How-many-kisses-on-the-cheek guide by country
#16
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In Brasil you kiss each cheek once.
Men and women kiss......women and women kiss......men and men shake hands.
Even if you do not know the person and are being introduced for the first time........
Men and women kiss......women and women kiss......men and men shake hands.
Even if you do not know the person and are being introduced for the first time........
#18
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I have a friend whose life is split between the coastal region near Montpellier and Paris, and he always gives me three kisses, which I love. He looks a lot like a younger Richard Gere, even though they are about the same age, and he owns a winery. What more could one ask of in a man?
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In ever-friendly Picardy, it used to be 3 for hello, 4 for goodbye.
Up to you whether to interpret this as appreciation for the time spent together, or being glad to see the back of you...
In ever-friendly Picardy, it used to be 3 for hello, 4 for goodbye.
Up to you whether to interpret this as appreciation for the time spent together, or being glad to see the back of you...
#23
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In Japan, people kiss zero times - They bow from a safe distance. But somehow we still pass the flu to each other...
Don't think anyone has pointed to this yet:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...h-kissing-map/
The original survey is here - but the site has intermittent problems:
http://combiendebises.free.fr/
Don't think anyone has pointed to this yet:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...h-kissing-map/
The original survey is here - but the site has intermittent problems:
http://combiendebises.free.fr/
Last edited by jib71; Dec 2, 2007 at 7:40 am
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Don't think anyone has pointed to this yet:
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...h-kissing-map/
The original survey is here - but the site has intermittent problems:
http://combiendebises.free.fr/
http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/200...h-kissing-map/
The original survey is here - but the site has intermittent problems:
http://combiendebises.free.fr/
#25
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Thrice in Russia. If you need step-by-step instructions, find any video on youtube with Yeltsin and Arafat. Back in the mid-1990s, Time Magazine voted theirs the best kiss of the year.