20 Faux Pas to Avoid While Travelling

19. Bulgaria

Communicating in a foreign land can be tricky, especially if you communicate in a completely different way in your home country. In the United States, the United Kingdom, and other countries nodding your head up and down means yes. Shaking from side to side means no.

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In Bulgaria, on the other hand, the head movements are reversed. Shaking you head left to right is yes in this country. Likewise, nodding up and down means no.

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She got her start in writing when she was young, co-writing silly poems with her mom. After getting her hands on authors like Agatha Christie, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Diana Gabaldon, she become hooked on literature. In her spare time, she spends time with her fiance and their dog, Napoleon.

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  1. Betty March 12, 2016

    Nepal: So it’s rude to step over someone, but it’s not rude for a person to be sprawled out across the walkway?!

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