"Connecting back with your roots"? You know what I mean? I guess this can be said to white Americans, Canadians, Australians, etc. where there are a lot of white people living in formerly colonial countries. Has anyone felt a feeling of being back to the place where your ancestors came from when you went to Europe? It was interesting because I went to Germany last year for the Oktoberfest, and felt like I really fit in because I physically looked German and I didn't look like a foreigner. Even at gas station mini marts where I went to buy a soda, the cashier would say something in German to me without realizing I didn't speak German (or wasn't German for that matter). I really got a sense of connecting to my "roots", should I say, knowing us white Americans once came from Europe. And I was surprised to see the culture wasn't vastly different from white culture in America.
Yeah, bizarre, but anyone with even the slightest idea what I'm talking about? Any experiences?
camreeno360
I lived in England and Wales between the ages of 10-25. My mother still lives there, and I will be moving back in August- I have a permanent Visa. As you can see, I spent my formative years in Europe, occasionally hopping over to the continent on a ferry. Also, my uncle is an American ex-pat pro basketball coach in France.
The only reason I came back to the US for a while was because I met an American girl from New England (I was born in Arizona).
I totally understand where you are coming from. Life is different over there- more "natural", without a police-state air lingering over your very existence. You can walk down the street with a beer and a spl*ff in your hand without anyone caring.
As for the "roots" connection, my ancestry is Scottish, Welsh, and Irish, and yes, I completely felt the connection you speak of, but honestly I think the elation you and I felt may have had less to do with some "ethereal" connection, but more with being surround by a society that wasn't so anal-retentive and overbearing...
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