Yeah, I would like to talk about an experience that I had three years ago in Bar Mount when I did like study, study, vacation, study holiday and I was hosted by an English family with in particular there were like the parents, a wife and a husband and two siblings, a brother and a sister and yet to that to their standard of living, their lifestyle for example in Italy I usually have dinner like at 9.30 something like that sometimes even at 10 o’clock whereas in there I had to have lunch at 6 p.m. or 5.30 p.m. that was like shocking for me but After a while I just adapted to this lifestyle and I liked it even though when I came back to Italy I I couldn’t keep to live as before, as it wasn’t happened anything there, but it was a cool experience. And other challenges that I faced were probably like first of all the language barrier because I didn’t know English properly and then I would say a cultural shock in particular for the cuisine that is very different from the Italian one.
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Yeah, I would like to talk about an experience that I had three years ago in Bournemouth when I did a study holiday. I was hosted by an English family, which included the parents, a husband and wife, and two siblings, a brother and a sister. I had to adapt to their standard of living and lifestyle. For example, in Italy, I usually have dinner around 9:30 or sometimes even at 10 o'clock, whereas there, I had to have lunch at 5:30 or 6 p.m. That was shocking for me, but after a while, I adapted to this lifestyle and I liked it. Even though when I came back to Italy, I couldn't live as I did before, as if nothing had happened there, it was a cool experience. Other challenges I faced included the language barrier because I didn't know English properly, and I would say a cultural shock, particularly regarding the cuisine, which is very different from the Italian one.
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