Diversity in Europe

This text was submitted by Eric Ghilani to our 2020 Europe Week Contest. Eric Ghilani is a K-12 student in Pennsylvania.

Whenever I hear Europe I think, diverse. Europe is filled with incredible amounts of diversity from cultures that are so intertwined with each other yet so different. When I imagine Europe I see them as different colored distinct states but without defined borders. I see regions of culture where the people there have their unique way of living that is unlike anywhere else, while they are free to travel between the neighboring cultures and add their own little piece to cultures around them. I see Europe as one giant family that all have their own unique features and personalities but also are more alike to one another than meets the eye and rely on the power and help of each other at the end of the day. Although Europe is such a diverse place with differing languages, identities, cultural norms, and social constructs they all come together to become a unified entity that is rich with diversity and comradery. From the loud spastic culture of the italians to the properness and serenity of the english Europe is a beautiful place full of differing cultures that intertwine with each other. Europe to me is an incredibly diverse place with different cultures that blend together into a beautiful place with a deep sense of diversity.

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