[Culturechat] The Mediterranean Mindset Theory...
Peter Haggart
haggart@uidaho.edu
Tue, 13 Nov 2001 10:39:48 -0800
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I will try to respond to the last question -- why do we return.
We return because of the experience that we have had - it was pleasant and
rewarding - it makes us want to return to experience more of the same. And
that experience can incorporate any number of things from food to view to
surroundings to accommodations, etc. But I think that it is a "total"
experience that counts.
That is why we will be returning to Switzerland often and we have also added
Tuscany to our very small list of places to return. And as you can see and
as you already know Italy and Switzerland and different experiences.
Pete
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From: Andi Cancelliere
To: culturechat
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [Culturechat] The Mediterranean Mindset Theory...
In a nutshell, I find life in Italy wonderful. I visit at least once per
year and fall very easily into the Italian way of life. Long, lingering
lunches, Sunday visits with "nonna", passeggiate (strolls) after dinner and
the way Italians arrive fashionably late for everything. Even the fact that
the trains are rarely on time doesn't frustrate me.
Not that I haven't loved my visits to Switzerland and Germany, the
efficiency and punctuality are wonderful, but I feel more at ease, more
myself in Italy. And, I felt much the same when I visited Spain and
southern France. I like that laid-back way of life the Mediterranean
countries share.
Is there such a thing as a Mediterranean Mindset and a Northern European
Mindset? Do you believe there could be such a thing in Americans or any
citizens of the planet for that matter?
Does your personality predict which countries you are drawn to (yearn to
spend time in)?
Do you feel more comfortable, more "at home" in Italy or Spain as opposed
to Switzerland or Austria?
Or does it have more to do with accessing a coastline versus climbing a
mountain?
Or, is your destination determined by your personality type?
Why is it that some travelers return to the same European location year
after year?
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drawn to (yearn to spend time in)?<BR>Do you feel more comfortable, =
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