Translation of lavamanos

I remember that after highschool I went to study English in New York. First I did not know whether the city was right for me cause I wanted a place where I would not feel lost. However, it was the right choice.
We can help each other with these language studies, this is also the main purpose of Vocabulix. I have already got in touch with some other users. I can speak Italian, but my grammar is weak.
When I flew to Korea, I was very nervous because this was the first time I had visited a country outside the European Union. Asia is far away for us and is culturally very different.