Slingbox

Culture Shock Prevention Tool #1.

We've done this before, lived in another country.  At the end of that experience we didn't have many good things to say about... gosh the word is hard to say,  about... Azerbaijan.  Yes, some things there are great (tomato's - downright to die for tasty amazingness) and some things were once in a lifetime experiences (buying handmade carpet, while drinking tea in some dark basement).  But, overall not that great a place.  Among other things we suffered from an obvious case of culture shock; although at the time I had no clue.

What is culture shock:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_shock

This time, we have prepared ourselves to in the fight against "culture shock."  Both, mentally and with goodies from home.  Our favorite goodie from home is a Slingbox.  We have installed our Slingbox in a property back in the USA.  We have connected it to a full satellite suite of TV channels and a DVR (digital recorder).

What does this mean to us:

1. We can use our computer to stream live US TV to our television here in Norway. 
2. We can record US TV shows and watch them whenever we wish. 
3. I can get US style football!!!  Go Packers!

Although, we don't watch alot of TV.  I would be hard pressed to watch 2-3 hours a week, we have every channel you can imagine in English and all the newest shows from home.  When you start to feel out of the loop on the latest sports win, or when everyone is talking about some new show on facebook;  I can actually feel like I'm not so far from home by watching it myself.  AMAZING.