It's all here just waiting for you

More of this, please....
Sounds like me but it's not.
from The Daily News (Galveston County)

"There, everything was new to me, and I wanted to absorb it all. I was living in the moment. I was deeply enchanted by my surroundings. I admired everything, even the stray dogs.

Before my departure, I had studied various books, maps and travel guides, and I had taken college courses on Oaxacan history.

Nonetheless, I was amazed by this foreign life and was culturally shocked. Despite my preparation, the sentiment of being in a different culture was unfathomable until I actually stood in the middle of it and felt it against my skin.

Oaxaca functioned at a different pace than me. Our habits differed: I would move with haste while they moved with serenity. Much of the shock had to do with language."

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