GERMAN CULTURE SHOCKS I HAVE EXPERIENCED AS A NIGERIAN

I have lived in Germany for one year and four months

I learned about culture shock way back in secondary school (high school) during one of my classes on social studies. Most examples were related to traveling to a different location or meeting new people.

Relocating from Nigeria, I knew I would experience some culture shock, just that I didn’t know what exactly they were going to be.

I entered Berlin on 2nd October 2020, and I can tell you the shocks started from the airport 😄.

Here are some of my shocking experiences since my big move;

• Weather difference: I am Nigerian; we mostly joke about how cold the weather abroad is back home. You really can’t prepare for it because the coldest the degree has been since I learned how to write my name is between 19 to 22 degrees. I came during autumn, and the weather was about 10 degrees. My goodness! The first air was torture, and I didn’t have the proper outfit for this weather. At some point, tears started dropping from my eyes. Not because I was intentionally crying, but my whole body was living the experience with me. I have since then experienced -8 degree weather, frostbite, snow, and terrible wind 😂.
• Cabs: Coming from Nigeria, where cars are…