Your most and least favourite Countries.

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Originally Posted by Starter

Considering that a good percentage, and growing, of the American population is hispanic, I find that highly amusing.

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a good percentage, and growing, of the Spanish population is hispanic too... if you listen to the more xenophobic politicians in Spain at least ;) :p

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Originally Posted by Starter

Considering that a good percentage, and growing, of the American population is hispanic, I find that highly amusing.

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Hispanic is not necessarily Spanish. Stop making us look silly! :p

back in 1984, my first trip to the US:

"where do you come from?"
"I live in Madrid, Spain" (I thought I'd point out Spain to make things easier)
"where in Mexico is that?"

Was in Dallas, but the guy was also white-skinned, blond-haired and blue-eyed. :dozey: :andrea:

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Originally Posted by donKey jote

back in 1984, my first trip to the US:

"where do you come from?"
"I live in Madrid, Spain" (I thought I'd point out Spain to make things easier)
"where in Mexico is that?"

Was in Dallas, but the guy was also white-skinned, blond-haired and blue-eyed. :dozey: :andrea:

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That's OK. I had a conversation a couple years ago with someone (US citizen) who was adamant that New Mexico was not a US state but a foreign country.

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Originally Posted by pino

Then tell me why million people go on vacation to Italy starting from Germans ? ;)

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That's easy to answer. In Germany it usually rains a lot in summer. In Italy it doesn't. ;)

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Originally Posted by dj_bytedisaster

That's easy to answer. In Germany it usually rains a lot in summer. In Italy it doesn't. ;)

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Exactly - true also of the uk. In a supermarket in. Arzachena in 2007 the lady on the deli counter asked if I was German - I shaved the submariner beard off immediately

Places I enjoyed : Iran, Belgium, Colombia

Not so much enjoyed: Egypt, China

Ambivalent about: USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Gemany

Still wanna see: Indonesia

Are we talking about places to visit on holiday, places to visit in the course of your work (short term and long term) or places to live? My view of some placescertainly varies - there are places I've enjoyed visiting but I wouldn't want to live there, eg Bangkok.

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Originally Posted by edv

Places I enjoyed : Iran, Belgium, Colombia

Not so much enjoyed: Egypt, China

Ambivalent about: USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Gemany

Still wanna see: Indonesia

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That's an intriguingly varied list!

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Originally Posted by D-Type

Are we talking about places to visit on holiday, places to visit in the course of your work (short term and long term) or places to live? My view of some placescertainly varies - there are places I've enjoyed visiting but I wouldn't want to live there, eg Bangkok.

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Excellent point. I might add that among the places I have visited, or even lived for brief periods, it's really not fair to "rate" them without at least a year or two of absorbing the entire culture and understanding the country better.

Being I enjoy learning cultures different from our own, I've enjoyed the vast majority of places I've ever visited. Even Alabama. :)