I will never be able to get used to Europe thoroughly. To me, it seems that Europeans don’t want to make their lives comfortable. It feels like they are in fact trying to make their lives difficult. Everything is expensive and taxed to the tee, shops close early, there is no convenience of any kind of speak of.
You may be able to have nature, free time, green space. But one thing you will not get is material comfort.
Yeah, I don’t know. You guys got lucky. But the food here is honestly disgusting. If you’re like me, and if you like the taste of fresh ingredients, with minimal seasoning, with the emphasis of tasting the natural fresh taste of the food (I am imaging a fat piece of toro and and a fat round hotate sashimi right now), you will be hugely disappointed. This is an island too but they only ways they seem to know how to eat seafood here is to dip in a some batter, fry it or grill it in some think butter, and oftentimes they drench all the food in some thick ultra processed sauces 😩 mayonnaise, ketchup, “brown sauce”…
Btw, on the food point, I happen to agree a lot with this author Why British food is terrible:
Calm the hell down. Why does everything have to be so emotional. And you think you aren’t exploiting anymore? Where do you get your cheap clothes from Zara, H&M and Primark? If all brands have to make all of their clothes with European labor laws and European energy prices, you think you can get a T-shirt for 9.99? Why does Volkswagen make more than half of their profits from China? Are you not worried that Volkswagen could become the next Nokia?