REVERSE CULTURE SHOCK! Back to America (from Czechia)

Expats cannot go back to America without having reverse culture shock! We went back to America this summer after living in Czechia for 9 years, and it really highlighted how we've changed and actually became more used to the Czech way of doing things. Some of these shocks were totally new to me, but a lot of these "shocks" were just the way I used to do things when I grew up in California, which seem strange to me now! Have you ever experienced reverse culture shock after living outside your home country? Let me know in the comments below.

00:00 Intro
00:37 Talkative strangers
03:04 Everything is faaaar
05:09 Infrastructure
07:57 Endless choices
10:06 The Checkout Lady
13:01 Restauarant servers and tipping
17:11 More sitcker shock
19:12 Food warnings
21:42 Unsolicited calls

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