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    wanting to be more open-minded

    publié par  Felipe Di Gregorio dans forum Le monde 

    Hi all,

    The opinions and stories told were very inspiring and made me thought about this topic. It is very interest indeed because that feeling of depression and loneliness happens more or less to everyone.

    I personally think that going to a foreign country is a very important moment to let yourself surprise and enlighten by a different culture and way of living. It's a time to become mentally flexible and learn about others and about ourselves.

    That requires a change process that as every crisis, can be stressful at first and fulfilling in the end, when the results are shown. In order for this to happen one has to be willing to let this change take place, to challenge what you know and who you are, and that can be a barrier if you are stubborn, proud or just don't want to relate with the new culture because you think it can't do any good.

    In the end it's just a matter of what you are looking for when you travel. If you want to have a different landscape around you or if you want to be enriched by a different culture. I don't think it's good to judge people who want to take either side but we should consider that these enclaves or ghettos might end up creating prejudice, misinterpretation of codes, cultural conflicts or chauvinism.

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