Small-talk...What's That?

For the first time since I’ve been back, I finally felt some of the reverse culture shock I was expecting.  The whole occurrence made me realize that I still feel more comfortable talking to people from other countries than I do to people from my own country.  When you get into a social, yet very non-social situation like a club/bar, it really shows up.  All I have been doing so far is talking about my trip (mainly from people asking me questions).  But what happens when you get into a situation where people don’t ask questions?

To be honest, I didn’t know what to do.  What is Canadian small-talk?  I noticed the same thing when I got back from China.  I’d walk into a store and wonder what I was supposed to say to the shopkeeper.  What I found was that you could only talk so much about the weather.

Until I figure out how to small-talk in this country, club/bar experiences might be a bit rough….