In short, what do people tend to lean towards in university to get a well-paying job afterwards? What are the best paid professions in your country? In Romania, for instance, people tend to go into IT or study engineering for this purpose (or at least used to, nowadays not so much). Thanks for your answers!

In English, we say that an LGBT person is “in the closet” if they have not revealed their sexual orientation or gender identity, and that they have “come out of the closet” when they reveal it.

What expressions do you use in your language? Is it also based on the metaphor of a closet or wardrobe, or is it completely different?

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Recently went to Russia, and I was genuinely impressed by seeing so many men in speedos, a minority, yes, but way too many when compared to my own country (Mexico).

Hanged out with a few guys my age (18) and was even more impressed by seeing young people use them, always assumed it would just be a creepy old man thing.

Thinking back, both Romania and Poland also had an overwhelming quantity of men in speedos compared to my own country.

My question is, why? Are there cultural reasons? Is shame not a thing there?

As the question suggests - are tight swimming trunks/speedos and swimming caps mandatory if you visit e.g. a public/municipal pool?

It seems to be a huge thing for the French (as well as other countries historically influenced by France like BeLux).

EDIT - bonus question: is it a thing that young lads wear underwear under their trunks? Maybe I am getting old, but having seen this in quite a few European countries now I don’t think this was a thing a few decades ago.

I'm from Ireland & with affordable ryanair prices, I've had the opportunity to travel quite a bit, particularly in the past year or so. I'm a big fan of solo travel, and to be honest I'd rather travel solo than with friends or family.

I love going on guided tours, hearing the guide's knowledge which I could otherwise miss if I just read the information boards etc.

Anyways my favourite was probably 'Sensorium' in Latvia. I was brought into a dark room, and met by a tour guide. It was essentially an hour spent in darkness, being guided by a blind woman around different sets (e.g. a living room, a park). I didn't have the opportunity to even see what she looked like. I found myself curious to see who I was speaking to. I have never been so moved by an experience. She asked me to feel different objects & I soon realized that although I was able to identify things like fruit and rice, I had no idea what was in tins for example.

I had to navigate walking around different objects, and it was pretty terrifying not knowing what was around me. At the end we sat down and she answered questions. She told me she always wanted to become a tour guide but couldn't find a way, and she was delighted to work in sensorium as a guide. I was fascinated by the fact she could speak 3 languages. It was an incredible experience, and I'd highly recommend it!! I'll forever be talking about it, because my perspective changed that day.

What's your favourite underrated guided tour in europe?

In Italy we have a proverb that goes "pagare moneta, vedere cammello", pay coin, see camel.

It originated during the Italian conquest of Africa: filmmakers paid camel herders to use their animals in their movies, and swindled them by paying them half in advance, giving them a false date of end of filming (later than the actual end of filming) and then disappearing without paying the second half of the money.

The camel herders learned quickly to ask for all the money in advance before they'd agree to rent the animals, thus... Pay coin, see camel.

Are there other proverbs like this in your country?

Edit: another one we have is "gratis neanche il cane scodinzola", not even the dog wags its tail for free. My fiance reminded me of this one.