My adopted country has really been instilling in me all the best parts of its culture. This is really what constitutes my immersion: doing what the locals do without questioning it. Something I quite struggled with when I first arrived was the vast difference I observed between the general American cultural scheme I was used to versus the Spanish (and European) cultural scheme. One of the inevitable facets of the culture shock curve is the questioning of and criticizing of everything foreign in the arrival and adjustment phase.
Living Life As A Spaniard
My adopted country has really been instilling in me all the best parts of its culture. This is really what constitutes my immersion: doing what the locals do without questioning it. Something I quite struggled with when I first arrived was the vast difference I observed between the general American cultural scheme I was used to versus the Spanish (and European) cultural scheme. One of the inevitable facets of the culture shock curve is the questioning of and criticizing of everything foreign in the arrival and adjustment phase.