Originally Posted by
JerryFF
On my first trip to Asia, I spent the first week in Japan and the second week in Hong Kong. The difference was so striking I was in culture shock for the 1st several days in Hong Kong - I do not think one can attribute the differences between these two places simply on the basis of "cultural idiosyncracies".
Care to explain? Which country was worst?
As for my experience; I went to Paris once, back in 1998 or 1999. I'm not planing on going back there. Its not stereotypes, I think that if you don't speak French in Paris you'll be ignored by most of the local population, which is considered as being rude.
I've spent some time in Germany (West and East) and like in any other country, you will have nice and rude people. But majority of the Germans that I've interacted with were nice.
British people are also polite. Never had bad experience with Britons.
On the other hand, some people in Spain were rude and some were nice. At the end it balances itself
