Life is less expensive in Sicily

My name is Martin Grillet. I’m from Dijon. I was selected to do this internship in Sicily. My first impression was that Sicily is different than Italia. It looks like a different world between the north and the south of this country. When I came here, I found the characteristics of the south. People who are staying on the bench talking or see the blanket trying to be dry from the balcony. Moreover, I was surprised to see how life is way less expensive. So, almost every day, we are going out to go to the restaurant or getting our fresh tomatoes with the mozzarella di buffalo from the Conad. Also, I liked to practice on the soccer field with Italian people from Balestrate until the night time and then coming home tired because I don’t do so much sport.I have to adapt myself to the time because I noticed that after 12' 'o clock there is no market open. Even to be understood, because almost no one speaks English and I don’t know how to talk Italian.
I see myself in Sicily when I’ll retire because I like the tranquility that you can find here. People are not stressful and I think this is the lifestyle that each of us has to take at this time of life.
I think also that it’s nice to work with a stranger because we gonna learn some methods of work that we don’t do in my country and maybe I’ll come back from this internship with a new way of thinking. Moreover, living with other people I learnt to go outside of my comfort zones.
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