因為不是每個地方的民情都一樣! 比如For very long time, 20
years at least, I did not expect to have any friendly interaction between the
locals and my tourist group when travelling in Russia … until last year! 這種和當地人不易親近的感覺,我在阿拉伯國家旅行時也會有。語言固然是關鍵,絶對是關鍵 - 尚好是講閩南語也通 this is always pleasing to our grand-ego! 但是像是在斯里蘭卡、泰國等完全講沒通的地方,即興而友善的互動機會就比這些國家很多的!
But my stereotyped “unfriendly Russians”
image totally changed after our last year’s V-Day trip to St. Petersburg. Either
on the street or in restaurants, (young)
folks not only responded to our greetings and some even invited us to join
their party for a drink or a group photo.
以前我組團去湊俄羅斯勝利日的熱鬧,本來都說是去親身體會«戰鬥民族»歷久不衰的戰鬥士氣,但是去年在聖堡的勝利日紀念會,體會卻大大不同。或應說,現在聖堡的 V-Day
holiday 主辦單位行,活動搞得跟以前很不一樣。除了例行閱兵,還有午後廣場趴、搖滾音樂會 和 河岸煙火 …
the military parade was still
fervidly carried out, (Grand-Pa) heroes were still fully honored, marching
music played… but most of all - 值得為這個國家和人民高興 – 的是,在勝利的日子裡,少了几分肅殺,多了許多祥和。 俄國人真解放了!