Friday, May 30, 2014
Culture Experience
A major change that I have noticed while here in Amsterdam is that it is much more crowded and much more busy every where that you go. There are much more bikes than cars here and that is to be expected because it is almost much easier and faster to travel with a bike than with a car. This leads me to believe this is why they are so much more fit than the average American. They also travel faster here and don't want to wait for traffic if in a car. I have noticed from that (fast pace) they don't yield to pedestrians like some (not all) cars/buses do. The bikes just keep on going even if there is a green light for walking (have to watch out for that)! There are many more that speak English here compared to Prague and Leiden. I believe that is from being much more westernized than the other two places and also because there are a lot more tourists here than the other two as well. This is much different than my little town of 750 people. I expected there to be a lot more rude people that live here, but I have ran into many very nice people, yes there are always those few that bumped into and don't say anything, but the majority, for me anyway, have been really nice.
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I agree, its very nice to be able to communicate with more people and in English. I also noticed and like how much more friendly people are.
ReplyDeletethey speak English so well because it is taught in their schools and at home the speak Dutch. Why it is so frequently taught in their schools I do not know but it could be like us learning Spanish but they actually use the English they learn.
ReplyDeleteIn Czech, people were less friendly than they are in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, they hear that you are an American, and they get excited! People in the Netherlands are also very polite.
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