If you’ve ever discussed traveling abroad, you’ve undoubtedly heard about culture shock. Adjusting to a new culture, new foods, new language or slang– new everything, really– can be extremely difficult. The more different the cultures, the more of a shock you get when you travel. For example, when I first went to the UK, the differences were fairly small, so […]
Reverse Culture Shock: The Adjustment They Don’t Prepare You For
Could’ve Used a Christmas Miracle
I’ve mentioned in other posts that something goes wrong on every single one of the trips I make. Sometimes it’s just little things like traffic delays or train maintenance. Other times, it’s much, much worse. And when you’re traveling internationally– especially solo– you really don’t want to deal with that. I’d hoped that my first solo trip would go well. […]