When I visited Italy, I was introduced to a couple of new ideas. For dinner, they are 5 courses. Instead we ate 3 courses (which was already enough for me); primo (pasta), secondo (usually meats), and dolce (sweet). For our first course, we had pesto. It was made up of noodles covered in pesto sauce. The second course consisted of a piece of lamb and french fries. The third and last course we were introduced to was tiramisu.
In France, it is disrespectful to start a conversation in English. I learned that the hard way. Although, my French was rusty, I tried to start every conversation with a simple "Bon Jour." They will respond in a more friendly manner just by you trying to master their language.
It's the little attributes that make a country so unique and different from ours. Who would've known that its disrespectful to not try and speak a certain language when you're in a certain country or that some countries have more than one meal for just dinner alone. I find it quite fascinating. And being able to have been apart of it was one amazing experience and I hope to be apart of it again, real soon.
This post is very anecdotal (personal experience-rich). But make sure to back up those details with data from reliable sources. Show how your experiences, for example, mirror those of academic researchers? Add multi-media content here as well because when you're talking about culture, it's a very sensory-driven experience. What are the sounds? The sights? The textures? There is plenty of room for expansion here.
ReplyDeleteIt must be really interesting and hard at times to live in so many places as you did. Living in Japan must have been a wild experience with so much population just in one area. With all the great food around and places that know how to make living area much smaller. They also take good care of their streets and gardening, I hear and about the driving on the right hand side. I thought the rest of the world drives on the right hand side but the United States. It's funny how you mentioned you learned the hard way that in France they prefer if you started a conversation with their language first. But I didn't understand what you meant about Italy having five courses to eat? Does that mean you eat about five meals for dinner? or five small meals for dinner. But really great Information on the places you been to I enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interested how you listed examples of the places you've been too and your experiences there. Another good point you could talk about is the relationship between people from places like Italy and France. The way they treat each other vs. the way Americans treat each other. You could elaborate on the differences and similarities between both countries.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interested how you listed examples of the places you've been too and your experiences there. Another good point you could talk about is the relationship between people from places like Italy and France. The way they treat each other vs. the way Americans treat each other. You could elaborate on the differences and similarities between both countries.
ReplyDeleteThis is definitely a unique post lots of personal information. But it is sometimes good to step away from the crowd and do your own thing. Over all I feel like the examples that you listed need some research. what I mean is background information and hyperlink it. Also maybe add a few more countries as well as pictures to show readers how beautiful those places are.
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