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What is culture? Discover new cultures from all over the world, learn how to work efficiently with people from other countries and how our cultures have an effect on our daily lives.
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A Mix of Influences β Discovering Arab Culture in Indonesia
This post first appeared on EuropeUpClose.com. Discovering Arab Culture in Indonesia Indonesia is a popular travel destination in Southeast Asia. No, actually, Bali is. While Bali is gorgeous and definitely worth a visit, Indonesia has so much more...

Are We Entitled To A Vacation?
Are We Entitled To A Vacation? Nowadays we hear a lot about entitlement. Are we entitled to free healthcare? Or free education? Are we entitled to a job that does not take advantage of us, because we are nothing but a small, replaceable employee in a huge and powerful...

Differences between living in Germany and the US
Differences between living in Germany and the US As some of you may know, I grew up in Germany, but for the past 13 years, I've been living in the US. First, I've called beautiful San Diego my home and after a short stint in Beijing, I moved to San Antonio, and now I...

What Is Reverse Culture Shock?
What Is Reverse Culture Shock? While a lot of people are familiar and expect to experience culture shock when they go abroad, most people have never heard of Reverse Culture Shock. It doesn't really matter if you traveled extensively, lived abroad as an expat or...

How to deal with Culture Shock
How To Deal With Culture Shock According to Wikipedia, culture shock refers to βthe anxiety and feelings (of surprise, disorientation, uncertainty, confusion, etc.) felt when people have to operate within a different and unknown culture such as one may encounter in a...

Understanding Culture
Understanding Culture Understanding culture isn't easy. If you travel a lot abroad, you are probably are familiar with the feeling of being in an unfamiliar culture. The street signs you can't read, different foods and drinks than at home, weird customs and...

Differences Between Living in Spain and France
Differences Between Living in Spain and France Guest post by Maria, friend of mine from Spain, who lived several years in France. She is going to describe the differences between living in Spain and France to you. Two European countries with a common border. How...

Differences between living in Spain and the US
This post was written by Maria (cool name, don't ya think?). She is a friend of mine who grew up in Spain, went to university in France and studied abroad in the US. She will share her experience on the differences between living in Spain and the US. Differences...

Customs in Ecuador
Customs in Ecuador Are you thinking about moving to Ecuador for work or study abroad in this beautiful country? Sara Mercedes Arevalo Lopez contributed this informational blog post about the culture and Customs in Ecuador to MariaAbroad! Thank you very much!!! Customs...

Adapting to a New Culture
Adapting to a New Culture Adapting to a new culture is not easy. When you move abroad, especially when the culture is very different from your own, you will be frustrated. The best thing about living abroad and adapting to a new culture is what you make of it! It can...