My Cross-Cultural Experiences

1. First cross-cultural experiences that I pull in had in my lifespan * The first culture clash I had was on my first trip to Germ each. It was when my friend and me went on a ski trip with our school. We arrived a town called Innsbruck where we stayed at a hotel. I got very surprise when I first got there, the first thing I recognized was the houses they lived in, they all had names on their houses. It was painted on their front wall. This didnt make any sense for me but I was told that it was because well-nigh of the houses where family houses.And that they rented step up rooms. At the same day when we went for dinner at our hotel we got served 4 meals. We first got soup, then salad, the main meal and dessert. This didnt make any sense for me, because back home I was not used to get 4 meals at a restaurant. That night I went to take a shower but I couldnt figure out how to turn on the water in the shower. There were three knobs above the tub, so I assumed that they were for ho t, warm, and cold water. I twisted the warm knob, but no water came out.Then I tried the two others, and I did get some water, but it was either too cold or too warm. I was too embarrassed to ask any angiotensin-converting enzyme for help with such a simple thing, so after making several unsuccessful attempts, I gave up. I had a cold bath instead. 2. Second cross-cultural experiences that I have had in my life The second experience I had was when I first visited the United States. When I first arrived Westminster College I was so excited and scared at the same time.I have never lived in a community called dorms before and I was not sure how it would work and I had no clue how my roommates would be. The first thing I recognized was how much they talked and their conversation was at a very loud level. The next day I recognized how nice the people were, they smiled and they even utter hi to me. I got shocked when people even hold the door open when I was far away they would stand the re and wait for me.When we went out for dinner that night I was also surprised when I ordered a coke, when I finished the coke the waitress came out with another one I got confused and told her that it has to be a misunderstanding because I didnt ordered another one. She told me that it was free refuel. I felt kind of stupid, and my roommates started laughing at me because they thought it was funny. I told my roommates that in Norway we have to pay for the refuel and after that they taught me more about their culture so I could be more fitted to adapt to their culture.