I WAS speaking to an elderly woman who lives along my daily route to the post office, trying to explain that her garden always provides me with the perfect photo opportunity.
This may be a confusion in the subtleties of culture moment. Women with lots of cats as a social stereotype might mean different things in different countries. I've just started working for a lady with three cats. (I'm a self-employed gardener.) I guessed she is single, which is good news as she's quite attractive. In Portugal is could be cat ladies are a different phenomenon altogether. Troy, do you think however long you live there, knowing the people, marrying a native woman, having native friends, learning their language; there will be some aspects of their culture that you will never understand?
Well, it does often feel as though everyone has a secret that they're not sharing with me! I've never stopped feeling that I'm a foreigner, but then remind myself that I was very much an outsider in England as well. The problem is, I'm far more conspicuous here! The Portuguese are kind and lovely people, though, which makes life much easier.
This may be a confusion in the subtleties of culture moment. Women with lots of cats as a social stereotype might mean different things in different countries. I've just started working for a lady with three cats. (I'm a self-employed gardener.) I guessed she is single, which is good news as she's quite attractive. In Portugal is could be cat ladies are a different phenomenon altogether. Troy, do you think however long you live there, knowing the people, marrying a native woman, having native friends, learning their language; there will be some aspects of their culture that you will never understand?
Well, it does often feel as though everyone has a secret that they're not sharing with me! I've never stopped feeling that I'm a foreigner, but then remind myself that I was very much an outsider in England as well. The problem is, I'm far more conspicuous here! The Portuguese are kind and lovely people, though, which makes life much easier.