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Originally Posted by amoeba
Isnt Venice part of Veneto?
Yeah that's why i made sure to excise it out.
When i did my bicycle tour of Italy I was the only American. There was an Australian couple whose adult children live in California and they had just finished spending a month there. They tried to explain to all the Euros what American coffee is but the Euros couldn't comprehend it. The Euros could only conceive of an Americano.
In Rome (before the tour) I would order coffee in English and get exactly what i was expecting, American coffee. Nobody outside of the tourist parts of Italy even knows what that is, which was really surprising to me.
Also interesting, the Australians pointed out that in America you always eat your salad first (which i ldo had assumed was standard). In Euroland we would be served a starter course, then you'd get the salad and main course at the same time. You could eat your salad before the main course, after the main course, with the main course, after dessert. Apparently in Australia it's standard to eat your salad last because it is very hot there. I'm assuming we eat our salads first in USA#1 because restaurants didn't want you ordering and then sitting there with nothing to distract you from how long it's taking to get your food.