Comments on: Traveling Culture Shock: Re-entry http://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/ The Best Online World Travel Magazine Mon, 21 May 2012 01:55:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scribetrotterhttp://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/#comment-4680 Scribetrotter Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:46:11 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/?p=2250#comment-4680 Very appropriate! And all so so familiar... :-) I remember two things that particularly caught my eye after long-term travel... How fast things were. I just couldn't cope with the speed at which everyone demanded everything. Service was required NOW, and even a five-second wait brought out some people's irritation. How fit I was. I was so fit I couldn't understand why people would drive just a mile or two, or take an elevator for a few floors. That certainly changed quickly... What's amazing is how quickly humans adapt, either to re-entry or to yet a new adventure. At least I have! Very appropriate! And all so so familiar… :-)

I remember two things that particularly caught my eye after long-term travel…

How fast things were. I just couldn't cope with the speed at which everyone demanded everything. Service was required NOW, and even a five-second wait brought out some people's irritation.

How fit I was. I was so fit I couldn't understand why people would drive just a mile or two, or take an elevator for a few floors. That certainly changed quickly…

What's amazing is how quickly humans adapt, either to re-entry or to yet a new adventure. At least I have!

]]> By: Frugal Expathttp://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/#comment-3833 Frugal Expat Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:21:39 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/?p=2250#comment-3833 Hi.. my first time here.. nice post! Hi.. my first time here.. nice post!

]]> By: TravMonkeyhttp://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/#comment-3830 TravMonkey Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:40:04 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/?p=2250#comment-3830 Hi guys, Thanks for the comments! I'll have to check out "The Art Of Conversation", it sounds like it might be useful in social situations! Hi Molly, Thanks for the link, I'll check out your articles. It looks like you have plenty to write about! Thanks again, Paul @ TravMonkey.com Hi guys,

Thanks for the comments!

I'll have to check out "The Art Of Conversation", it sounds like it might be useful in social situations!

Hi Molly,

Thanks for the link, I'll check out your articles. It looks like you have plenty to write about!

Thanks again,

Paul @

TravMonkey.com

]]> By: Molly M.http://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/#comment-3825 Molly M. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:59:24 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/?p=2250#comment-3825 Hey Paul, Great piece! I felt as if you were stealing thoughts from my brain and putting them in this article. I mean that in a good way; I completely relate to your experience. SO true...loved what you wrote. My husband and I have had a tough time since returning to the States in mid-2008 after 27 countries and 14 months around the world. We had a similar experience trying to order a coffee and pastry at Peet's, a small U.S. chain. After so many months in the third world, with limited resources at times, we didn't know what to do with the American opulence, let alone most of the items on the once-familiar menu seemed to foreign. People in line made nasty comments to hurry up, and we quickly put them in their place. The worst part has been with friends that have fallen off, mostly because they don't seem tolerant to our new minimalism, nor do they even want to understand it, for that matter. I plan to publish an article I wrote a while back that addresses a similar theme as yours here; stay tuned. My Examiner.com link is included. Cheers! Hey Paul,

Great piece! I felt as if you were stealing thoughts from my brain and putting them in this article. I mean that in a good way; I completely relate to your experience. SO true…loved what you wrote.

My husband and I have had a tough time since returning to the States in mid-2008 after 27 countries and 14 months around the world. We had a similar experience trying to order a coffee and pastry at Peet's, a small U.S. chain. After so many months in the third world, with limited resources at times, we didn't know what to do with the American opulence, let alone most of the items on the once-familiar menu seemed to foreign. People in line made nasty comments to hurry up, and we quickly put them in their place.

The worst part has been with friends that have fallen off, mostly because they don't seem tolerant to our new minimalism, nor do they even want to understand it, for that matter.

I plan to publish an article I wrote a while back that addresses a similar theme as yours here; stay tuned. My Examiner.com link is included. Cheers!

]]> By: Jorrit Jorritsmahttp://www.travmonkey.com/traveling-culture-shock-re-entry/#comment-3579 Jorrit Jorritsma Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:43 +0000 http://www.travmonkey.com/?p=2250#comment-3579 I totally agree that it's a real trial being asked the obvious questions - "What was your favourite place?" "Where would you like to go back to?" - on re-entry to normal life. Theodore Zeldin is a guy who's written a book called "The Art of Conversation" which suggests ways of moving conversation onto more interesting topics by asking more unusual questions or turning dull ones upside down. It makes such a difference. There's nothing more frustrating coming back from an awesome extended adventure abroad and feeling almost incapable of communicating it to anyone around you. I totally agree that it’s a real trial being asked the obvious questions – “What was your favourite place?” “Where would you like to go back to?” – on re-entry to normal life. Theodore Zeldin is a guy who’s written a book called “The Art of Conversation” which suggests ways of moving conversation onto more interesting topics by asking more unusual questions or turning dull ones upside down. It makes such a difference. There’s nothing more frustrating coming back from an awesome extended adventure abroad and feeling almost incapable of communicating it to anyone around you.

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