[10 June 2013] Back from another planet: Unpacking a new country can hold surprises, and they are not always the best. After only a few months in South Africa, I am back in the USA; now at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. Although life at the East Coast seems to be quite different from the West Coast, any differences are small compared to the differences between the US and Europe on the one side and South Africa on the other side. It makes sense to say we returned from another planet ...