Friday, June 29th, 2007
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 foreigners call espresso) is very [...]
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Thursday, June 21st, 2007
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 love safety and insurance. “Yes, [...]
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Friday, June 15th, 2007
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 applies. I try to be [...]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
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 itself makes me smile! Most [...]
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Wednesday, June 6th, 2007
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 mean winter time. Syberia is [...]
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