The honeymoon or initial euphoria stage is the initial period of intercultural adaptation. This stage is characterized by _______ with the new culture and by the _______ about all the new things we encounter in the host culture.
In this stage we are still viewing the new environment from ________ perspective.
Our _______ in this stage often provides us a feeling of ________ and _______ when we detect similarities and differences between the original and the new cultures.
However, in this stage sojourners tend to perceptually ______ differences.