Essay on hospitality (part1) Every nation of the world has its own traditions of hospitality. The fact that guests are different is not a secret for everyone perhaps. They may be either welcome or unwelcome. Equally, hosts may be either hospitable or inhospitable ones who do not love receiving guests. In various countries traditions and customs of welcome were appeared from ancient times. Let's explore features of hospitality relative to some nations. For instance if you are invited as a guest in Japan, you have to know that it is a really great honor because the people living in this country are very shy and they think their houses are unadorned to receive persons. However if you came as a guest, you have to expect that you will become a participant of a real ceremony. Before you enter the house you will be offered to put on wooden sandals called geta. If you came in outerwear, you should remove it before a host opens an entrance door for you. It is necessary to bring a present because the unofficial rule says that the arms are given to the guest to carry gifts. Herewith the present has to be good and packed beautifully. You ought to say right words while you are giving it, "It is not much but please accept". Japanese may offer a gift to you but you should refuse it saying polite words because a polite refusal is an important moment in a guest's etiquette, but if hosts insist you should accept it, you should. In Europe hospitality traditions are very different. People visit guests simply and with pleasure. As a rule any extra preparations for a role of a guest or a host are not needed. You should know that you will not be offered a variety of abundant food, only chips with sauce. Generally it is a common practice that guests bring food themselves. Before you are about visit guests you should make an agreement with hosts about your visit, even if you are going to meet your relatives or best friends. It is impolite to appear at the doorstep without notifying in advance for the countries of Western Europe. On the other hand in Eastern Europe it is a common practice not to close an entrance door, but even in these countries a guest should notify hosts that he enters by knocking or saying some words in a loud voice. ....

Trip to Venice It was a nice sunny morning, my wife and myself just arrived to the entrancing town, Venice. As soon as we went out from the central train station of Venice, we were surrounded with wonderful buildings. There were lots of people in the square before us, but all our attention was attracted by a beautiful view. Everything we saw was exciting. On our way to the hotel we were turning ours heads from side to side. All the day we sauntered through the town watching surroundings. There was a sunset when we had stopped to take a breath and have a drink. We got acquainted with the young guys from Moldavia who told us about a beautiful sea beach close by there. Next day we went there all together. They told us a lot of interesting things about their life in Venice. Of course there were other remarkable moments on our trip to this town but more on that another time.