Have you moved to a completely foreign country?

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  • icmuse
    icmuse Posts: 263 Member
    Czech moved to the states 16 years ago.

    Big lifestyle change. Some for better, some for worst :glasses:
  • DawnieB1977
    DawnieB1977 Posts: 4,248 Member
    I'm English and lived in France for a year as part of my degree, but it's not really a massive cultural change, although obviously a linguistic one.

    My sister has lived in China, weirdly enough in Hainan for some of the time like previous poster. There were a lot of things she found hard and just very different.
  • miamiink89
    miamiink89 Posts: 103 Member
    I've been living in South Korea since last September. I head back to Scotland in 7 weeks though.
    The food here has been a challenge. They're not so veggie friendly and I miss a lot of things from back home, however it has been a fantastic experience. As for the language I'm ashamed to say I can only read korean, I cannot hold a conversation. I had good intentions of learning but found my way around without it.
  • YaGigi
    YaGigi Posts: 817 Member
    Afgani.

    Have moved a lot, it's so easy for me now. I feel like a gypsy, can't stay in one place for too long. Now I jst travel a lot.

    Lived in Russia, Uzbekistan, USA (all different states), Switzerland, France. It takes me 2 days to pack my whole house and only 15 minutes to pack for a 2 weeks travel, including evening gowns and 5 pairs of Louboutin shoes.
  • 0somuchbetter0
    0somuchbetter0 Posts: 1,335 Member
    My father was French and my mother is Ecuadorian, and I was raised in the U.S. Outside the U.S., I lived in Brazil for two years (as a child), France for three years (young single adult), and Kenya for five years (married with a small kid). All were very different from each other and from the U.S. Language differences are obvious. Clothes, not so much, though I did dress more conservatively in Kenya. Eating habits -- feijão in Brazil, baguettes and vin in France, nyama choma and ugali in Kenya -- it's all good. Living standard, hard to compare bc I was at such different stages of my life. As a child in Brazil, we lived like upper-middle class Brazilians. As a young adult in France, I was pretty poor but made do with two jobs and cheap wine. In Kenya, we lived like upper class foreigners. Cultural values and ethics...hard to answer in a sentence. You respect the culture of the host country as much as you can, but you're still a foreigner so you have your own. I guess it's about finding a balance bt the two.
  • ranganayakee
    ranganayakee Posts: 67 Member
    An Indian here. Moved to America and in Canada here for the last 5 years. Still love my INdian food and have fallen love with winter here :p
  • jsiricos
    jsiricos Posts: 340 Member
    A Brit in the US, since 1986, still miss home, miss being able to cycle everywhere, walk ..food... miss home :(
  • patfriendly
    patfriendly Posts: 263 Member
    Yes. From India to USA.
  • CantStopWontStop92
    CantStopWontStop92 Posts: 165 Member
    Born in Zurich, Switzerland and lived in Turin, Italy for two years when I was 10:) Incredible experience, my folks had lived in Switzerland and Germany for some 10 years beforehand so they made sure we took full advantage of the travel opportunities
  • yelliezx
    yelliezx Posts: 633 Member
    I'm English. Lived in Malta for 3 years and now live in Canada. Have been in Canada for 4.5 years now.
  • determinedbutlazy
    determinedbutlazy Posts: 1,941 Member
    British, did a year in China, a year studying abroad in Japan, 3 months in Paris then back to Japan last November and I'm still here. Japan demands I be a lot more conservative... I dress differently and removed a lot of my piercings. Diet is different here because fresh fish and meat is a lot cheaper. I love it here and would stay forever if I could, but my SO is in the US Navy so I guess I'll be moving to the states sometime.

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