European journey destinations are amongst a few of the most fulfilling in the world. My friend visited Czech Republic a pair years ago. While in Prague, he determined to go for a morning jog. As he was enjoying a wonderful architecture and, in a typical American style, greeting strangers along with his upbeat and pleasant “Hello” and “Hey” he was shocked to find that people were not smiling and not returning his well mannered greetings. As a substitute they have been looking at him as if he had been an alien from a distant galaxy. He was puzzled and shocked when he later found that Jap Europeans don’t have a customized to greet strangers on street with a well mannered phrase like that. Pleasant greetings are reserved solely for individuals they really know.
It was very nice to sit again and benefit from the quietness of the river and breathe …