It very interesting how we "experience" other places.

When I moved from Europe to Texas (college) it was not so much a case of culture shock as it was the fact that my surroundings felt wrong. I didn't know the trees and the land, and various part of the whole that helped me feel at ease were missing. It also felt wrong to trade "inside in the winter, outside in the summer" for the exact opposite... because 100 degrees (38-39C) and humid meant being inside, in front of the air conditioner vent!