🇮🇹 Italy: Expectations vs. Reality – My Experience in Milan

This week, I’m joined by Federica, one of the most impressive non-native English speakers I’ve ever met, to unpack my complicated experience living in Milan.

💡 In this episode, we discuss:

• 🍕 My dream of living ‘La Dolce Vita’ vs. the harsh reality
• 👨‍💼 Toxic office culture & bizarre work expectations in Italy
• 🤝 Why making friends in Milan was impossible
• 📜 Italy’s paradoxes: a country of beauty, culture… & inefficiency
• 🏛 Is the UK becoming more like Italy in terms of bureaucracy & politics?
• 🇮🇹 Federica’s take: A proud Italian’s love-hate relationship with her homeland

This is an insightful, high-level English episode, full of reflections on culture, expectations, and the reality of life in Italy.

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