Have you moved to a completely foreign country?

icmuse

Czech moved to the states 16 years ago.

Big lifestyle change. Some for better, some for worst :glasses:

DawnieB1977

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

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

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

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

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

jsiricos

A Brit in the US, since 1986, still miss home, miss being able to cycle everywhere, walk ..food... miss home

patfriendly

Yes. From India to USA.

CantStopWontStop92

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

I'm English. Lived in Malta for 3 years and now live in Canada. Have been in Canada for 4.5 years now.

determinedbutlazy

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.