My First Trip Home
My First Trip Home
I am originally from Moldova, a country in Eastern Europe. My country was a part of Romania and for a longer period a part of Soviet Union. Since I was seven years old I knew that I would live abroad, because all my three older brothers were living in Europe and I got information from them that Europe has many developed countries. Who does not want to live in a developed country? Everyone wants to live in a developed country, where people can achieve their dreams, and be successful. I choose to come and live in America, because is called “the land of opportunities”, and was one of my dreams too. So here I am, experiencing my American dream and looking for new opportunities that this country offers. I have been living in United Sates for two and a half years. The first time when I came to the United Sates I was shocked by the cultural difference between where I grew up and here. In the first year and half in United States I started to adapt to the American culture and started to live the American life. I always remembered how my life was at home, but as time went on my Moldavian lifestyle became a distant memory. Since I moved here I always wanted to go visit back home. I missed so much my family, my house where I grew up and everything about that country. After being here one and a half years I finally made that happen. I planned the trip to go visit home and I did. I bought the tickets for the dates of December 15, 2011 until January 15, 2012. That period of time made me realize so much about the differences between these two cultures. As I grow more as an adult, I understood more about these differences and what I love about these two cultures. Through my experience sometimes it is very hard to be a part of two cultures, it’s intense in a word, I feel like I am living two lives at the same time. Things are changing all the time and I was the one who experienced this process. I moved here in the United States not because I wanted to be far
I am originally from Moldova, a country in Eastern Europe. My country was a part of Romania and for a longer period a part of Soviet Union. Since I was seven years old I knew that I would live abroad, because all my three older brothers were living in Europe and I got information from them that Europe has many developed countries. Who does not want to live in a developed country? Everyone wants to live in a developed country, where people can achieve their dreams, and be successful. I choose to come and live in America, because is called “the land of opportunities”, and was one of my dreams too. So here I am, experiencing my American dream and looking for new opportunities that this country offers. I have been living in United Sates for two and a half years. The first time when I came to the United Sates I was shocked by the cultural difference between where I grew up and here. In the first year and half in United States I started to adapt to the American culture and started to live the American life. I always remembered how my life was at home, but as time went on my Moldavian lifestyle became a distant memory. Since I moved here I always wanted to go visit back home. I missed so much my family, my house where I grew up and everything about that country. After being here one and a half years I finally made that happen. I planned the trip to go visit home and I did. I bought the tickets for the dates of December 15, 2011 until January 15, 2012. That period of time made me realize so much about the differences between these two cultures. As I grow more as an adult, I understood more about these differences and what I love about these two cultures. Through my experience sometimes it is very hard to be a part of two cultures, it’s intense in a word, I feel like I am living two lives at the same time. Things are changing all the time and I was the one who experienced this process. I moved here in the United States not because I wanted to be far
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