Australia
That question took us a bit by surprise because, well, we hadn’t really put a lot of thought into it…
And we would be dramatically understating things to say that shocked our Australian friends.
Travel is an interesting thing and one of the most interesting things, in fact the very reason Greg states for wanting to travel in the first place, is to discover and challenge one’s own unknown assumptions.
What do we assume is “normal” without even realizing that we’ve made an assumption in the first place because everyone around us makes the same one?
For example, in an urban culture (like the one we were raised in) 10PM is an early bedtime for a young professional. Whereas in an agrarian culture…
(or a sailing one – “sailors midnight” is 9PM)
…10PM is an extremely late bedtime when you are accustomed to waking up at 6AM and 8AM is “sleeping in.”
(and no, we never got used to that… 😉 )
But what does this have to do with Easter?
Well, let us ask you this:
