Hello everybody! :D
Here is one more question of my 20 questions.... :lol:
WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AWAY FROM HOME, WHAT ASPECTS OF YOUR CULTURE DO YOU MISS MOST?
Thank you for all your answers.... :wink: (Viva Russia!!) :P
Angelica :roll:
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Hello everybody! :D
Here is one more question of my 20 questions.... :lol:
WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING AWAY FROM HOME, WHAT ASPECTS OF YOUR CULTURE DO YOU MISS MOST?
Thank you for all your answers.... :wink: (Viva Russia!!) :P
Angelica :roll:
I don't miss anything when I'm travelling away from home. I haven't ever been to a country that is completely different than Russia. I think this is the chief reason why I don't miss anything when travelling away from home.
What did you ask that question? Do you miss something when travelling? :roll:
Isn't a general answer to this:
Europe and America can differ greatly, so the things you miss most are the things you can't get in your home country.
I am not sure what is meant by 'aspects' in this context...
I think that angelica wants to know what things you miss. I mean to say she wants to know the names of these things...
When I travel abroad, I miss my car. I hate having to travel everywhere on foot and I hate getting ripped off by taxi-drivers.
There are no fast-food restaurants in Ukraine - except for McDonalds and the food there is not the same. The McDonalds in Ukraine do not use 100% beef so the hamburgers taste like shиt. I think they mix some pork and chicken in the burgers. Ugh.
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I think they taste like sh*t anyway :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kwatts59
My cozy bed. Actually, there are many aspects of my culture that I don't miss when traveling. I try to forget as much as possible while away. It's the other cultures I miss when returning home. :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by angelica
Very true... It's the other cultures that you miss! I quite agree with you, Moongazer! While away I sometimes very much want to come back home because I'm tired of new experiences. But when I come back home I realize that I want to go away again because it's so boring at home!Quote:
It's the other cultures I miss when returning home
You'd better ask: "what is love", "why sky is blue"...
I don't like anything in my country, but i can't live without it. How can you explain to an Africa's native how does winter looks like ?
Best case scenario. .....not likely........Quote:
Originally Posted by kwatts59
That was the point. You got it ReDSanchous (ReD what?...) 8)Quote:
Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
You do not miss anything, don't you??? Ooook.
That is your point of view, I won't interfere in your answers.... 8)
Again, Thank you. :wink:
Angelica :roll:
Quote:
Originally Posted by ReDSanchous
Well, I do miss something of my culture....(I am not American :lol: ) :mrgreen:
- The food
- The people
- My language (that's the thing I miss most!) :cry:
- The landscapes
- The guerrilla (I'm just kidding) 8)
- My friends
- The comfort That I am in my own country (home).
- The music! (That crazy and amazing music)
I think that's it!
Thank you for reading me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You guys are the best!!!! :thumbs:
Angelica :roll:
Where are you from then?
You're right that I don't miss anything while away. I may miss something a little bit, for example, my family and friends but I know that I'll see them soon, so I don't worry too much over it.
When I travelled to russia and stayed with a host family, the thing I missed most was my personal freedom when it came to eating. Every morning was the same routine - I try to explain that I never eat breakfast, because i'm not hungry and it makes me sick. And every morning the family I was with would prepare massive amounts of food and expect me to eat every last bite, because if I didn't i would not be healthy or something like that. And when I couldn't finish all the food, its like they would get mad at me or something. I hated that part.
tdk
tdk, maybe you looked too skinny to them? :)
When in America I miss everything Russian (food, customs, my home, etc.) and when in Russia I miss everything American. Living in two cultures is not so easy :cry: .
I wonder if you miss American food.. Are you used to living without Russian soups?Quote:
Originally Posted by JB
Hah, I was in this exact scenario. I found that being assertive (as Russian men characteristically are, so I'm told) is the way to go. I just cannot eat food for at least an hour after I wake up. Not that I got away without eating anything. I was still expected to eat a yogurt and a cheesecake chocolate bar (those things are amazing! I actually miss them, sad). The woman with whom I was staying with accepted the fact that I don't eat a lot in the morning, but of course she'd still look at me as though I were crazy (with a smile though!). Russian hospitality has to be some of the world's best.Quote:
Originally Posted by tdk2fe
This is certainly weird. I eat very little in the morning if any, and so do most of my Russian friends. Is is possible that your hosts were prescreened by the government for the food intake? Only fat and healthy were allowed to represent the country?
You weren't staying with my mother-in-law, were you?Quote:
Originally Posted by tdk2fe
I swear to God that woman thinks my natural weight should be about 21 stone.
American foods I miss =
p-nut butter; available in Moscow but too expensive at $6 a jar, I always ask friends coming from America to bring me a jar then I hide it from my husband :wink: (he loves the stuff)
thick juicy steak; no such animal as a Black Angus in Russia
Dr. Pepper
Mexican food
Chinese food
fresh ocean fish (tastes different than fresh water fish)
I love Russian soup but I don't miss it in America because I make it whereever I live
Yep, me also, living as an expatriot in Spain...oh how I miss the simple things, like White Castle burgers, Kansas City BBQ, pork sausage patties, real American pizza, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by JB
I always seem to miss food the most! :lol:
I've travelled to most countries, and I can tell you, the best herring can only be found in Russia. Everywhere else it tastes like shit. I miss it so much I have to have it helicoptered or jumbo jetted in directly from my own fish processing plant - but what would a poor bloke do?
He would get a job flying your helecopter.Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
Life's rough, eh? :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by VendingMachine
Hey VM, can you have that jumbo jet stop by Texas and pick me up some BBQ? :lol:
When I have traveled to Eastern Europe (Russia included) I miss Discount super stores, like Wal Mart. It does not seem to be a place where I can get anything I want, at a price I can afford and 24 hours a day (Super Wal-Mart).
Yep... there're little 24 hour mini-marts in the cities, but nothing like a 24 hr. Super Walmart...there's a chain of similar stores in Petersburg, but I can't remember the name...and they're not 24 hrs.Quote:
Originally Posted by leslie_
Well, if you live in some sh**y countries, when you go to a normal country like Russia, you miss nothing. Actually, sometimes when I am very hungry I may have a dream of some decadent fast food, but it goes away...
When I went to Canada last summer for a whole month, I only had fast food on a few occasions, and only pizza and wings. The only burgers I like are the home cooked ones.
I think the longer we travel, the less we miss.
I found that we can get used to any living conditions. Russia especially has everything one may want.
My opinion... :lol:
Bob
tdk,
Did you have these pancakes with молоко in the morning?
I had these more often than not in St-Petersburg last month, and I took two kilos in two weeks. I am going again next week, but I will definitely stay away from them.
I also agree with you that the women like to feed us a lot. If this is a sign of affection, then two of them are in love with me...
:D
Bob
Well, "technically", I have been away from Russia for almost 6 years (with 2 brief visits in that time span)
Honestly, I missed Russian cartoons the most.
I was able to obtain Cheburashka on DVD and several "Masters of Russian Animation" DVD editions.
But, boy, oh boy, do I miss other old cartoons I grew up with.
One of the most important things that I ever missed, and sometimes still do, is the sense of humour of my folk. But as travels progressed my sense of humour adapted to the place I was in. It's perhaps comparable to macaroni and cheese. All over the world it's great but never quite like what mothers used to make.
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Thats strange... the woman who fell in love with me (my girflriend) didn't feed me anything... I had to buy all of our food :)
tdk
everything.. =)
even air. hell, in a few months it'll be 12 years since last time I breathed Russian air.
i guess its different for people.. but for me - I miss everything.. except, may be, potholes on the roads. ;) i can live without those.
I had the same problem.Quote:
Originally Posted by tdk2fe
[After I've eaten 3/4 of a massive bowl of pasta and inch thick chease]
"It is delicious but I can't eat any more, I am full"
"Just have a bit more"
"I am really full, I will be sick"
"You don't like my food! I am such a terrible cook. etc."
Russian women are not just like that in Russia. My boyfriend's mother is the same way with me..... I don't think it has to do with love, it's just hospitality. She makes me borsh, kutleti, rice.. then asks if I want cheese, bread, some fresh veggies, fruit. My boyfriend has to eventually tell her to stop asking and that there's enough to eat. When he leaves the room, she'll ask if i want anything else. :lol:
It's a cultural distinction I think.
- Are you hungry?
- No, thank you
"No" is "no" for Americans and "Ask me twice" for Russains. That is, the Russian hostess expects that you will refuse even if you're hungry.
I miss my friends and family - that's when I'm away from Russia - like always...
I miss my husband and kids - that's when I'm traveling now and away from my new home country (second motherland :) )
Food - no - every country has great food if your mind is open
Customs - may be. But just some of them - like coming to your brother's house without calling - just out of a blue - without setting a date and time for dinner two weeks ahead
And New Year celebration "Russian style"! With Ded Moroz, Snegurochka, huge bag of gifts, lots of drunkards on the streets etc.