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Description
Mr. Vaillancourt describes the culture shock upon arrival in Cyprus and the differences amongst the local people.
Transcription
It was my first look at a tropical zone. So coming out of Quebec City and having the doors of the air plane open it was the blast of heat that hit you first and then the, we were on the Greek Cypriot side which was fairly, fairly westernized if you wish and life was quite routine. Things were different. We were previously posted in Germany for four years. So we were accustomed to European living. The biggest shock was when we crossed over to the Turkish side and that was like crossing the border and going back four hundred years. It was just amazing the difference in cultures and the tough living that they had to live there, that they do live there still. But other than that, it was an adventure.