>>2976384I've toured the countryside in northern italy for some time, and mostly found people to be awesome and friendly - often even if they don't really speak english. I feel people in general seem to be pretty happy if you are interested in what ever it is they are doing, and they get to tell something about their life/country.
Service can sometimes be pretty aloof and bad though - but I've had more trouble with that in the big cities near touristy places than elsewhere (I'm not a sticker for being treated like some demigod, but when you constantly passive-agressively signal your customers they're a bother, you're in the wrong job).
A few occasional establishments have felt a bit rip-off-y, but I think the only truly deplorable experience I had was with one of the car rental companies (Goldcar), that kept trying to push for extra (unneccessary) insurance and when we wouldn't take it, tried to ding us later for damage that was already on the car when we got it.
Good thing we secretly took images back when we picked up the car, but it fucking sucks when you have to be on the alert all the time and put up an active fight just so you don't get ripped off :/
