Share Your Culture

Being we have such a diverse group of members on this site, I thought this would be interesting.

What country do you live in?

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?

What traditions do you have that are special to you?

What is your favorite holiday?

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

If not, where would you like to visit and why?

What country do you live in?
U.S. an' A-yuh

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?
Earthquakes and that's about it.

What traditions do you have that are special to you?
I take a shower in the morning and one at night. That's pretty special, innit?

What is your favorite holiday?
Christmas! I like to get.

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!
Ooh, I like me a good ol' American hotdog with ketchup, mustard & relish.

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.
Not sure we're allowed to post links, but I'd like to say the Grand Canyon. One of many very beautiful places.

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?
Understanding and mutual respect. And I think it should be easier to get a VISA, or even citizenship, to travel/live anywhere :)

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?
Mexico, Canada, Spain, England, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Laos, Thailand, France and Vietnam. I've loved everywhere I've traveled but most want to go back to Scotland - because it's a big part of my heritage and I love, love, love them green rolling hills - and Thailand - absolutely gorgeous country inside and out, with a wealth of culture (and it's super cheap!).

If not, where would you like to visit and why?
Everywhere. Because.

Being we have such a diverse group of members on this site, I thought this would be interesting.

What country do you live in?

Scotland (Great Britain)

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?

None, though we do get nasty snowstorms sometimes. I recently found out Britain gets alot of tornadoes, even ones powerful enough to destroy a house, but those are small potatoes.

What traditions do you have that are special to you?

I sometimes eat a special dish called "Fantasy Pasta". It's basically pasta cooked in a pot as normal, but then you drain the pasta and put it back in the pot, you then pour in whatever cheap tin of beans or soup you have, and warm that up with the pasta..in the same pot..then you eat it out of the pot.

It's a charming headnod to my sparse student days and it always puts a smile on my face. The fantasy part, is that it's such a basic meal you fantasize about everything else you could be eating.

What is your favorite holiday?

Daylight savings time.

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!

Haggis, neep and tatties. ( i had to say that..)

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.

Oh, Glencoe in the winter is a sight to behold. A breathtaking mountain range that has a huge valley cut through the middle of it, and you can drive, albeit at your own risk all the way through. The place is steeped in history..just stunning.

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?

Peace and equality.

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

China was a big change. I did too much to write here, suffice to say I made a charming fool of myself alot, tried foods you can buy as pets in the uk and walked in places where I was the only white person they'd seen that month..good times.

If not, where would you like to visit and why?

Donald, I really don't think you have to worry about Chavez. Politics are blown way out of proportion as to how you'll be affected as a traveler. At least that's been my experience so far and I hope I'll experience the same in South America when I backpack through it in less than a year for a few months.

"One thing I love about Oregon, is we have the desert, the beach, the forest and the mountains...it's diverse and beautiful here."
Just like California :) I'm 10 minutes from San Francisco, 15 minutes from the beach, and 10 minutes from a Red Wood forrest (and hundreds of thousands of miles of open land that I trail ride on). Down south there are some of the best beaches and deserts in the world (and some of the best Mexican food) :P
It's a good state I live in.

Being we have such a diverse group of members on this site, I thought this would be interesting.

What country do you live in?

USA

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?

Tornadoes, Flooding

What traditions do you have that are special to you?

Getting together on Christmas Eve with my family

What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas.....I always have loved the snow....here in Ohio we usually have a white Christmas :). just the beauty of the season....people seem to change they smile more, are kinder, and more giving.

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!

My moms homemade chicken and dumplings

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.

I haven't been to many places....I traveled to California 2XS at 16 and 29.......and Monterey and Carmel by the sea were breath taking.

West Virginia is absolutely beautiful and the people are some of the nicest you would ever want to meet.

Kentucky is also very beautiful.

My relatives are from Kentucky and West Virginia both my grandfathers were coal miners...so the times I traveled there were mostly spent with relatives....in some of the most beautiful country you could imagine

I live on the Lake Erie shores....and we have so many beautiful beaches near our home.....where the sunsets are awesome.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loraincounty/sets/72157622626998188/

Lorain Ohio

http://www.monterey.org/

Monterey

http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2835572-seventeen_mile_drive_carmel-i

Carmel Ca

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?

Peace

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

I have never traveled outside the US.....except for in my dreams :)

If not, where would you like to visit and why?

Switzerland, Antarctica, Ireland, India

I live in America

I guess I have to worry about tornados and flassh floods, once in a while we get an earthquake here in Illinois, but it's nothing more than rumble.

I don't have any traditions that are special to me, they never made much sense ot me.

I generally don't celebrate holidays, including my birthday, I loathe christmas.

My favorite dish is Chicken Paprikash, it was a recipe my family has kept since we came from the Czech Republic.

One of the most beautiful places I've been in America is Alaska.

Communication and understanding, that's what is important.

I've been to Canada, Ireland, England, the Bahamas, Mexico. Not much about the first three was different, and I was in Cancun, Mexico, my stay was generally like America where I was at; the same goes for my stay in the Bahamas.

What country do you live in?
new zealand

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?
earthquaes/floading/fires/storms/tsunamis etc

What traditions do you have that are special to you?
wake and bake

What is your favorite holiday?
new years holiday!!!

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!
boil up is pretty mean, rost chicken or roast pork YUM

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.
Mount vic..The highest point in wellngton overlooking everything..when Josh one of my best friends passed way, we carried his coffin up to the very top. very beautiful and very peacefull

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?
legalising ****...come on....it grows in the ground :)

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?
australia....they talk weirdly :P

If not, where would you like to visit and why?
greece, italy, france, beautiful places such as those

What country do you live in?

Australia

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?

The worst, droughts which lead to bushfires & heatwaves, floods, severe storms, earthquakes, landslides and we seem to be going on a lot of tsunami alerts lately. The state i'm moving to also experiences cyclones.

What traditions do you have that are special to you?

My family background is European, I love the Christmas eve cooking rush we have.

What is your favorite holiday?

Christmas of course.

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!

My favorite meal isn't Australia, but traditional of my family, as I said above. European. Homemade ravioli with ricotta cheese filling. Honestly I don't think we are too great with the traditional meals. Geez, i'll be aussie and say a meat pie haha.

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.

I havn't been too many place in Australia, I'm partial to sydney harbour but that's because it reminds me of home:

http://library.thinkquest.org/07aug/01022/photo_lg_sydney.jpg

But on a beautiful note The great barrier reef has my heart. If you want to see what i'm talking about type it on google.

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?

Equality, understanding, & peace.

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

Shamefully no.

If not, where would you like to visit and why?

America, France, Spain, Greece, Malta, Italy, & of course Egypt.

What country do you live in? USA

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?

Tornadoes, Flooding

What traditions do you have that are special to you?
I liked when I was younger and my family used to get together for every holiday in my grandmas backyard. I have a few that are special to the kids like every Easter we have a plastic egg hunt and there is a "Grand Prize Egg" with 5$...

What is your favorite holiday? Christmas!

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!

Lasagna..hey is that American or Italian? I am confused now. My favorite dish isn't American either it is the chicken curry that one of my friends from Pakistan taught me to make years ago. With homemade pitas mmmm great stuff, so is the hummus my friend from Syria taught me to make. Well he just brought it to work with the recipe, his mom made it !

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.

The Cumberland Gap, Cocoa Beach Florida and Annapolis Maryland.

http://www.byways.org/explore/byways/2566/places/32668/photos.html

http://vacationandtravel.biz/wp-content/uploads/cocoa-beach-florida.jpg

http://www.city-data.com/city/Annapolis-Maryland.html

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing? World Peace and how to stop or divert an asteroid from hitting the earth.

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

No, but Canada isn't far
If not, where would you like to visit and why?

Canada- Because Luanne lives there, I want to see Niagra Falls, I hear the casinos and the scenery are great and I can drive there which means I won't have to get on an airplane which I am very scared to do.

Oh Illu, you have a bucket list huh? Well that would be another interesting thread...unless it has already been done and I just don't remember.....

What country do you live in?
Australia (the one that isn't Austria)

What Natural Disasters do you have to worry about?
Alcoholism, droughts, bushfires, flash floods, bare history books and bogans.

What traditions do you have that are special to you?
Participating in the Zombie Shuffle and Melbourne Fringe Festival every year
Having a cheese-themed party for watching the cheesy Eurovision song contest (coming soon)
Attending Saraswati Puja, my favourite celebration of the independent hindu goddess of arts and learning
Going to my family home, sitting on my parents bed, eating brownies, playing board games and watching old BBC comedies

What is your favorite holiday?
Since starting regular work, I love any long weekend- the feeling of two consecutive Friday nights is bliss.

What is your favorite food or dish from your country and if you want to be super nice, share a recipe!
My country is fond of burgers with beetroot, egg and pineapple. And barbecues in any weather. Not many other iconic images come to mind because Australia has a culture borrowed and absorbed from other countries. This suits me just fine...I love Indian food the best- it carries the brightest of flavours, the tastiest vegetarian food in the world, and the cooking is very scientific.

What is one of the most beautiful places you have ever been in your country? Please post a link to a picture if possible.
Grampians National Park has jaw-dropping geology and mazes of caves full of highly original indigenous graffiti. It isn't just beautiful, it is also extraordinarily ugly. Bulbous and ridiculous rock formations, fire-calloused gum trees, venomous snakes and critters, ravens feasting on dead wallabies and possums. An awesome place to camp, hike, stargaze and feel the spirit of the land.

What are a couple of things you find important for all countries to work together in accomplishing?
Realising and dealing with the social, spiritual, economical and environmental costs of a rapidly advancing technological age- we shoot forward without thinking outward and inward.

Have you ever been to another country? If so what did you do there and how long did you stay? Did you find anything in their culture extremely different from your own ?

One of my favourites will always be Salzburg- the first place I visited in Europe when I was much younger. To my wide eyes, it was a perfect picture book of a place, the ideal European town with a castle, cobbled lanes, icy mountains, classical music, and old, old buildings (Australia is a baby). I met a dashing older man by an old fountain and had a romance by the old river, it seemed the old thing to do. They eat a lot of pork and pickle in Salzburg.
Rome was divine. Almost like a Calcutta with white people.

If not, where would you like to visit and why?
Next is South America.

Actually that we were illum :), though it is a traditional Hungarian dish, my grandmother's side married my Czech grandfather and moved there.