http://www.mythsclub.com Let's have a clearer vision of what different cultures are Thu, 19 Jul 2007 21:52:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You won't believe but I took this picture in Turkey a year ago. The pic below was taken by Mark Graves near the village of Applecross on the west coast of Scotland, UK. The river, stones, trees and even grass looks exactly the same! Funny but Turkey is supposed to have more ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=9 I begin posting series of pictures taken by different people in different countries. Sometimes you can not say by frirst sight what country is on the pic. London Eye and Moscow Eye, which is which? =       to be continued... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=8 Italians and gesticulation are convertible terms. "We cannot speak in Italy without moving our hands. This is bad in cars. This is terrible on motorbikes." I love Italian humor;) No comments. p.s. Champion of the world Mario Cipollini is a true Italian (see the pic)       Italians are coffee lovers. "What we call coffee (and what ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=7 German drive fast “Yes - can't deny it.” They drive fast but very safe.  Only 5300 people died in car accidents in German roads last year. The numbers in Russia are 7 (seven!) times as much! By the way, according to statistics the safest roads are in France. Eco car on the pic:) Germans ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=6 So what are the first associations that come to your head when you think about Germany? Beer, order, punctuality? The text in italica comes from our German experts - people who live there. The German are very punctual "It used to be the case but there are still some people to whom this ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=5 PsyBlog recently published the results of the research "Which culture most controls their facial emotions? According to some research it's Russians! And the least control over facial emotions? Americans."  He-he:) Now I know who made this research;) Sure the research is done by professional people but the picture of that article ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=4 Well, due to the cold war there are lots of very strong myths about Russia. They survive in books, newspapers, cartoons and movies (a typical Russian girl in a Hollywood movie: called Natasha, beautiful, wears a fur hat, and is very dangerous).   Russia is covered with snow It’s partially true if you ... http://www.mythsclub.com/?p=3