50 blinkered horses and dreams

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I know everyone hates a reality check on their dream.....and in principle why should anyone shatter them.....magasines like this make their living out of selling it....and in general most of us can live that dream....but to live like a blinkered horse on the way to winning the grand national is all very fine....but we as humans have brains.....and why not look into the darker side..... why not relaise that there is a different and relevant side to life here outside the "living the dream" or whatever that thing about sun and tuscany has to tell.....some of you might be planning to spend your life savings...some dragging protesting children along.... should you be informed or just hopeful....should you believe that dream that everyone seems to be selling....well i think you should....but i also think there is nothing wrong with knowing what goes on around that dream....this website has some different ideas about italy...living here most of them are sadly true...... but in general they ll have little affect on you if you know how to work the rules.... thats why its important to know the darker side....so you can use it for yourself...... if i want to build a house here my first question is.....who do i know that will make it happen for me.....i dont look for an architect......if i go to school and want to pass an exam.......who will help me.....and it wont be a teacher....
yesterday i talked to a neighbours son....28 years old....he came back with his parents to italy 15 or so years ago from america.... italain schools are the worst in the world...i know ...ive been to them....not the elementary they are good....but when you have to decide at 13 or 14 what job you want to do because you have to specialise then whats the point..... and when you do pass the university exams....top grades and you know you wont get a job unless you know someone where you are applying ...or someone that can pull strings to be able to get work...whats the point...so read if you dare.....and the dream will still be there but you ll know how to make it work better... so yes i had squid yesterday i i do live the dream .... i am helped by an italian wife and a lifetime living in europe....i enjoy everything here...even the queues....but i removed the blinkers a long time ago....

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