Obviously Meredith will agree with you because its disagreeing with me.

First I would like to state that a tourist should see all the major cities and attractions before venturing off into paths less taken. Exploring big cities allows a traveler to gain experience into the "art of traveling". It can also increase the desire to travel more.

 To some big cities may be enough to say they experienced a country. But for me I feel like I experienced Italy more being here and studying in San DeMetrio then I did when I was in Rome or Florence. Acri will never be a major tourist attraction, nor does it want to be. But if anyone was traveling to Italy, I would suggest making it down here if they wanted to relax, go to the beach, or sit out on a balcony for hours and be adopted by everyone in the town. It is just a different type of traveling.

Before going to Italy, I thought Italy was just Italy. I didnt realize it was broken up into 21 regions. I was naive. Now that I realize each part of Italy has a different aspect to offer, I want to go to all of them. The same thing applies to other countries in Europe.

We make fun of American tourists, but in our major cities like New York and Boston, there are also very annoying tourists from all over the world. Being a tourists allows you to be somewhat obnoxious because your on vacation. But from what I witnessed being here, I think American tourists are somewhat cruel. For example, in Rome I saw a woman, feel entitiled to yell at a staff member of the airport to get her way. Ive seen other examples but I dont feel like explaining them at this moment.

Anyways! I do like Francescos mom a lot. We go for walks everynight and she has been teaching me how to cook all her recipes. She is very kind and at times she reminds me of my mom.

One thing I dont like is the kinds of questions people ask me. Some people ask me if I am going to get married here, or move here, or how much money I am going to make being a dietetian. I pretend to not understand them. Their culture is very honest and blunt.