Comments on: Italy Roundtable: The Power of an Invitation http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html One Stop Travel Guide to Italy Wed, 13 Feb 2013 14:01:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jessica http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-85767 Jessica Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:45:22 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-85767 Thanks for your input, Katja! Corner

Thanks for your input, Katja!

Corner ]]> By: Katja http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-85695 Katja Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:56:38 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-85695 I think there's a certain level of trust that has to be gained. I have been invited to people's homes, both younger and older, but I've noticed that younger Italians who have lived in big cities in the north are quicker to offer the invitation, whereas older generations hold back. I think, therefore, it's a combination of regional and generational norms. Corner

I think there’s a certain level of trust that has to be gained. I have been invited to people’s homes, both younger and older, but I’ve noticed that younger Italians who have lived in big cities in the north are quicker to offer the invitation, whereas older generations hold back. I think, therefore, it’s a combination of regional and generational norms.

Corner ]]> By: Jessica http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-85238 Jessica Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:21:54 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-85238 Thanks for the comment, Rebecca. I wonder, then, if it's not just generational, but regional - like, basically, everything else is in Italy? I've felt very welcomed in cosmopolitan Milan, but perhaps that says more about that city than the age groups of the people I was hanging around. Corner

Thanks for the comment, Rebecca. I wonder, then, if it’s not just generational, but regional – like, basically, everything else is in Italy? I’ve felt very welcomed in cosmopolitan Milan, but perhaps that says more about that city than the age groups of the people I was hanging around.

Corner ]]> By: Jessica http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-85228 Jessica Thu, 19 Apr 2012 01:05:04 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-85228 Thanks for the note, Dee, what a lovely gift your friends have given you! Corner

Thanks for the note, Dee, what a lovely gift your friends have given you!

Corner ]]> By: Rebecca Winke http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-85079 Rebecca Winke Tue, 17 Apr 2012 11:04:19 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-85079 This is certainly true in reserved Umbria, even with young people. Corner

This is certainly true in reserved Umbria, even with young people.

Corner ]]> By: Dee Schaffer http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-84467 Dee Schaffer Thu, 12 Apr 2012 03:32:57 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-84467 Hello, I stumbled on this site, and have now added it to my favorites. I am moving to Italy for a year, hopefully longer, and I know the learning curve will be huge. I also now know how special it was that my new friends I made on my short trip last Oct invited my sister and I home for dinner, AND that they have offered to take me home from the airport to spend the night when I get there next month. Thank you. Keep up the good work. Corner

Hello, I stumbled on this site, and have now added it to my favorites. I am moving to Italy for a year, hopefully longer, and I know the learning curve will be huge. I also now know how special it was that my new friends I made on my short trip last Oct invited my sister and I home for dinner, AND that they have offered to take me home from the airport to spend the night when I get there next month. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

Corner ]]> By: Alexandra http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html/comment-page-1#comment-84417 Alexandra Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:41:14 +0000 http://www.italylogue.com/about-italy/italy-roundtable-the-power-of-an-invitation.html#comment-84417 These observations ring true; nicely put. I have always been told that Italians don't invite you into their homes. Personally, I have yet to encounter this apparent block, but perhaps we, the younger generation, are already different. Maybe it's the cost and discomfort of socializing elsewhere, or a global/ americanized concept of inviting people at home, or some other unknown factor that is changing it all! Corner

These observations ring true; nicely put. I have always been told that Italians don’t invite you into their homes. Personally, I have yet to encounter this apparent block, but perhaps we, the younger generation, are already different. Maybe it’s the cost and discomfort of socializing elsewhere, or a global/ americanized concept of inviting people at home, or some other unknown factor that is changing it all!

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