i arrived yesterday afternoon. my dad picked me up in san francisco, and we stopped at sayida's brother's house in SF to give him some books from sayida. it was very cool to meet him. (sayida was our house helper in bishkek.)
reverse culture shock - a thing i've heard of but don't know yet...
though, i'm awestruck about:
- the friendliness and efficiency of the customer service to set up high speed on my laptop
- the basketball sized onions at safeway. not to mention the huge apples, peaches, etc.
- huge tv's
- the toilet paper is huge and soft. it's like a roll of blankets.
- my cat, Kevin, is humongous. he is tall and has a big head.
London was fun - there were 8 of us: Beth, Katrina, Chelle, Stacy, Kelli, Lizzy, Todd, and myself. We walked around the city and enjoyed excellent coffee.
I think that I'm doing good on jet lag - my sleep schedule was adjusted to California on the first night.
It was so very incredibly hard to leave Bishkek (I still can't really believe it) but it feels good to be home. I talked with Jayme today and that was a nice reconnect.
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I'm sure reverse culture shock is different for different people...and I'm sure it depends on the culture you were in. For me (coming back from Austria or Japan) I know I'm experiencing reverse culture shock I'm when I get overwhelmed walking into a grocery store/store because it's so huge and there's just so much and too many choices. It's not the size of the onions; it's that there are more than 2 kinds to choose from! :)
It's the people you leave behind that make it difficult to leave anywhere. That and the food.
Welcome back. May God guide you.