Tag Archives: Culture Shock
Differences That Make the World Go ‘Round
A collection of cross-cultural observations from Red Licorice and Jujubes.
Discovering the U.S.
Identity, the metric system, driving. A little perspective as a foreign-born spouse comes “home.” From Culture Shock.
The Art of Assuming
When we move to a new country, so many of our assumptions about daily life must change. A dispatch from Tanzania by World Chump.
The Paparazzi – With my Blond Daughter in Shanghai
When everyone wants a photo of your cute, blond kid. From The Wanderlust Diaries.
That Day I Cried in the Street
Hitting the wall in Bangkok. We’ve all been there. From Around the World in Thirty Years.
A Long, Strange Trip
Returning to to the U.S. from Chennai via London. It’s a strange new world! From Elise & Paul.
What China Is This?
Returning to Beijing twenty years after living there as an exchange student. What China Is This? from the Wanderlust Diaries.
The Cultural Adjustment Curve
The Dame in Spain’s post last year on the cycle of cultural adjustment at post is timely once again.
The Day Lima Broke Me
Standing on a street corner in tears. We’ve all been there! The Day Lima Broke Me from Most Eligible Family.
Things I Will Never Understand About Ireland
From brown sauce to Catholicism: notes on Irish culture from the Cheerful Stoic.
Unaccompanied Baggage 