Author: AHAAPALA

One of the biggest things that I had to adjust to in my host culture was the walking oriented culture, instead of using vehicles to get around. While public transportation was available to me, I decided to walk, because things were not so far and I also wanted to have a daily exercise routine. In…

The biggest cultural confrontation that I experienced when I first arrived in France was the lack of air conditioning. Being in the south of France at the end of August and September, it was very hot and slightly humid, but going inside did not help as much because there was no a/c. In order to…

America has many different cultural identities that have been fused together by generations of immigrants. One aspect of American culture that I will delve into is the independent drive of America that is based upon the very Independency that our Founding Fathers dreamed of when they wrote the Declaration of Independence. In America, it is…