Chapter 3: Intercultural Competences
1. Introduction to Intercultural Competences
Experience of an international student in Brasilia
When you go to a pub in Brazil with your friends to drink a little and talk, there is a big difference when it comes to paying the bill. I'm used to it from Germany that when drinking in a pub, everyone drinks their own beer. In Brazil, the beer is sold in 600-ml bottles and is thus filled into small glasses for the entire group. And that's not all: no matter how much you drink, at the end of the evening the bill is split by everyone with an equal share!
Source of information: (Berninghausen 2012)