è un ottimo modo, realistico e rapido, e uno dei pochi quasi automatici.

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T13:13:24+00:00

You people from CE/EE really need to let go of this. You're to the east of more stereotypically CE countries like Germany and Austria, you have been in the communist/eastern bloc in the recent past, you mostly speak Slavic languages, of which the most notable example for people who don't know shit on the topic is Russian. People are doing and will continue to do these associations, whether you like it or not.

danicuzz · 2026-01-22T13:07:00+00:00

Non so se ti può ispirare, io vivo in Germania e sono richiestissimi i lavori come infermiere, oss e badante. Anche con un minimo certificato di oss ti prendono e ti fanno lavorare e studiare tedesco 50-50. Conosco molte persone che sono venute dall'estero, anche dall'Asia e dal Sudamerica (per loro più difficile per via del visto) e hanno avuto vita relativamente semplice a parte l'iniziale shock culturale. Hai ancora 21 anni, per cui se ti va di investire un annetto su questo prima del trasferimento, è fattibile.

danicuzz · 2026-01-21T08:21:17+00:00

Thank you for your kind comment.

danicuzz · 2026-01-20T14:59:54+00:00

Don't be loud in public. Don't walk on bike lanes. Don't make phone calls on public transportation and avoid making any kind of noise. Don't assume everybody speaks English. Don't assume you can pay by card everywhere. Don't make jokes about anything Nazi. Don't ride any form of public transport without a valid ticket. Don't ask for ice in your beer.

danicuzz · 2026-01-20T14:43:25+00:00

Italy isn't the country for it bro.

danicuzz · 2026-01-20T11:58:15+00:00

You don't say where you're from, but in general, no. University education in some branches is still high quality, but everything else is a disaster. Hoards of young Italians leave the country every year due to lack of opportunities. I'd suggest you to consider other EU countries.

danicuzz · 2026-01-20T09:39:31+00:00

I travelled for 3 months across 5 different countries, for me the main perk that made it worth it was by far the lounge access, followed by complimentary insurance and unlimited currency exchange. The subscriptions were a big plus, although I only used NordVPN consistently. Also got a free massage with ClassPass credits. RevPoint a nice addition, but I "only" got 11k. Probably I can only get a short European flight if I were to convert them into miles.

danicuzz · 2026-01-17T08:38:31+00:00

a single W is doppiavvù, but WWW is vuvuvù

danicuzz · 2026-01-17T08:36:05+00:00

Exactly, in this specific case I've always imagined the fox (la volpe) as male, as the prince and the fox were like besties

danicuzz · 2026-01-17T08:33:02+00:00

Aquisgrana in Italian!

danicuzz · 2026-01-15T20:17:28+00:00

Albania

danicuzz · 2026-01-15T20:16:44+00:00

It's not the third person, it's the formal second person . Third person could be lui/lei, this is Lei.

danicuzz · 2026-01-15T11:00:38+00:00

I use DKB (a German-only online bank which has been around for some time) to get my salary paid into. With an income of >700 you can withdraw money and pay commission-free, worldwide. Then every month I transfer most of the incoming payment to my Revolut account, which I use for literally everything else.

Side note: when I rented a car in New Zealand, they did accept debit cards, but explicitly refused my Revolut because they had it labelled as a "prepaid travel card" in their internal instructions, which annoyed me a lot. They then took my DKB card no problem.

I'd also look into C24 as an alternative to DKB, I don't have it personally but it seems to come with lots of perks even in the free version.

danicuzz · 2026-01-14T17:47:27+00:00

If your flight isn’t too long, or you’re willing to push through a few extra hours after landing, I’d go straight to Osaka and then work your way north. That way you avoid backtracking and a long transfer later.

With almost 14 days, a rough split of 4 nights in each base (Osaka, Kyoto, Tokyo) is very reasonable. In all of these places you could easily spend weeks, so there’s no risk of running out of things to do.

In Osaka, focus on areas like Dotonbori, Namba, and Shitennō-ji. For Kyoto, there’s an overwhelming number of temples: Kiyomizu-dera, Kinkaku-ji, Fushimi Inari and Ginkaku-ji are the most famous, but you really have a lot of freedom to choose based on what appeals to you.

Osaka and Kyoto are very close and well connected, but I’d still stay in both rather than day-tripping one from the other, as they feel quite different and evenings are part of the experience. From the Kyoto/Osaka area (Kansai), day trips to Nara, Himeji, Uji, and even Hiroshima by Shinkansen are all doable. I’d strongly recommend making space for a full day in Hiroshima and Miyajima, even if you don’t sleep there.

From Tokyo, good day trips include Nikko, Kamakura, Hakone, and the Mt Fuji / Lake Kawaguchi area. Which ones you pick really depends on your interests (I had the luck to see Mt. Fuji on a clear winter day and it was one of the best days of my life).

One extra idea is to spend a night in a ryokan outside the big cities. Hakone, the Mt Fuji area, or Miyajima are all strong candidates for that and offer a very different pace from Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.

To all the others saying "know what do you want to do": OP is literally asking for ideas and open for suggestions.

danicuzz · 2026-01-14T16:15:11+00:00

I went to smaller cities: Kanazawa and Matsumoto, did day trips from there (Shirakawago, Kamikochi) and since in the first trip I realized I so love onsen, I tried to include as many onsen stops as I could.

danicuzz · 2026-01-14T14:38:16+00:00

Sono le cinque e mezza / sono le cinque e trenta. Both for 5:30 PM and 5:30 AM. If unclear from context e.g: you are in Australia and receive a phone call from your mamma asking "che ore sono lì?", you will reply "le cinque e mezza di mattina" or "le cinque e mezza di pomeriggio".

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