Why Culture??

During the past three years I've been to Mexico, Italy, Spain, England, France, Greece, Portugal and Amsterdam. This blog is about what I learned from these travels; I want to share with others what I learned from seeing the world.

When I was abroad I would catch myself thinking "Why do girls in France dress like they are going out to a party when they are only going to school?" In the States we wear Uggs, sandals or tennis shoes to school not 6 inch heels. I would also ask myself "Why do the French eat snails? Or why do they eat cockroaches in Thailand?" Seeing all this made me wonder WHY?

I felt like I was always judging people from other countries because to my eyes the way the way they did things was "the wrong way". For example things such as, the education system or the way their raise their children.

It was interesting to hear what different people had to say about my culture. & I'm going to be honest at the beginning I would get offended, but after a while I started realizing that the whole time I was doing the same thing...just by judging their culture.

 Living abroad for such a long time made me realize many things. It made me see the world through someone else's eyes. & who ever knew that the discoveries I was going to make were going to change me completely! 

I am excited to go more into detail with specific ideas about culture. In some posts I want to write some culture's views, thoughts, and customs and I want to tie them together with my personal experiences. I will also be interviewing people around the world just so we can see it through someone else’s eye. Down below I'm going to put a list about some ideas that I want to get into.