This week in our conversation with the Russian students, we talked a lot about travel, travel expenses and travel safety. I found it interesting how we have similar travel values, but very different modes of transportation, and transportation related stigmas. (such as, Americans are taught never to hitchhike or pick up a hitchhiker, and the Russians see it as a very effective and cheap way to have a vacation)
This is evident even when you google "travel" in the american Google website. The entire first page is dominated by travel agencies, airfares, destinations, etc. However, when the same is done on the Russian Google page with the Russian translation, the page is dominated with ways to travel for free, or independently. This shows a distinct difference between the two cultures in reference to travel.
Here are the URLs for "travel" searched in the American Google and Russian Google.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Travel&aq=f&oq=Travel&aqs=chrome.0.57j60j0j59j5j60.21658&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
^English
http://www.google.ru/#newwindow=1&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&q=%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C&oq=%D0%BF%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8C&gs_l=hp.3..0l4.1316.17266.0.17896.20.14.0.0.0.6.121.820.4j4.8.0...0.4...1c.1.7.psy-ab.nNX9QyXngV4&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44442042,d.aWM&fp=b6ca95d0405d8f87&biw=1366&bih=630
^Russian
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