the same. The Police were called Peace officers and they carried Billie clubs instead of guns. Their television programs are not censored. There is an open awareness about things. The Television Programs would show anything complete nudity, sex between heterosexual and gays, and they had no commercials. In Amsterdam prostitution is regular profession were taxes are paid to the government. The Europeans have a more laid back attitude toward life.Throughout history social locators have been used to place people in different classes. To this day the Europeans still have a lower class a middle class and royalty. The highest level you could achieve would be the King and Queen. Then you have lords, dukes and duchesses and so on down the line. In England the e Queen is a very important day of everyday life.The practice of passing on from generation to generation the royal thrones has been around for hundreds of years. Cultural transmission occurs in all countries whether it is passed on from parent to child or from the King to the prince. The ability to carry on a culture relies on the ability to carry on tradition.The norms of society seem a little different than those in the states. People seem more casual around each other. Upon greeting and saying good bye to some one, they give a kiss on each cheek. I noticed the concept of personal space people did not take much notice of. People got real close, sometimes a little to close for comfort. There is an incredible difference in the variations of languages that I heard throughout my travels. Beginning in England some of the accents I heard was so thick I couldnt understand them. Different words were used o replaces words that Americans use. For example the called knickers pants, and pants were called underwear. While in France and in Holland it was very hard to communicate with people. Everything sounded so different. In Holland there were those few people who made the effort and even though w...
