the bad news...

Hi everyone...
Well the bad news is that it seems to be the same everywhere in Europe. I've lived in Austria and The Netherlands and have friends who have lived in London and Germany and I always hear the same things. I'm South American, and really friendly, but it took me also really long to make local friends... all around europe people have their friends since kinder garden and they just don't need one more contact. Being invited for a coffe or dinner takes ages. But it is just the culture. Europe is a cntinent full with closed shops and lack of expontaneus people. I repeat, it's just the culture!. In all countries the immigration regulations are getting really strong and countries try to protect the jobs of their locals.The good news is that if you are well educated, clean and show good manners, people will at least smile back...and after a couple of years you might end up fully integrated. (in South America you'd have local friends from the first weekend, though they might not be very sincere) All countries have a + and a -. I'm struggling myself with loneliness so good luck everybody!

Carol 10 Aug 2008, 02:05 - Report

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