The United State of American-where food portions are big, cities are new and improved, and cars are used to get everywhere. What an interesting change it has been indeed then for myself, an American, to have made this journey from the USA to Italy. Before the departure I had an idealist thought process of how my experience would go. In fact my perspective has changed from my ideal thoughts in my little room in the USA from actually experiencing the adventure and coming to the realization that I had no idea what the experience would actually make me come to realize. For one, I have never felt so much like a foreigner. I have been to Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji, places from far away that seem to be a culture change. In fact this is false, perhaps not completely but from my point of view at least. Everyone in Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji all spoke English. Although I was in a new and unfamiliar area from what I was used to, I was able to, in a way, keep in c...