Originally Posted by aristoph
I would second that opinion. As I posted in another IB thread somewhere, we have found great difficulty communicating in Spain - including in 5* hotels (eg Alfonso XIII in Seville) - and, between us, my partner and I speak French, Italian, German,
Dutch and of course English. Only Spanish seems to work and that is why we are taking a crash course before our Xmas trip to HAV (on IB of course!)
Wat gezellig dat iemand anders op het forum Nederlands spreekt! Heel uniek moet ik zegen...
Second paragraph of
NickB is good! We can all accept some cultural differences (and if we don't, we're pretty closed minded ourselves), but the problems arise when basic logistics do not get taken care of. Especially on the ground. A cold crew (even on BA) has never bothered me... I don't expect the sort of show one often receives in the USA, but I do expect things to work. Who knows, maybe even that expectation is cultural... there are limits to relativism I believe though, as much as I do believe in the validity of relativism.