Almost three months after I began calling Australia my home, I’m finally writing my first Australian blog. When I first visited I noticed how similar Australia seemed compared to the US. Yes, it is a different country; but from a tourist’s perspective I noticed how they spoke English, there was a McDonalds, Target, the same cars, stop lights, bars and schools. Aside from how we pronounce tomato, aluminum and beer, I expected the US. One month into my experience I was still looking for similarities and, embarrassingly, disregarding at the differences, which I soon learned were everywhere. It puzzled me how a place that on the surface seems so like home is actually so different. Differences range from the simplest, driving on the other side of the road, to the cultural differences like how they treat
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