I also went to Europe kind of young but I was one of those who took on a lot of their sensibilities like a sponge. I even got used to eating pizza with anchovies on them in the south of France. Every pizza had an anchovy. And yeah, you had to put your top on to walk from the beach to the pizza stand. I found that funny. Why, 12 meters over there, could I be topless, and at this pizza stand I’d better have a shirt on?? I never did understand that one.
RE French beach: Photos or it never happened. lol
I didn’t get to do that kind of “sightseeing” in Europe, but upon returning I was riding my bike and came upon two young lasses sans tops at a small beach near Bellingham, WA. They actually asked me to join them but being bashful I continued on my way (mistake?).
The Italian pizza didn’t meet my expectations but was edible. I had even worse trouble with the food in Greece. Would be the same story today. But I would sit and chat with the girls in Bellingham now.