One aspect of U.S. culture that is prominent is individualism. People in the U.S. value being able to do things themselves without having to rely upon or bother other people around them. For example, everyone wants to own a car so that they can get to their location needed without having to share a communal…
Final Blog
As an American student, there were many cultural behaviors, attitudes, and values that I had to adjust to. One of these behaviors that took me a bit to adjust to was the service culture. In France, it is rude for servers to check in on their customers frequently while dining in restaurants. I found myself…
Samantha Rebein Final Blog Post: UK CAPA
An experience where I was confused and had to adjust to London culture was using the Tube as a main source of transportation. The Tube was very confusing to me at first because I do not take trains where I am from because I am used to driving everywhere. I had to adjust to the…
Final blog post
As an American who has never been to Europe, some aspects of the culture were new to me. This was not necessarily a bad thing, however, it took some getting used to. One thing that required me to adjust to the most was the service culture, especially at restaurants in Italy and throughout the European…
Blog Post #3
I can’t believe I have already finished my first semester here in Reutlingen. It has been an incredible opportunity so far, and I have learned so much about culture and society here in Germany. For example, one of the cultural aspects I had to adjust to when coming to Germany was the heightened bureacracy in…
Elena Vaamonde – Blog #1
In about a week, I am leaving to go to Rome for study abroad! I am so excited to go and spend several months in a new country and be immersed new culture, especially one that is surrounded by so much art and history. As an Art History and Classics major, this is an opportunity…
Final Blog
Traveling abroad and having the opportunity to study and live in Rome, Italy was a life-altering experience. Many people do not have the opportunity to study abroad, let alone visit other countries across the world. Settling into new surroundings and an entirely new environment that I am not used to make it a bit of…
#1 Blog Post
So often cultures have different communication styles, or at least thats what i’ve learned in a previous class at Rollins. For example, some cultures are direct communicators while some are indirect. America in particular has a direct communication style, which means we often prefer people to use verbal communication as we so rarely rely on…
Study Abroad Final Blog (ISA Rome)
When I was growing up, I lived in a small town so therefore the biggest aspect that I had to adjust to when arriving in Rome was the population size. While this isn’t necessarily a cultural difference (compared to America), I did notice some slight differences in Culture while living in a large city like…
Greece Predeparture Post
Quite often in the United States when we go for a meal, or even at home when we eat a meal, we go through the meal rather quickly. We do not seem to really focus much on the meal itself and what we are eating or even potentially the people we are eating with, but…