Hello and thank you for this video. Your explanation is finally a sensible discussion of the so-called culture shock. Most people use it inflationary for every "quer sitzendem Furz / sideways fart", from tilting windows (Kippfenster) to uncooled eggs to obeying traffic rules! In Germany there is a saying "andere Länder, andere Sitten / different countries, different customs" and anyone who knows that is not surprised and certainly not "shocked" that things are different elsewhere! So thank you for your serious explanation!
@martinjunghofer3391 thanks for your comment and Sprichwörter I haven't heard of yet aha. Definitely agree, you should have some level of open-mindedness if you are going to live abroad
Excellent video! You had your "culture shock" during covid lockdown and winter with its "winter blues". So you really bottomed out, must have been hard back then. Awesome performance on your part!
For a German, I hardly can think about something you might miss. But yes, if your country is much warmer or colder, that is a difference. If you usually have much spicier food, or more sweet potatoes, cooked bananas, etc. that is something you may miss. And while it might helf to meet people from your country or origin against homesickness, to much contact there, might harm the attempt to learn German. Yes, joining local clubs to have like minded people and the possibility to talk German with nice people.
Agree that there should be a balance between getting stuck in an "expat bubble" because most of your friends are internationals vs only having contact with the locals. It's a tricky balance to strike and will depend on your personality, goals, environment etc. For me it was important to make both German and international friends
