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Top 10 Most Annoying Sounds That Will Keep You From Sleeping Well in Portugal
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Top 10 Most Annoying Sounds That Will Keep You from Sleeping Well in Portugal
Ah, Portugal. The land of fado, custard tarts, gorgeous tiles everywhere you look – until night falls and another dimension of the Portuguese experience begins: the nighttime soundtrack. You may have come looking to relax, but what awaits you is something far richer (and noisier): an immersive, all-hours audio experience. Forget white noise machines. Portugal has its own “village surround sound… Source
In other cultures, there's someone who gets 10 seconds
Academic Erin Meyer, author of the book “The Culture Map”, said today that, on average, Portuguese people can tolerate 2.5 seconds of silence before becoming uncomfortable, while other cultures can reach 10. “If we compare Portugal with China, in Portugal we can tolerate being comfortable with silences of up to two and a half seconds in a conversation, and the same research has shown that in China people can go for eight or even 10 seconds with…
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