Expat Culture Shock - Expat Contests

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Here are the 32 entries for Expat Culture Shock. This expat writing contest is now over and the 4 winners have been announced on the main Expat Life Themed Contest page. Look out for our next fortnightly contest, topic "Education & International Schools", coming very soon!

Jorge Juarez-Bagdigian Expats in Argentina Che! What a Shock!
Claire Calvey Expats in Australia Culture shock: why living upside down means Christmas in July
Nick Kellingley Expats in Cambodia Expat Culture Shock - Cambodia Style
Holly Nelson Expats in Canada Being an English Girl in Canada
Emily O'Hara Expats in Canada Culture shock in an unlikely situation: Australia to Canada
Sarah Bennett Expats in China When culture shock reverses
Jeremy Bohall Expats in Croatia From Culture Shock to Home - What Makes all the Difference?
Mimi Finerty Expats in Cyprus Classic Cyprus Culture Shock by a British Expat
Tania Quast Expats in England From Vegemite to Marmite: The Blighty Culture Shock Experience
Erin Moran Expats in England HELP! There is an American in the front garden!
Crystal Gibson Expats in France Tales from the Stirrups: (Mis)adventures with a French Gynecologist
Brea Darnell Expats in Germany Culture Shock: Nudity in Germany
Bex (Rebecca Hall) Expats in Greece Expat Culture Shock - Greece
Mary Ogno Expats in Italy Culture Shock
Amanda Grove Expats in Korea South A Life Unexpected
Carrie Expats in Korea South Large Bath Toy or Naked English Teacher?
Susannah Rigg Expats in Mexico The Way to a Country's Heart is Through its Stomach
Candi Cane Canncel Expats in Netherlands Culture Shock in the Netherlands: Party in a Circle, Ya’ll
Celeste Bennekers Expats in Netherlands La Vie En Rose
Polly Barks Expats in Russia Tough Love: 5 Tips to Enjoy Expat Life After the Honeymoon Period
Robin McGuire Expats in Slovakia What did you say?
Suzanne Expats in South Africa Tampons, naked saunas and men in Speedos
Melinda Schoutens Expats in Switzerland Babies Abroad
Otter Expats in Taiwan Culture Shock in Taiwan - the True Story
Anna Power Expats in Thailand Culture shock: leaving made me want to go back
Orana Velarde Expats in Thailand Culture Unshock
Penelope Carter Expats in Turkey A Collie and Her Herd of Sheep
Laurence Brown Expats in USA 5 Culture Shocks Faced by British Expats in America
Bonnie Rose Expats in USA My experience with culture shock in America as an American raised abroad
Nicole Morgan Expats in USA Trash Talkin - Culture Shock USA
Emma Kaufmann Expats in USA We're Not in Kansas Anymore
Dyanne Kruger Expats in Viet Nam “Culture Shock”? Nonsense!
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  • "I'm an American married to an Indian and all of these apply to Indian culture too :)" left by M on Classic Cyprus Culture Shock by a British Expat
  • "Come one guys... It's like saying if they jump in the fire will you? You can still make decisions for yourself and according to your ethical / moral code. Just because another country through away certain things doesn't mean you have to when you were there. I was there and went to saunas, etc in the nude and quite enjoyed it, but it's not as..." left by Francois Nel on Culture Shock: Nudity in Germany
  • "These are great stirrups! I've never thought of this kind of things happening in France! It is very interesting." left by CPascala on Tales from the Stirrups: (Mis)adventures with a French Gynecologist
  • "Something that drives me insane about the US is the measurements. I recall the many issues I had with the farms. Everything is different - They speak of bushels and that varies from one product to the next. That had me. Lets not even go on about inches and yards." left by Richard on 5 Culture Shocks Faced by British Expats in America
  • "I'm an Expat and did a post about Speedo's too. http://schwingeninswitzerland.wordpress.com/2013/06/21/men-in-speedos/" left by Schwingen in Switzerland on Tampons, naked saunas and men in Speedos

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