It is the end of your amazing, once in a lifetime experience study abroad semester. You vow to never forget the people, the amazing food or the scenery. You are confident you will remember pieces of the language to sound sophisticated at home (although, this probably won't happen.) This is when you realize that you have adapted to the culture of your study abroad country. When you first arrived, you were probably a little shocked and scared, and it took you a little while to get used to the different food, the handheld showers or maybe the fact that you had to turn on the electricity when you wanted to use it. At first, it felt foreign and crazy, and you wondered what you were getting yourself into. However, after a while, it started to feel like home. Here are 20 symptoms of reverse culture shock.
1. You return to home to the U.S., and are shocked at the sheer amount of food chains, fast food restaurants, shopping malls and industrial stores surrounding you.
2. You eat the food you have been craving for a whole semester, but somehow, you still miss the food back in your host country.
3. You can't get used to everyone speaking English around you and everyone understanding everything you say.
4. You remember how expensive everything is at home.
5. You remember the strictness of the 21+ drinking age, whether or not you are 21.
6. You realize that unlike in your host country, there is limited public transportation, and you probably have to drive everywhere again. 
7. You miss the club scene that much of the U.S. just doesn't have, outside of the big cities.
8. You miss how easy it was to get around and visit different places while you were abroad, and how cheap it probably was.
9. There is definitely a food you are craving from abroad that you can't find anywhere at home, and don't know how to make.
10. You miss the clubs and bars being open all night until 7 a.m.
11. You think about the street food that was available on every corner.
12. You miss the foreign currency exchange rate.
13. You aren't used to having so many things to watch on American Netflix, and you might go a little crazy.
14. You reunite with all your friends, but they can't share in your amazing experiences you had with your study abroad friends, and they don't want to hear about all of them.
15. You see your family and pets again, and realize how different your home is from houses abroad.
16. You quickly become bored at home, without the plethora of exotic clubs, hookah bars, cheap authentic restaurants or trips that you had available abroad.
17. You probably miss the laid-back work and school culture compared to the hustle and bustle of the U.S.
18. You readapt to being diligent in your work at your summer job, or at school for the second semester.
19. You remember your grades actually count toward your GPA again, and have to put in more effort in school.
20. You eventually start readapting to America, but things are different than before you left, and you are changed for the better.
