I found a website with a very interesting comparison between any country and Finland, as I´m Spanish I chose Spain to see how different we are, in general terms, in these six points: power distance, individualism, masculinity, uncertainty avoidance, long term orientation and indulgence. Power distance: the extent to which the less powerful members of institutions and organisations within a country expect and accept that power is distributed unequally. Individualism: t he degree of interdependence a society maintains among its members. Masculinity: t he fundamental issue here is what motivates people, wanting to be the best (Masculine) or liking what you do (Feminine). Uncertainty avoidance: t he extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these. Long term orientation: h ow every society has to maintain some links with its own past while dealing with the challenges of the
I have more days here in Turku, but a lot of people started leaving and it´s sad because you realize that the end is coming, and we have to don´t waste our last month (less than one month..) here, I have a lot of things that I want to do before leaving so I´m doing a list with one friend to don´t miss anything. In one hand I want to go home because I miss my family, friends, the good weather (the sun mostly), and the food of course, also the lifestyle, but...on the other hand I don´t want to leave at all!! Here I can live my life, I met new people, I´ve learnt about other cultures, other meals, other customs, and I am happy here, I know I will miss a lot of things when I go home. I will miss the friends I made here, of course, I will miss Unica restaurants (at home I have to cook every day), I will miss the landscapes and the peace you can feel here, I will miss the safety, I will miss my room and the city, and being discovering and travelling.. I have one more trip before leaving, I´m