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Goodbye...

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 Hello my dear readers. Unfortunately it is my turn to say goodbye. This will be the last day that i will be in Switzerland, and therefore it is the last post in the blog. The blog will be call of until further notice.  However , i want to emphasize that it was a wonderful experience to live in Switzerland and to be able to share with you my perception about some things. While  i was in Switzerland, the landscapes that i enjoyed were spectacular. The culture of Switzerland is very interesting, so I hope come back  in few years. I hope that sharing my experience has been useful to you.  efecom (2017). From my posts "What's this about" to "Let's Compare Two Cultures" many things have happened, however, i want to summarize the most interesting: 1. Switzerland is a dream country that has previously been nominated as the best country in the world. 2. Switzerland's economy is extremely coarse and stable, it can be considered by many as the best.  3. My draw...

Let's compare two cutures

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In my previous writing of Switzerland, I used to Colombia as a contrast y to tell similarities. It could be very useful because it probably help us up to know easier the European nation. This time we will get back to compare the cultures of these two countries using the Hofstade's cultural dimensions. They are six indices that show some aspects of the culture in a country. These indices are: power distance, masculinity, indulgence, long term orientation, individualism and uncertainty avoidance.  Now I will show you a graph with the cultural dimensions of Colombia vs. Switzerland.                                     Wow! you can see quite a difference between the developed country and the South American. let's start with the most similar that it's about we talked the last week. Switzerland is very traditional with a patriarchal social structure while in Colombia also we can see the ...