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bionicfrance

bionicfrance

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French expat in Italy

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Registration: 04 February 2013

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I have lived in Turin for 3 1/2 years. To integrate, it is necessary to learn the language. Everything is more difficult there. there are numerous papers and procedures and the queues are sometimes long, often difficult to understand. The city center, as in all old towns, is full of tiny shops and red brick monuments. Huge or tiny markets, for those who like, offer their products. Housing is very expensive there. The historic center is overpriced. La Colina, a series of small hills on the eastern side of the city is considered to be more "select". Houses and buildings are crowded among trees along one-lane or very narrow streets. Pollution covers the city all year round except in December and January, months when you can see the magnificent panorama of the Alps. You can find pure air 1h30 from the city. Traffic is tough for the first 3 months, as you have to develop a survival instinct. Then you have to be vigilant and patient in traffic jams and honking horns and the incessant Italian reinvention of the personal highway code. An efficient bus network crisscrosses the city. The supermarkets (food, DIY, furniture) are located on the outskirts, often with French brands, but often with Italian products. The Italian education system does not have the French rigidity and standardization. Lyc茅e Giono offers French education from elementary to baccalaureate at a very high price. Daycare centers are rare. The health system is two-tiered. Based on a principle of free if you adhere to the Italian system. No appointment with the local doctor if you are on their list. The same goes for the hospital. Add a 0 otherwise. Piedmont does not give itself away. He doesn't need us, there is little turnover. He went to get it. So we discover an endearing and unique country. Square red brick castles, countless churches everywhere, Barolo vineyard region, Savoyard hilltop villages, rice fields, Alpine valleys and military forts, orange battle at the Ivrea Carnival at the beginning of February etc.... Sometimes it makes up for it.

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