Before Brittany McAnally and her family moved Slovenia for her husband's job, she had never left the US.
They moved to Ljubljana, the capital, with their two toddlers, in December 2016.
"I had a sheltered upbringing in a small town," McAnally told Business Insider. "When we first arrived, I was immediately surprised by how much English people spoke."
She said it was the "perfect place" to raise kids.
When McAnally and her family returned to California the following year, she experienced "reverse culture shock."
"It bugged me that I couldn't walk anywhere, even to a coffee shop. The pace of life was busier," she said.
McAnally shared four cultural differences she experienced as an American parent in Slovenia: