In Italy...

• If you walk out with wet hair, everyone and everybody will stare at you like you're an extraterrestrial. Then, they will all lecture you about getting sick and growing neck and back problems if you continue down this wet hair path of doom. Everybody. 
• Eating an entire pizza isn't a shame, it's an expectation.
• During the warm months, getting gelato on a daily basis is a cultural norm. Sometimes even more than one a day...totally fine. 
• Getting any legal work done is a worse experience than pulling all of your teeth out of your mouth. 
• The shops not only close down during the afternoon for Siesta, they close down whenever they feel like it. Never expect them to stay open for the same exact hours every day...just won't happen.
• At the train station, even when there are 30 people waiting in line for tickets, they will still keep only two out of eight windows open for business.
• As a pedestrian, you do whatever the fuck you want. Walk across the street whenever you please...the cars will stop.
• Breakfast is always composed of sweets. The thought of eating eggs and bacon for breakfast just astonishes them.
• When you speak Italian, or at least attempt to speak it with them, you'll automatically get mad respect. Most of the old people want to be a part in teaching you as well.
• If you're not smoking a cigarette, you're the minority. 
• There are numerous places where you can get wine right out of the barrel, with your recycled bottles...for just 2 to 3 euros. Best invention ever.
• Speaking of wine....if you're real cheap, boxed wine is under a euro and commonly known as the cheapest way to get drunk. 
• Pasta is eaten on a daily basis. And occasionally worshiped. 
• You will be instantly gain the super power of being able to point out Americans from a mile away...call it the Ameridar.
• Italians worship Kebabs. You will too. They're the American equivalent of Taco Bell as the best drunken food.