Going Abroad
July, 2001
In a world where one third of the people eat with their fingers, one third with chopsticks and one third with knives and forks, wining and dining abroad can get tricky. An innocent mistake such as using your left hand to pick up or serve food in an Arab country can leave your host aghast. (Sorry, lefties, Muslims reserve that hand for the bathroom.) File the following tips next to your passport.Hungary: Never clink glasses for a toast. Back when Austrian and Russian troops invaded Budapest, they...
