Comments on: In Search Of The Elusive Bulgarian Smile https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/ tech and tips to help you travel smarter Thu, 09 May 2013 13:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/#comment-175738 Sun, 07 Aug 2011 20:55:47 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=13335#comment-175738 In reply to Francis Tapon.

Yes, in this region too much smiling can come across as being ditsy (to say the least). Really enjoyed your post though, smiling is very culturally specific. I’d say people in the Philippines are even more “smiley” than Americans. It’s all a spectrum of course, no right or wrong 🙂

]]> By: Francis Tapon https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/#comment-175625 Sat, 06 Aug 2011 11:55:01 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=13335#comment-175625 In reply to Oksana @ActiveUkraine.

Oksana and Anil,

I agree with you completely! Eastern Europeans would tell me that smiling can make you look like a moron. So if that’s the case, they resist it. Also, they feel they are being more sincere. They’re really not happy about being at their job, so why should they smile?

I wrote more about it here:
http://francistapon.com/Travels/Western-Europe/Defending-the-American-Smile

Great article, Anil.

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/#comment-174559 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:52:32 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=13335#comment-174559 In reply to Oksana @ActiveUkraine.

I’ll hopefully be in Ukraine looking for those smiles in September 🙂 and look forward to seeing the similarities and differences in the cultures.

Have any one place I shouldn’t miss while I’m there?

]]> By: Oksana @ActiveUkraine https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/#comment-174544 Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:31:44 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=13335#comment-174544 I guess next step would be to start looking for Ukrainian elusive smile. Somehow I can’t stop being amazed by how many things we, Eastern Europeans, have in common!

And yes, I agree with the other commenters – It took me quite some time to get used to in-your-face smile, when I went to the US!

]]> By: Anil Polat https://foxnomad.com/2011/07/14/in-search-of-the-elusive-bulgarian-smile/#comment-174471 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 17:05:21 +0000 http://www.foxnomad.com/?p=13335#comment-174471 In reply to Fedrico.

haha, maybe you’re a better joke teller than I am! Not sure actually, any chance you were on the coast? Beaches tend to make people happier 🙂

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