tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post2479186140590253110..comments2024-03-26T16:34:28.335+01:00Comments on the piri-piri lexicon: Culture Shock: how long does it last?The Piri-Piri Lexiconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07211814852783699044noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-38033883811241730622017-03-27T14:41:14.811+02:002017-03-27T14:41:14.811+02:00Thank you Annabelle, I Will!Thank you Annabelle, I Will!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816498205220041658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-77797884261076489082017-03-25T20:30:24.939+01:002017-03-25T20:30:24.939+01:00Hi, you are right. We choose to accept what we get...Hi, you are right. We choose to accept what we get given.<br />You are moving to Karlsruhe? How amazing. Feel free to contact me (by email or through my Facebook page). I would love to help out if I can.Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-63828997272134986962017-03-25T19:14:13.460+01:002017-03-25T19:14:13.460+01:00Hi Annabelle, I will move to Germany in July with ...Hi Annabelle, I will move to Germany in July with mu husband (he got a job there) my 5 years old daugther and my 1 year old son. I am experience anxiety about the moving, my english is good enough and my german is terrible. My daugther is prepared to start grundschule by age but she has zero knowledge of german. We are from Mexico and as you say cultural shock will be huge!! (It already is) I lived in Germany 14 years ago as a student and I enjoy the student ambient but couldn`t live with the weather (lived up in the north, beautiful city, horrible wet gray sky all year around), this time we will move to Karlsruhe and for what you write the weather is better in this area, and people well, Germans are Germans, I have great German friends but have the feeling they are "rare" germans, more open and polite than the rest of they compatriots.<br /> <br />I have greatly enjoy your post (I just discover them) and I must say that I think the roller coster feeling never ends, it just gets more flat because you decided to cope with the idea that you are never going to be/think like people from the country where you are living, including your own because now you have evolve to a new you, afected and transform by the culture around you, at least that happend to me when I came back to Mexico. <br /><br />Thanks for sharing! <br /><br />Alicia <br /><br />*Sorry if my grammar-writting ist`n the greatest I have my english a little bit rusted!! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00816498205220041658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-85611945861995447662017-03-22T10:08:45.432+01:002017-03-22T10:08:45.432+01:00Oh that is interesting. Meal time when we are in P...Oh that is interesting. Meal time when we are in Portugal really gets to me too. Tough for kids I find.The Piri-Piri Lexiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211814852783699044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-53580022098462669732017-03-21T22:59:43.208+01:002017-03-21T22:59:43.208+01:00Really can relate to this article and found it rea...Really can relate to this article and found it really interesting!!Not sure if we ever get over culture shock...I´ve been about 15-16 yrs in Spain now and still can´t get my head round the meal timetables and siesta!The Wandering Pithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15283549344297520868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-37599118093414564192017-03-21T22:12:55.830+01:002017-03-21T22:12:55.830+01:00Thanks for your support. I think your experience i...Thanks for your support. I think your experience in Germany is similar to the one I had in the U.K. No kids at first then parenting without any other experience. I don't remember culture shock then. Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-72555774716477126482017-03-21T22:10:50.816+01:002017-03-21T22:10:50.816+01:00I don't think I ever had culture shock in the ...I don't think I ever had culture shock in the U.K. Maybe it is to do with starting off as a student there as you did in Germany.<br />Love the sound of that book. Will check it out.Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-64274159327867288752017-03-21T22:09:47.592+01:002017-03-21T22:09:47.592+01:00Exciting mix of cultures, I bet that is a challeng...Exciting mix of cultures, I bet that is a challenge too. Glad you could relate. Makes me feel less lonely.Annabellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307996916856027630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-21270175637533463982017-03-21T20:56:29.027+01:002017-03-21T20:56:29.027+01:00I really enjoyed this article as well. It was very...I really enjoyed this article as well. It was very open minded and reflective. And I agree though my path here was different because we didn't have kids the first 4 years so I've had two lives here in a way. And no experience with children in another culture other than my own childhood so German parenting with my childhood as a foundation is my default. I'm glad you are at peace. Brynn Thompson-Renzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13537411474040472756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-58928862633352734672017-03-21T20:38:12.327+01:002017-03-21T20:38:12.327+01:00You are so right, culture shock timelines ARE misl...You are so right, culture shock timelines ARE misleading. I know people who didn't have a honeymoon period after moving, whereas I never really had a culture shock period myself. At any rate, if I did it wasn't remarkable enough for me to remember when it happened :)<br />By the way, I'm currently reading a book that you might enjoy, it's Heimat written by Liv Hambrett - an aussie's story of settling in Germany with all its ups and downs and struggles along the way. I'm half through and love it.Ilzehttp://www.letthejourneybegin.eunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-36065741165339893042017-03-21T15:59:16.447+01:002017-03-21T15:59:16.447+01:00I have also discovered that the culture shock-time...I have also discovered that the culture shock-time lines are very misleading indeed! It is more of a roller coaster, that lasts for years... I am at 3 years in the US (has a half German, half Italian) right now and can totally relate to your post.Beatrice Beckmannhttp://www.kinderbooks.nycnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-16873358987719647542017-03-21T13:40:28.670+01:002017-03-21T13:40:28.670+01:00I do too. But I get slated everytime I say it. And...I do too. But I get slated everytime I say it. And after all, it doesn't matter. I am learning to live with it as I said. The Piri-Piri Lexiconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07211814852783699044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1714607023586830416.post-30845040402196371642017-03-21T13:38:50.822+01:002017-03-21T13:38:50.822+01:00I can assure you that German friend of yours still...I can assure you that German friend of yours still feels the same way about his compatriots :)BabelMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07667752453862124205noreply@blogger.com