Overseas discoveries no. 5

*I wrote this post when I first arrived in Florence (January 2017) for five months of studying and living in Italy. Everything was so new and exciting and I love looking back on this. I wrote several for this series, and will be continuing it.*

Switzerland edition. I spent three days in Interlaken, and this is what I discovered while I was there, aside from learning that double decker buses can in fact safely drive on the side of a mountain and through tunnels during a heavy snowfall.

ONE. There are a lot of Indian restaurants.

And can we just transport them all to Italy please? The variety of ethnic food in Interlaken is so much greater than the amount in Florence, but everything is very expensive.

TWO. Not everyone in Europe drives on the left side of the road.

I’ll keep ya posted on this as I travel to more countries, it’s more fun than just googling “which countries drive on the left side of the road.” So far, Italian and Swiss drivers drive just like we do in the US. Am I the only one who thought every European country drove on the left side?

THREE. Drivers stop for people crossing the street.

No matter what! This was such a change from Italy, where drivers plow through crowds with no fear and bus drivers turn corners and almost run pedestrians over on the daily.

FOUR. Getting the stomach flu in a hostel is something I would not wish upon my worst enemy.

I don’t really have any enemies, though, but that’s beside the point. I won’t get into any details, but let’s just say having the 24-hour bug while thousands of miles away from home is something I want to forget immediately.

*I wrote this post when I was in Florence (January-May 2017) for five months of studying and living in Italy. Everything was so new and exciting and I love looking back on this. I wrote several for this series, and will be continuing it.*