Originally Posted by Abby10

I NOTHING (gotta get our NOTHINGS in....lol) but agree with you about that. I found Paris was completely different. I guess my point was that no matter where you go people will be people. And no matter where you are from, it's the common values that you hold dearly that will bond you along with the willingness to be open-minded and accepting that makes the difference. One of my husband's favorite quotes -

“People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care” Teddy Roosevelt

Attitudes like this can transcend barriers based on preconceived notions. We are still great friends with some of our French families. They have been to our house here and hope to visit us in TV one day.

Just have to add, that is something about Scandinavia. In France and England they thought just the opposite about us when we were there. Maybe it's because of the profession we are in and how we worked over the years but they thought we worked way too much and too little vacation compared to them. Same in Italy from what I have been told by friends and relatives that have spent time there. Of course, I'm speaking our generation. Maybe they see our youth today differently and comparing to that?