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It's the little things that really let you know you are in a foreign country. You expect some things to be different; money, language, food etc. There are many more that you just don't think about. Here are some of the things I've noticed. Smoking. I mentioned before how everyone here smokes. Sidewalks are very, very narrow. To pass, you both have to kind of turn sideways and 'suck it in', but you still brush up against people. What you have to watch out for are those with cigarettes in their hand. I was at a sidewalk cafe last week in a non smoking section. Of the 8 tables in this area, 6 had people smoking, in the non smoking section. I mentioned the narrow streets and sidewalks. The cities are like a maze of streets running every which way. They curve around so one minute you are waking parallel to the next street, then you are crossing it, then back to parallel. The sea ...