Suddenly it felt extremely touristy and uncool to wait for the green man's turn. Everyone else kept crossing the road and left me behind feeling foolish. I changed and started crossing whenever I can follow a local. And if I don't trust the situation and wanna wait I have to admit that I feel embarrassed to press the button for green light. I press it, hope no driver gets angry at me and pretend to text or something like that so I don't have to wait too visibly...
So I always feel out of place wherever I am until I get adjusted again. Impatient in Germany and silly in Paris and London (Rome by the way is a different case, my experience here is that the drivers head for you no matter what light is flashing)
ha, same here. how often did I pretend to be on the phone because I didn't want to wait for the green light too obviously :) generally I prefer London and Paris. traffic lights are a tool, but not a must, you can rely on them if you want, or ignore them... whenever I'm in Germany I feel like an idiot for waiting for the lights to change. not a car in sight, but everyone is waiting. and it's not just angry looks you get for doing it your way, plenty of people actually told me that what I was doing was illeagl and threatened with the police. can you believe this???
ReplyDeleteHaha, that's the real truth about Rome :D
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