Cultural issues a factor in overseas moves.(Brief Article)

Adapting to another country's customs is not always easy

GREATER METROPLEX - Heidi Vaughan remembers looking out the window as the plane landed in Norway.

It was snowing so hard she and her family - transferred from Houston to Norway by oil giant Conoco -- couldn't see anything. They didn't care.

"You, get excited and energized about being in a new place," Vaughan said.

It didn't matter it was March and the family was unprepared for wintery weather. The strangeness, like eating herring for breakfast, was a novelty. "We were just delighted," she said of those early days.

"The phase is temporary, unfortunately," Vaughan said. "It lasted a few weeks and then you start getting run down by things."

'People considering an international move need to carefully consider the ramifications and prepare for the upheaval, said Priscila …