I seem to have got out of the habit of blogging since being back in the UK. Something about the familiarity of my 'home' country seems to make the day-to-day occurrences of life seem less blog-worthy than the day-to-day occurrences of life when I am in another country. Driving into town or buying the week's groceries just haven't seemed interesting enough to write about.
This week we have been hosting some friends who have just arrived in the UK from South Africa. I have spent quite a bit of time showing them around and trying to explain something of the British culture and lifestyle. Having experienced what it is like to transition to another country I hope I understand a little of what they are now going through as they adjust to a whole different way of life.
Weather, food, driving, public transport, rubbish disposal, personal security, shopping, banking, the postal service, health care (and many other things) all vary from one country to another and are just some of the things we have talked about this week.
They are the things that make up our day-to-day lives and in our home country they are so familiar that we barely give them a second thought. Having had to explain them to someone from another country I am starting to see that maybe some of these things could be worth blogging about after all...
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