I moved to Israel from the states just as I turned 7. By 7.5 I learned two important things: firstly, that I was not in Kansas anymore and secondly, I learned simple Algebra: to buy something cost X in a hebrew accent and cost X+100 in an American Accent. Thus, I went through painful efforts ( including gargling water while trying to pronounce the Israeli “r”- Riesh) in order to get the accent right, which finally happened at around the age of 10.
I did not really feel like a tourist again till right before I enrolled to the IDF and went to France for my last 2 weeks of freedom. I travel... full info