¿En qué sitio habéis encontrado a gente más simpática, o más antipática?

[Sancho Panther]

My most favourite city has to be Barcelona, I visit it often and I find it endlessly exciting and interesting, but I'll swear that los barceloneses get up early just solely in order to be ruder to more people for longer!

Whereas in contrast los mallorquines are so friendly, polite and helpful that you wouldn't believe it! In fact the first time I went there they were so solicitous and friendly I genuinely thought they were taking the mickey!

What have been your experiences?

[poli]

It's not a perfect world. You may find that in really interesting places, the residents have a tendency to be rude or too busy. Less remarkable places are often inhabited by more hospitable residents.

The friendliest city I've visited is Seattle, Washington--a nice enough place I suppose --but London it's not. There's just not that much for
a visitor to see after two days, but you can have a nice conversation with
a fish monger and not buy anything...it's OK.

Contrary to the cliché, I find Paris friendly, or friendlier than large Spanish cities. It also depends upon who you meet,a visitor's personality, and local manners and customs.

Here's a paradox. New Yorkers have a reputation for rudeness comparable only to Paris, but at the same time New York has the reputation being open to strangers, and lives up to that reputation as well.

[Luna Azul]

Usually people in capital cities aren't very friendly, but I found the people from Rome very nice as opposed to Madrid, for example.

I don't want to offend anybody, but I found very few friendly people in Spain.. maybe because I'm from Latin America and I travel with an American passport? Who knows..

[Caballero]

Originally Posted by Luna Azul

Usually people in capital cities aren't very friendly, but I found the people from Rome very nice as opposed to Madrid, for example.

I don't want to offend anybody, but I found very few friendly people in Spain.. maybe because I'm from Latin America and I travel with an American passport? Who knows..

Why would that make them be unfriendly to you?

[paparazii2012]

I was in Colombia last year and I met the most friendly people there.. I spent a month in Barranquilla and people are really nice.

[irmamar]

Gente simpática he encontrado en muchos sitios. Gente antipática: en Londres.

[CrOtALiTo]

I have found people agreeable in the street and I found disagreeable in my company where nowadays I working.


Why do you do the question?

[irmamar]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

I have found people agreeable in the street and I found disagreeable in my company where nowadays I working.


Why do you do the question?

La gente agradable que te encuentras por la calle se convierte en compañeros de oficina cuando la conoces bien.

[CrOtALiTo]

Not I'm sure about this, I met to my work partners and they are very different to the people met in the street, I don't know I guess that because as you see them all the days the attitude change with some many labor troubles with your boss or inclusive when there're some different in the same office for everyone.

[SpaTeach14]

I have to say that Australia was the friendliest place I have ever been. South Korea, I was almost beaten up because I am an American. Although people in Japan do not like Americans, they are always friendly. Actually, the only people in Japan I remember being rude to me were the British ladies in the restaurant when we didn't realize our waitress was asking us if we wanted ice in our drinks (not to offend anyone on that one).

[Caballero]

Did anyone speak English to you when you were in Japan?

[SpaTeach14]

Originally Posted by Caballero

Did anyone speak English to you when you were in Japan?

Yes, there were a number of people that spoke English. I lived in Yokosuka for three and a half years and many people there speak English because it is a Navy city. There are a lot of people in Tokyo, as well, that speak English, or Engrish, as they would say.

But for the most part they do not. They will repeat themselves numerous times in Japanese and try to figure some way of letting you know what they are trying to get across.

I learned a little while I was there, but because I was on a ship out there I was there for six months, would leave for six months, and come back throughout my three and a half years there. So I learned enough to get by. Great language.

[irmamar]

I said London, but I must say that the most bad-mannered people I've found has been in Paris (in towns they are polite and pleasant, in a general way). I've been thrice in Paris, and I've met pleasant Parisian people, but as a rule, when you ask somebody to go somewhere, they usually answer: "là!" (there!) . I don't know if that is because I am Spanish and they throw our tomatoes from our lorries or why, but I've found the most rude people in Paris. I didn't said this before because surely my mind had forgotten it, since we forget inexplicable things. Pero que quede constancia.

[poli]

Paris tiene esa reputación aunque en las veces que visité esa cuidad encontré gente simpática, pero como el dicho en inglés dice where there's smoke there's fire. No hablo francés pero siempre encontré alguien que sabía hablar inglés o español. Aunque muchos américanos creen que los franceses les odian, no creo que es la verdad. Conozco un matrimonio americano que vive allí y los dos están contentos.

Por cine y tele, Europa conoce a EEUU más que EEUU conoce a Europa.

[Luna Azul]

A los franceses no les gusta que les hablen en inglés. Sienten animosidad por los ingleses.

Yo cuando he estado en París, o en Francia en general, trato de hablar en mi limitado francés y la gente inmediatamente cambia su ceño fruncido por una sonrisa.

"Pon amor donde no hay amor y encontrarás amor"

[pinosilano]

Sympathy/Antipathy
We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by irmamar

I said London, but I must say that the most bad-mannered people I've found has been in Paris (in towns they are polite and pleasant, in a general way). I've been thrice in Paris, and I've met pleasant Parisian people, but as a rule, when you ask somebody to go somewhere, they usually answer: "là!" (there!) . I don't know if that is because I am Spanish and they throw our tomatoes from our lorries or why, but I've found the most rude people in Paris. I didn't said this before because surely my mind had forgotten it, since we forget inexplicable things. Pero que quede constancia.

Well, you have to take in account that Spain, England (UK or whatever...) and France have been rivals for centuries and they have always sought the support of a second in this trio to sink the third, one way or another. Our languages have strong roots in Latin and they have their grammar bouts too. So it is not surprising that some people tend to show animosity just because of nationality. Fortunately, nowadays younger generations seem to be more integrative that our ancestors.

Originally Posted by pinosilano

Sympathy/Antipathy
We don't see things as they are. We see them as we are.

Usually but in scenarios like i just described or for instance take Bolivia and Chile, I was flabbergasted when I watched on TV that a Bolivian teacher taught in his class that we Chileans are thieves and we deserved no less than death.

Yes, we had a war and we won, with that we claimed land. I don't know the details of this but because of it some Bolivians will clench their teeth at the mention that one is Chilean. The great minority though.

[pinosilano]

Originally Posted by chileno

Usually but in scenarios like i just described or for instance take Bolivia and Chile, I was flabbergasted when I watched on TV that a Bolivian teacher taught in his class that we Chileans are thieves and we deserved no less than death.

Precisamente:
We don't see things as they are = Una guerra perdida. La realidad.
We see them as we are = Derrotados. Sentimiento.

Como habrás notado también yo soy chileno y tengo como testigos de mi matrimonio una pareja boliviana.

Buena semana.

[chileno]

Originally Posted by pinosilano

Precisamente:
We don't see things as they are = Una guerra perdida. La realidad.
We see them as we are = Derrotados. Sentimiento.

Como habrás notado también yo soy chileno y tengo como testigos de mi matrimonio una pareja boliviana.

Buena semana.

No lo veo así como tú. Pero realmente espero que no pienses que estoy en contra de los bolivianos.

Por casualidad tu esposa no se llama Daniela?

[pinosilano]

No lo veo así como tú.
Pero realmente espero que no pienses que estoy en contra de los bolivianos.nada de lo leido me ha hecho pensar algo asi

Por casualidad tu esposa no se llama Daniela?