Originally Posted by HandballJim

I'm Italian and visited Italy over 10 years ago, I stayed in someones house a half hour up a mountain an hour out of Naples. It was kind of a rough experience...

Italy by far has the most natural beauty I have ever seen, and if you visit peoples homes they will prepare a delicious 3 course meal for you.

But coming from a place like NYC, Italy seemed backwards. It was hard to find stores that were open late and had fully stocked grocery shelves. I also noticed that people work conveniently at their own schedules. They had small hot water tanks so got used to cold showers, and no one spoke English and I felt bored pretty quick.

Japan had more of the lifestyle I am used to, since I like having stores open 24 hours.