Even when people want to move abroad, they will find themselves homesick for certain comforts that are unavailable in their new home. For me, it was warm-from-the-oven chocolate chip cookies. When I moved to Italy, there were no rolls of pre-made cookie dough...
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Living in a place where Mexican food is considered exotic, for me it's the variety of international foods. While there are quite a few Chinese restaurants in Cagliari the quality is very poor and the food has been altered for the Italian palate. And it's almost impossible to get a decent burger!

Away from food, I would do almost anything for a decent computer store. While it's alright shopping online, there is nothing nicer than a walk through aisles of hard drives, graphics cards etc...
(I never said I had a life :p)

Sardoman,

Ahhh, you reminded me of how much I missed the enormous book stores from the States. Feltrinelli is wonderful, and they have a nice selection of books in English, but it wasn't quite the same.

And you're right about the variety of different foods. In Rome, we were lucky - there was a wonderful Indian restaurant near Piazza Trilussa - don't know if it's still there.

Ciao, ciao,
Martha

I just came back from Washington D.C. and I appreciated my stay in this city.:)Yesterday I came back,and just arrived I was homesick about America and my friends.Why? When I landed in America I took my luggage in short time, while yesterday when arrived in Milano ( Malpensa) ,I lost my luggage and I was very angry, so I said "I'm angry with italian procedures". Thanks God, some minutes ago,the airport called me to say that my luggage it was just arrived:).Another point:if you want to eat mexican food or others , you can find many specialties, second point: people it's always kind to me and cars stop it when you cross the street and in Italy.....:confused:
I enjoyed big streets and beautiful museums, above all for children and now I miss the enormous book stores(Borders).
I was only homesick about my own space, because I had a small apartment to share with other people and my house is bigger.
I think to be homesick if you spend longer time in another country while I went to America only two weeks.
So long to all:)

I miss food and people from my home country, though Singapore as a place more than makes up for it:).

I think the only thing you miss in Singapore is the ability to travel a short distance for the weekend without needing a passport;)

If you want to go for a drive, or a short weekend trip, it is off to either Malaysia or Indonesia, both of which are different countries. Singapore is only 22*44 km in size, and that can be frustrating!

Cara ELy, Visto che sei tornata, non ero in linea ieri pero' adesso provo a scriverti!

Being from the United States, I do not miss the food at all, in fact I am glad I am not there to take part in the GMO scene.
But I do miss cranberries and Poppyseed filling that me and my mother used to make poppy seed rolls with at Christmas time.
I miss my little CRX and jetting around in it. Other than that only the people I love...that's it.

When I lived abroad in Italy both times, there were only few things I really missed from the USA...

*the abundant use of hot water/long American showers (utilities cost so much more in Europe, and people are better stewards of their resources, so the people I stayed w/both times were super stingy about the water bill)
*pancakes & maple syrup (this does not exist in Italy, and though I enjoyed stuffing my face with Italian cookies, bread, jam, butter, nutella and brioche everyday... I felt homesick for said American breakfast at times)
-S*moreS (one time, I got desperate and tried to make my own: with ladyfinger-like cookies - the closest I could find to graham crackers in Italy, used nutella for the chocolate and got fruity marshmellows for the usual white marshmellows! then i microwaved my creation a bit too long and it turned out to be a glorious mess.... hahah! so, it sufficed...)
*Efficiency (one some levels, but to be honest, the US has its share of problems)
*The ability to drive everywhere (yeah, I never learned how to drive in Italy... that's my goal for the next time I go back. Road TRIP!)
*Decent Asian Food (I'm not a fan of the Italian-ized Chinese, Japanese, Korean places... never really found a Thai restaurant, had sushi which was good but SO expensive)

As for the other ethnic food that I love and enjoy, kebabs/falafel wasn't bad for the most part; Indian food was never fresh; Mexican food wasn't spicy enough/lacked flavor; Sushi - I did find some good ones but the wasabi wasn't spicy at all... it was actually kind of sweet!; Bubble Tea was non-existent; so basically, if you want good/high quality ethnic food in Europe, I learned the hard way that you have to shell out a lot of money per meal. Not so the case in the US... but comparatively, local Italian food (yes, everything fresh and made from scratch) is amazingly cheap over there and so much better than ANY American imitation.

Given the opportunities, I would gladly give up these "luxuries" and move back to Italy in a heartbeat - like most of us on here, once in love... its hard to break-up.

;-)