During the time in which I was able to study abroad in Greece, there were many times that I experienced aspects of the culture of Greece that I was not aware of and for that reason surprised me and forced me to adjust to the culture of Greece. For example, when I was in Greece, and not just Greece specifically but also South-Eastern Europe as a whole when I traveled, I began to realize that they would occasionally ask questions about topics that would be considered more private in the US, like your political or religious beliefs. This asking of these more private topics, at least to American sensibilities, would not occur in private either but could occur anywhere, like if you were talking to someone in a coffee shop, grocery store, or even in a taxi.
At first, when I got questions like this it kind of surprised me and made me wonder if they were asking these questions due to some other motive. But eventually, I began to realize that I was thinking this way due to being clouded by the way people in the United States think of these more private topics, at least for Americans. Further than this though, I began to realize that there was not really any reason for me to be nervous or surprised about being asked these kinds of questions because the people asking them did not have any other motives to asking these questions or expect some type of answer but were just genuinely curious on my opinions, beliefs, and takes on the topics that they were asking about, whether that be politics, religion, or any other topic.
Within the host culture though, they probably would not consider this line of questioning though but rather consider it pretty normal. After all, someone from that culture and I are different people with different experiences and cultural and personal values and for that reason they may see value in asking my opinions on these topics, just as I found value in moving to their country for multiple months and immersing myself in the culture of my host country. Other than this though, they probably also would consider it normal because if they are curious about it and due to the more seemingly personal community based culture of my host country, if they want to know more about something, it would seem that they should ask about the topic they are curious about.
Overall though, this experience allowed me to personally be part of someone taking me slightly out of my comfort zone in what I wish to talk about and could be useful later in my life if other people ask me questions, I would not usually see myself as being used to answering as well as getting myself more comfortable with being taken out of my comfort zone. While this example of being taken out of my comfort zone is relatively small, it may get me used to the potential of farther large cultural differences and allow myself to more easily adjust to those differences.