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The stages of adapting to a new country

I have been told that the adapting in a new country is a bit like adapting to marriage.

The first stage is the honeymoon phase. Everything is new and exciting. Grocery shopping becomes an adventure - so many new products to discover. All the rain is wonderful - coming from hot and dry Africa. Ironing is fun -it's a total new experience… yeah right… but you get the picture.

Then reality starts to kick in. Omo is Omo… no matter what you call it, your suspicions were right - ironing is just not fun and all that rain stucks. It's during this stage that you will notice that just about every sentence will start with "Back in the old country…"

Hang in there… it will get better again!!

Finally the final phase kicks in… accepting your new country for better or worse (vir botter of wors).

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