Influenced by this poor woman's experience in Italy: https://old.reddit.com/r/CringeTikToks/comments/1pdmls4/american_shares_her_absolute_nightmare_experience/
I'm British and we're taught when growing up that it is rude to stare at people. However, my wife is French, and when we lived in France people stare all the time at anything and anyone slightly out of the ordinary. It got to me after a while and I find it extremely rude. I've noticed similar in Spain but not to them same level.
So… were you taught it was rude to stare, or not?