While being abroad, I learned many important things that have changed how I view different cultures and the one back home as well. One thing I learned was that the pace of life definitely changes when you go to another country, and even within different regions of the country. I would not say that the pace of life was slower in Greece, because there is still a hustle and bustle that surrounds Athens in particular, but certain things are definitely placed with a higher importance than other things. For example, on my last morning in Athens before my flight home, our “Beat” driver, which was the equivalent of Uber in the U.S., did something that left a lasting impression of the people and culture in Greece. He picked us up from our AirBnB about twenty minutes from the airport and on the way to the airport he was asking how we enjoyed our stay. In between conversations, he asked if we liked sweets, which we of course replied ‘yes’ to. He then pulled over on the side of the road and went into a bakery store of sorts, returning with a Greek pastry for each of us, and one for him as well. While he likely stopped in the store partially because he wanted one himself, he did not need to get one for us. I could not imagine an American Uber driver using their own money to buy a customer something, especially simply to leave a good impression of the country as a whole, which was what he intended to do. An American Uber driver likely also would have made sure that the riders were not in a hurry to get to the airport or may have been in a rush themselves in order to get the next riders and make more money. Our driver simply pulled off with no regard as to whether we were crunched for time to make our flight or not, which is cool to me. We had plenty of time, but if we were rushed, he would not have known the difference. This small example and notion of kindness has stuck with me and shown where different people in different cultures place importance and how that is conveyed.