I once washed my face with water from some back alley fountain in Rome and got reprimanded by a cop, I only touched water and that day was 39°C (with high humidity) in the shade. I get that Italians want to preserve their monuments but sometimes they’re just assholes.
So…. you visit a different country, be disrespectful at the religious and heritage site, and thought it would be a good look to plaster that all over the internet multiple times? Tourists suck
Lacking basic respect in Italy
Put benches and this kind of things wouldn’t happen, same for bins
Germans be like
I don t understand it.
Dit zijn 100% Nederlanders
Basically every place in Italy has some historical importance and no we can’t put out benches everywhere it would pollute the sites, my fellow tourists just hit the gym before you get to visit Italy it would either way help you building the necessary stamina to hike among the wonders of the Italian peninsula.
Oh no, they sit on some old stone slab, end of the world😱
As displayed at the sign:
the gentleman: sitting OK!
the lady: sitting not allowed, leg over the knee!
Don’t post pictures of random strangers on the internet
This is 100% based on personal experience from travelling and talking to Italian friends, and not on any hard data, but I have gotten the impression that (northern?) Italians have perceptions of what constitutes decent public bahviour that differs quite a lot from other European countries. E.g. without a sign there I would have never thought it disrespectful to sit on that ledge, regardless if it’s part of a monument or not. And I’ve also gotten the impression that walking around downtown with shorts is kind of weird, which is definitely not a thing where I’m from (which is uncivilized Norway, btw.). But maybe it’s the otherwise around, and it’s in Norway (++) we are different from the rest of Europe?
well after all the crazy parking violations I saw in Italy, this seems like a very minor disobedience.
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I once washed my face with water from some back alley fountain in Rome and got reprimanded by a cop, I only touched water and that day was 39°C (with high humidity) in the shade. I get that Italians want to preserve their monuments but sometimes they’re just assholes.
So…. you visit a different country, be disrespectful at the religious and heritage site, and thought it would be a good look to plaster that all over the internet multiple times? Tourists suck
Lacking basic respect in Italy
Put benches and this kind of things wouldn’t happen, same for bins
Germans be like
I don t understand it.
Dit zijn 100% Nederlanders
Basically every place in Italy has some historical importance and no we can’t put out benches everywhere it would pollute the sites, my fellow tourists just hit the gym before you get to visit Italy it would either way help you building the necessary stamina to hike among the wonders of the Italian peninsula.
Oh no, they sit on some old stone slab, end of the world😱
As displayed at the sign:
the gentleman: sitting OK!
the lady: sitting not allowed, leg over the knee!
Don’t post pictures of random strangers on the internet
This is 100% based on personal experience from travelling and talking to Italian friends, and not on any hard data, but I have gotten the impression that (northern?) Italians have perceptions of what constitutes decent public bahviour that differs quite a lot from other European countries. E.g. without a sign there I would have never thought it disrespectful to sit on that ledge, regardless if it’s part of a monument or not. And I’ve also gotten the impression that walking around downtown with shorts is kind of weird, which is definitely not a thing where I’m from (which is uncivilized Norway, btw.). But maybe it’s the otherwise around, and it’s in Norway (++) we are different from the rest of Europe?
well after all the crazy parking violations I saw in Italy, this seems like a very minor disobedience.
basic
Ma perché, cos’é successo? Forse il gelato?