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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
hm, those are interesting points about the daylight / weather being a factor in reading. i would say that for france it only partially holds true (or rather, it is perhaps a less important factor than some others) because while the northern half of the country does tend to have pretty terrible weather (and short days, in winter) even though the southern half tends to have a lot of sun and nice weather,
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as for germany, all the germans i have known are really sporty outdoors types and are often going camping or hiking or bicycling or skiing, and they travel for the holidays (and go camping, etc. there  ) so it makes sense to me that with this very active lifestyle they have less time for reading (i think reading on skis is a recipe for disaster !).
of course, these are all generalisations, but i think they are nonetheless relatively true... |
Hmm, I wonder, would the northern part raed more than the southern part? I know I generally read less during those hot summer days (my eyes tend to close very quickly during those days)...
It might be that Germany doesn't have a book culture (Ravenne!). I do know it's always very hard to find a bookstore in Germany. And if you I do find one, it's mostly stocked with magazines and only a few German books (and it's almost impossible to find any English books!) (another reason to always bring my PDA for book reading there, I won't run out of books!).