Reentry let me just tell you it's more complicated than the culture shock you feel going into a host country. You are a whole new person as the result of your time in a different country. For me it was nice to be home but I haven't had a fully smooth ride with things. I had to go straight into the holidays which prepping for that is stressful for everyone. I also started having a hard time adjusting to American life. The food here is far more processed and has more additives and chemicals then Italy so food tastes weird at first. Then I started forgetting some English words and started to go back to speaking Italian as I had gotten used to life with a foreign language. The hardest parts for me have been the comparisons I catch myself making for example: things here are not as big and grand as things seemed to be in Italy, and people are not always as kind, and inclusive, and diverse in America as people in Italy and Europe are. That will be the one that brings out a ton of emotion. Also people tend to ask the same questions about time abroad as the person before them did (make it easy write the answers of common questions on a card saves you from the same line of answering). I still don't know how to put my experience into words that would do it justice and believe me it's very frustrating. People might not always like the new you they are used to the old you. I do promise it will get easier give yourself time to get through jet lag, and your emotions and let other people have time and space to adjust too. Trust me when you go abroad people back home will not have experienced what you did but that's ok. Bring what you have learned back with you tell stories show photos. A tip I got was give a short answer but leave them wanting more. EX: The time abroad was absolutely incredible, the experience is life altering. Trust me it's like leaving people with a cliff hanger they will want to hear more and won't get sick of hearing stories that way.