The topic of culture shock has come up a few times recently. Honestly, it isn’t something that is addressed all that often in Foreign Service blogs from what I’ve seen. Sure, people talk about the funny food or how bad the drivers are or the packs of wild dogs in the streets, but those are more like colorful anecdotes. True culture shock is something deeper and more subtle.
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It has been a very busy time at work the last few weeks. While I’m still learning how to do my job and who everyone is, I also have to actually do the job and learn to live in Kyiv. Between that and trying to get decent internet access at home, it has been difficult to blog much. This week looks a bit more promising for time. We’ll see.
We’ve been in Kyiv almost two weeks now and I think we’re starting to adapt a bit. Fortunately, after a week at work we ended up with a five day holiday and that has given us plenty of time to explore, relax, and adjust to life in this place that is at times looks so much like America, but is really completely different.
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