Thursday, 26 May 2016

Experiential blog: #6

People in London seemed much friendlier than in Europe, I saw many people in groups laughing with each other, saying goodbye with a hug. Even the waiters and waitresses were extremely nicer than every waiter I had in Europe, gladly answering any questions I had and saying thank you when we left. People smiled when I walked past them on the street, offered help on the subway, held the door open for me, and smiled saying 'cheers' literally after every interaction I had. Although I loved both Vienna and Prague, London was by far my favorite. It's so much easier to experience a culture and interact with people when you know what language they're speaking, oftentimes in Vienna and Prague I came into frustrating or difficult situations because I couldn't understand the language. Out of the cities we traveled too, I felt the most comfortable in London and feel like I would similarly compare London to the United States in terms of atmosphere, language, and the behavior of them people. Experiencing these three very different cities though made me come to a greater appreciation of different cultures and how those different cultures came to be, and I also feel more equipped to handle different cultures in the future experiencing three different cultures. 

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