Culture connects people seamlessly with those who share their cultural backgrounds and divides them in often inexplicable ways from those who do not. Native culture is known largely at a tacit level, its values, assumptions, and beliefs so much a part of the people that they live them but do not see them. A cross-cultural experience can sometimes change this, bringing culture into relief. In this article, the author, who grew up in Canada, recounts her experience when she and her husband followed their daughter and moved to Israel, a place to which, as Jews, they already had a strong connection. Hearing Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French, Amharic, and English spoken daily on the street, dealing with shouting (in anger, happiness, and general greeting), vivid body language, reduced personal space, and an often disorganized (or perhaps it is simply differently organized) approach to business and administration, have made for a stressful integration process. And yet, being thrust out of comfortable Canadianness has had its benefits. To illustrate this, the author relates two personal vignettes.