I’ve heard lots of people talk about how ‘reverse culture shock’ can actually be worse than the initial adjustment of moving to a new country. I suppose in some ways you think you know what to expect when you return home whereas when you move somewhere else everything is generally excit[...]
Posts Tagged ‘culture shock’
Worlds Apart
I am poor by common U.S. standards. When friends and family give to me instead of me having to go to a second-hand shop, I find myself overjoyed. When they buy lunch or coffee for me and my husband, I am humbled. But that humility can turn sour. Sometimes, I feel like a moocher, a [...][...]
It Isn’t What It Isn’t (So What Is It?)
One of the common questions I get asked here in Uruguay is, “Is it what you expected?” A while ago I met a German student who had elected to volunteer here in her gap year. Yes, she liked it, but no, it wasn’t what she expected: she had assumed all of Latin America was warm [...][...]
