Our contributing editor, Anna, has sent in this photo of a refreshing cup of sweet iced tea. She says,
“Iced tea is a very popular and refreshing drink in South of the United States. This photo was taken in Alabama, where they serve the iced tea very sweet and in tin mugs. “
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What surprised you most about the US?
A Taiwanese Student in the USA
How to Become a Cultural Insider
Usually, when people think of the Midwest, they think of a flat, boring, rural place, covered in corn and soybean fields – way too hot and muggy in the summer, and way too cold in the Winter. Well, that’s about half right. There’s really lots of urban areas, and even some elevation changes (Wisconsin, Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Minnesota, Southern Ohio). Though by and large, the Midwest is pretty flat.
Summers are oppressively hot, unless you live near the Great Lakes. Mosquitoes bite, cicadas buzz and keep you up at night, and electric bills skyrocket from keeping the house or apartment air-conditioned.
Hand gestures play an essential role in nonverbal communication. However, the same gesture may have different meanings -or even none- in different cultures. This collaborative post is an effort to bridge that gap.
India – Namaste
Namaste (India)
Namaste literally means “I bow down to you”, or “Salutations to you”, but it is used in the sense a handshake is used in the western world. For us, no matter whether the person we greet is older or younger, important or not, a man or a woman, he/she has to be greeted with due respect, and the most common way is to join our hands as you can see my son doing in the image, and say, “Namaste”. When we are greeting an older person or someone important, we bow down a bit. This shows the additional respect due to that person. (more…)
It’s September, so we have a new Picture Postcards theme – graffiti / street art. Today’s photo is from Ana and was taken in Bishops art district, a neighbourhood of Dallas (USA).
This photo of a very Texan lunch was taken by Anina2007 on Flickr who is actually Pocketcultures Ana! It is comprised of chicken fried steak, Texas toast, gravy, fried zucchini, cole slaw and potato salad.
More food!
New Zealand Pie
Beer and nibbles Argentinean style
Breakfast around the world
It starts early in the week when I type an appointment in my work calendar for 4:30 p.m. Friday: “Bike ride home.” Just the act of typing those words puts a smile on my face because I’ve just blocked that time from any meetings and I’ve got all week to look forward to a glorious bike commute home over San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate Bridge.
On the commute home via the Golden Gate Bridge
Friday morning I get my gear ready: the bike pants, the windbreaker, the gloves, the iPod, the helmet, the Camelbak, and the sunglasses. Since I live 25 miles away in Marin County and there’s no shower at work, this is only a one-way commute. I jump on the bike-rack enabled commuter bus in the morning and head southward towards The City by the Bay with all the other gas-guzzling suburban commuters. (more…)
Picture Postcards: Clockmaker’s Shop in Paris, France
5 interesting facts about Australia
The etiquette of visiting around the world
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