Interesting things observed in other countries?
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Just looking to start a conversation about interesting/amusing things you've seen in other countries.
I'll start: When I was in Switzerland, I never saw anyone jay walk. It was fascinating. People stopped and waited for the crosswalk light to come on, even if there weren't any cars coming. For some reason I loved the orderliness of it. |
Anonymous
| napoli, dogs running around everywhere, garbage and trash abound, and a racist populous (well much of southern italy is like that). |
Anonymous
| Dog poop everywhere in France |
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| Insane poverty in Caribean islands, I mean barefoot kids in the street, wild dogs, chickens wandering. And then...the beautiful gated resort with all you can eat meals...very sad |
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A couple years ago I visited my brother in Shanghai, he was there for work for about a year.
He said something to me about seeing the Chinese people "hitting trees", but I didn't really know what he was talking about... Well, a few days later I was walking...and there were 3 older Chinese women (I'd guess in their 60's)...they were standing around a tree and kind of "body checking" it...taking turns...just over and over again they would crash their whole body (not too hard--they wouldn't injure themselves or anything!) into the tree! http://www.theworldofchinese.com/2010/05/fighting-with-trees/ That and another day, I was trying to get somewhere and I got lost...I ended up on a street corner, where about a dozen couples were dancing. This was probably around 9 or 10 am on a weekday. Like this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4ZY9A1RGdg (not my video, just one I found) |
Anonymous
Yep. I stepped in a pile of it when I was in Paris in September. Also, human urine everywhere. Random sections of sidewalk smelled strongly of urine until the day it rained. |
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Agree with human urine stench in Paris. Lived there and saw public urination a lot.
Greece- not flushing toilet paper(gross), stray dogs everywhere, turning portable hot water heater on before hit shower. Japan- fog proof bathroom mirrors and every other cool invention you can imagine, super polite people |
Anonymous
the republicans would love to see all of america turn into this. |
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You figured us out! |
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| Don't order a cappuccino after breakfast time in Italy. You will be mocked. |
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| In rural Mexico, lots of dogs with lots of attached bloated ticks. |
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| Horse head attached to a hook in the window of a butcher shop in Nice. Freaked me right out. |
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In Egypt I saw a dead body that had just been hit by a car. People covered it with newspapers.
40 minutes later I passed by the area again, still no ambulance, still there. |
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| In France, even in the most tourist-ridden parts of the cities, if you eat anything in public (an apple while walking, a jambon beurre sandwich on a park bench) locals will say "bon appetit!" It's even more reliable than "bless you" for a sneeze around here. And they say it with a smile. |
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In Soviet Union they had these drink machines that would dispense beverages into a glass that just stayed there and everyone would use.
http://readrussia.com/blog/made-in-russia/00135/ |