Deep inside France, on the street you might hear someone speaking colloquially and then the word vache and some of it’s other forms might pop-up in the conversation and throw you off the context. Vache is actually the French word for cow. Colloquially it can have a few meanings. And none of them really mean…
You’re on holidays and despite the fact you’re there to see the sites one of the greatest impressions you ever get from a country is the traffic. But that’s usually not when the traffic is working well, for example countries like Germany. It’s how the chaos of another countries traffic laws or lack of them…
Coffee is one of the most famous symbols of the Italian lifestyle: the “espresso” is popular and imitated all over the world, and it represents a common connection between the North and the South of Italy. Even though the first “coffee machine” was invented in Turin, the artisans of Naples found a new way to…
Why is it that an English male on the other side of the planet can be drawn to cry when he can’t find a good local pub to hang out at? The English pub is the cornerstone of English culture. Where they socialise and meet, where they unwind with a nice warm or cold beer,…
Many countries have regional variations in culture and identity. Their differences though are not so much in contrast that when they get together and show there pride at being united that their flag is one of the few things in common that they share. Switzerland. The one thing in common the people of this country…
Buenos Aires Set at the furthest end of Latin America. After centuries of blending, the huge wave of immigrants that have come to the mild southern climate, the porteños (as inhabitants of Buenos Aires are called) often prided themselves on being European. They have often looked to Europe for their inspiration. Now after the immigrants…
La Carnival de Barranquilla, Quien lo vive, quien lo goza The Carnival of Barranquilla, Who lives it, is who enjoys it When it comes to parties or fiestas the latinos are 2nd to none. They love a good party and like to make it last as long as they can. Colombia is one such country…