Originally Posted by IO540
Italy is OK if you can contact the airport beforehand and ask the right questions.
Asking the right questions isn't enough, the most important thing is to make sure they understand what are you asking
I think one should need to spend few hours reading "Simple English" Wikipedia to learn how to communicate with those Italians who actualy speak English
I once made an enquiry about a fuel price and availability at certain airport in Italy over the phone (because they were so responsive over the e-mail, you know) and after 10 minutes of three English words he knew (hello, yes, no), I made an educated guess that he didn't understand a thing, so I refuelled outside of Italy and stayed on the safe/wet side