Why friends and nemice (enemies)?

One tricky thing about being an Internationista and always moving around is the establishment of new friends.

Over the years I've experienced the pitfalls and pinnacles of the friend finding affair. I attended one new school where I spent my lunches in the toilet cubicles. The following school I attended I became school vice captain. I made one lifelong friend in my first year of university, two in my second and five in my third. I made loads of friends in America but not so many in London.

The trick I've learnt is that it's all about timing. No hesitating. From the moment you open the door to your new environment the key is to open your mind and friendship vault and go for it.

So these posts are dedicated to all the Internationista friends I make in Milan.

Nemice (enemies in Italian), on the other hand, are as easy to catch as a cold on a London tube when you are the newbie in town (especially in Milan where a mix-matched ensemble is likely to offend).

So these posts are also dedicated to those who I can't call my Internationista friends in attempt to highlight actions which may hamper ones efforts in the quest to make new friends in a foreign land.