English, Dutch, German, basic French and Romanian. I understand a lot of Italian. It is in my intention to learn Portuguese as well... time will tell :))
What am I doing right now?... BTW, Hi! Long time no see.
For the rest, I'm browsing the net for info regarding Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia... Looks like I'm going to be there for a while but it's not sure yet.
Actually, as a sign of not wearing any concealed weapons.
Another version of the origin of the handshake originates in the Middle East. Two arabs meet in the desert. They reach for the each others hand to kiss it in greeting. But, as it is an insult to have your hand kissed by another male, both men tried to withdraw their hand from the lips of the other man. The result of this meeting is the acceptance by both men that they wouldn't kiss the others hand and thus they ended up only clasping their hands. And so the handshake was born.
Just round the corner of my house in NL is a huge cherry tree. In June it's full of cherries. NOBODY touches them as they might be poisonous. I asked and that was the answer. They saw me in the tree, pluking cherries and eating them. Loads of them. Every year. They still think that cherries are not to be trusted. Only things bought in the supermarket are to be trusted.
In B, in the garden of the house I rented last year was a "wild cherry tree". We were advised by the owners not to eat the cherries as they were poisonous!!! That cherries are not that big and are a bit bitter, delicious! We made some jam last year and it was yum-my! We ate also a lot and are still alive.
Not long ago I saw a neighbour bought black berries from the supermarket. The funny thing is that behind his garten there are tons of black berries and now they are so sweet and savorous. We plucked already kilos of them. We ate a lot, we made jam and now I have 3 liters of black barry liqueur in making. And he buys black berries!!!
And I can give you hundreds of other examples.
On the other side, the Belgians still shake hands and kiss when they meet or part
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RE: How many languages do you speak?
English, Dutch, German, basic French and Romanian. I understand a lot of Italian. It is in my intention to learn Portuguese as well... time will tell :))