Do you like visiting other cultures?

Question: Do you like visiting other cultures!?

Foreign Traveler

Have you ever found yourself
in a place came upon
quite by happenstance!?
While foreign it felt
local residents embraced,
warmly invited you in!.
You stayed long enough
to admire their culture
at times even felt
you fit in!.
Yet, their language proved
too difficult for you
proper dialect a tricky
flow!.
Soon, an impostor you felt
despite pleasant visit
it never was quite home!.
So, you packed up your bags
said fond farewells
set off for
more natural
environs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:

Hope you won't be gone long!.We will miss you and your kind spirit!.We are all only a click away!.Stay well, know that you are thought of daily!.
God bless!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I love to visit foreign lands, to sample their cuisine and learn about their customs!. There are a couple of places which I have found particularly inviting, and I return to them as often as possible!. After enough visits, I feel like I belong -it's like a "home away from home"!. Don't ever feel that you were an impostor just because you felt more at home someplace else!. There are, after all, those of us who have been beneficiaries of your "tourism"!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

It has always been an almost enjoyable experience to meet new cultures, except perhaps for meeting the North Vietnamese in 1968!. They kept flinging projectiles and chemicals at me!. But I always felt like I was ready for home!. The beach culture in Los Angeles was about the most hostile one I have become acquainted!. I felt I needed to absquatulate as soon as possible!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I went Coppicing for dormice (don't ask!) once, a whole day cutting back trees, and building woven branch fencing!. The group I joined were all old friends!.!.!.!.they spoke to me only when I spoke to them first!.
I never went again!.
But, perhaps, if I had persevered and returned a few times more they would have opened up their ranks and let me in!.!.!.in fact, I'm sure they would have!. I gave up too soon!.
In your case I would say you don't have to be fluent to enjoy the experience of being some-where new!.!.!.!.as long as the natives are friendly!!! Www@QuestionHome@Com

Just for once I will give a sensible answer Sue!.!.!.I dont need to travel to find other cultures now!.!.!.Our village is now being filled with refugees from all over Europe, the diversity is great but they do need to at least learn our language a little!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I am not a poet, nor do I understand all the nuances, but I know what I like, and I have liked what I have seen from you, even if I don't often comment on it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I can only imagine
however a few months ago
I went to folk fest!.
This is where pavilions
displays cultures from around the
world would come to you!.
I like learning about their culture
food
language
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Are you talking about the neighborhood bar or a real country!? lol Visiting is always fun, returning even better!. Check flow on "despite pleasant visit!.' Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's good to travel and
meet new people!.
Sometimes it's good to leave!.!.!.
Return to the familiar!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm sorry to hear that!. Perhaps if you visit more often, it will begin to feel like a second home to you!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

!.!.!. and no matter how much you fit in!.!. it was never quite like home!.!.
There is 'NO place like home' once you find it!.!. Just ask Dorothy!.!.

*clicking my ruby red slippers*Www@QuestionHome@Com

Of the 220+ employees of mine, there are 15 different cultures/languages in that group!.

I have made it my home!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!. Of all places, the Irish has always made me feel welcomed!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Out of my comfort zone, only if I tell my self I am!.
I enjoy most other cultures!.
Nice poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, my list trip inside the Petri dish was much fun!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes I do!. I have friends from every walk of life on here and it is amazing!. ?Www@QuestionHome@Com

More than once Sue!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.although it was brought on by the fact than I was a *military brat*!.

Very nice!Www@QuestionHome@Com

I hope it's not forever!.!.!.your voice would be missed too much!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

When I moved to Utah I experienced a new cultrue like I've never experienced before!. I've had to learn to bite my tongue over mere words or to reword what I would normally say!. I found that you have to go to the state run liquor store for alcohol except beer and that many supermarkets do not sell cigarettes, which is fine by me!. It's hard to find something as simple as coffee or a large variety of teas!. Many people wear LAYERS of clothing, in order to remain modest, even in 95 degree weather!. I rarely see women and girls wearing tank tops let alone spaghetti strap tops and some won't even wear shorts unless they are not of the LDS faith or have fallen a bit from the church!. Their family values seem far better than those in CA, but you do see a lot of 18 year olds getting married and 20 year olds with at least 2 children!. By the time you are 25, you are pregnant with your 6th!. Sex is bad until you get married and then it's suddently GOOD, have MANY children and it's confusing for the poor girls!. At least they are married before having babies, but like any American culture, that's not always the case!. Some adults won't even go see a PG rated movie! They beleive in good family values, helping others in need and are the best networkers around!. Yet, I too do not speak their language!. The language of the LDS church and the teachings of Joseph Freakin' Smith, their profit and author of The Book Of Mormon!. They are not completely foreign to me, but while I fit in as a non smoker, non drinker who doesn't like coffee (except Starbuck Vanilla Frappucinno!), I still find their "language" and beliefs something that was not meant for me!.

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