Culture Shock

A lot of things take double the time to complete here--when compared to the U.S.

When you're accustomed to your surroundings, you don't haved to think as much about the order of things.

Here, you wonder if there's some small, cultural difference that will put a glitch in your best-laid plans. Here, you have to think ahead about the questions they might ask in French...and what to do if they don't know any English.

But, as I have become more used to living here, I also see that there are a lot more similarities than anything else.