Thanks for sharing some very interesting facts about China. I didnot know these things before. But they all sound very familiar to me because some of them are exactly same back in India.
laurent
· 4 years ago
:-) people not living in the usa often appreciate the freedom to have a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner...
just a different world !
I have just asked during my last trip in SF why there were no wine at lunch time. I got the -imho- extremly funny answer : because the russians drink wodka at lunch and after they do not go to work in the afternoon!
cheers! laurent
Peter K
· 4 years ago
That's part of the problem today where the US do not seems to understand. Take Canada, closest neighbour with the longest unprotected border, as an example.
I still get questions from folks down in the States as to where Canada is and do we still live in igloos. The world is a lot bigger than the US eventhough everything seems to be US-based :D
Nice pics. Seems like you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes
Eddie Awad
· 4 years ago
*a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner*
That sounds like heaven Laurent! I wish I had that freedom.
*do we still live in igloos*
Peter, sometimes when I tell someone that I am originally from Lebanon, they ask: do you still ride camels?
*you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes*
I was adventurous enough to snap a few pictures, that's all. No way I could try to eat a turtle, or a crocodile, no matter how much exotic they are. I must admit though that I had tried snakes and frogs before, but only once. They tasted good.
Tim Hall
· 4 years ago
One of my friends recently returned from Korea, where he was visiting his wife's parents. He brought back some dog meat as a present for his brother. Sounds nasty to UK ears, but it's normal in Korea. Apparently it tasted real good. I'm a vegetarian so I guess I'll pass :)
The story goes that when Britney Spears first came to the UK she couldn't believe we had our own currency and didn't use US dollars. If that's true...
Cheers
Tim...
yas
· 4 years ago
Interesting post. Recently i was thinking about starting a blog about the things you mentioned. That would talk about the lifestyle here in Turkey, the differences from the other countries, things you can only find here and nowhere else,etc...I will do it as soon as i find time. May be interesting read for those who would like to know how the other countries are living. We have some many things unique to here.
Eddie Awad
· 4 years ago
*some dog meat...it tasted real good*
It tastes like Chicken, based on what I heard.
*I’m a vegetarian so I guess I’ll pass*
I'm not a vegetarian, but I'll pass as well, unless I am tricked into eating it, like what happened to me when I ate snakes, I was told it was fish.
*We have some many things unique to here.*
yas, would you care to share a few here? blogging about the different and unique traditions and customs is not a bad idea. On the other hand, most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media, and especially through Hollywood movies.
yas
· 4 years ago
would you care to share a few here?
For example one is about the public transportation. We use a vehicle called dolmus, also called minibus. It means "filled up" in English. Mostly crazy drivers use these without any attention to traffic rules. Here are a few of them waiting for passengers. They have stops of their own (where you can get in or out) but the drivers do not care about stops, they can stop anywhere they want. Mostly you cannot find a seat and you travel on foot in them. They take so many passengers that it looks like an overloaded luggage. Sometimes they race with each other to collect passengers.
most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media
That is definitely true. Our country is called little-America here.
Laurent Schneider
· 4 years ago
In Switzerland, the bus will never turn on his motor before driving, it is not allowed to let the motor runs with noone is in the car. In one village called Zermatt (quite well known), only electrical engines are admitted!
If you have to stop on red light for a fairly long time (more than 2 minutes), you should turn off your engine.
Their is a joke about swiss people: - it is 17:04. The 17:02 train has not arrived yet. What is the problem? 1) it is not a swiss train 2) it is not a swiss watch
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people not living in the usa often appreciate the freedom to have a beer in the morning, to drink wine at lunch time, to smoke a havana cigare after dinner...
just a different world !
I have just asked during my last trip in SF why there were no wine at lunch time. I got the -imho- extremly funny answer : because the russians drink wodka at lunch and after they do not go to work in the afternoon!
cheers!
laurent
I still get questions from folks down in the States as to where Canada is and do we still live in igloos. The world is a lot bigger than the US eventhough everything seems to be US-based :D
Nice pics. Seems like you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes
That sounds like heaven Laurent! I wish I had that freedom.
*do we still live in igloos*
Peter, sometimes when I tell someone that I am originally from Lebanon, they ask: do you still ride camels?
*you were adventurous enough to try the various exotic dishes*
I was adventurous enough to snap a few pictures, that's all. No way I could try to eat a turtle, or a crocodile, no matter how much exotic they are. I must admit though that I had tried snakes and frogs before, but only once. They tasted good.
The story goes that when Britney Spears first came to the UK she couldn't believe we had our own currency and didn't use US dollars. If that's true...
Cheers
Tim...
It tastes like Chicken, based on what I heard.
*I’m a vegetarian so I guess I’ll pass*
I'm not a vegetarian, but I'll pass as well, unless I am tricked into eating it, like what happened to me when I ate snakes, I was told it was fish.
*We have some many things unique to here.*
yas, would you care to share a few here? blogging about the different and unique traditions and customs is not a bad idea. On the other hand, most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media, and especially through Hollywood movies.
For example one is about the public transportation. We use a vehicle called dolmus, also called minibus. It means "filled up" in English. Mostly crazy drivers use these without any attention to traffic rules. Here are a few of them waiting for passengers. They have stops of their own (where you can get in or out) but the drivers do not care about stops, they can stop anywhere they want. Mostly you cannot find a seat and you travel on foot in them. They take so many passengers that it looks like an overloaded luggage. Sometimes they race with each other to collect passengers.
most of the American customs and traditions are exported abroad through the media
That is definitely true. Our country is called little-America here.
If you have to stop on red light for a fairly long time (more than 2 minutes), you should turn off your engine.
Their is a joke about swiss people:
- it is 17:04. The 17:02 train has not arrived yet. What is the problem?
1) it is not a swiss train
2) it is not a swiss watch