01.29.07
Everything’s Bigger
We’re back in the US. Having been gone for almost two years, I can’t help but notice how accustomed I have become to life in Italy. Immediately upon landing in Chicago, the differences started to become clear. Everything is bigger here. The beverages, the meals, the streets, the cars, the stores, the parking lots, the churches, the houses, and I have to say it, the people. It’s been quite the experience getting used to everything again.
I think the time when I felt the “smallest” in the bigness of America was yesterday when we got to Heidi’s home church. It was just HUGE. I’m used to church happening in my living room. I think the auditorium seats 500 at Heidi’s church. It was really a very strange feeling.
Emily said,
01.31.07 at 2:26 pm
When I was in Europe in 2005, I didn’t think I would have culture shock when I came back because I had been in so many different places. But the thing that shocked me was the number of fat people! I was so used to being the bigger person in Europe and here, I’m pretty skinny. It was so strange.