I was horrified, as you were — we apparently share that memory, living abroad at the time. (See my #96)
When I first saw the hippies in Vondelpark, Amsterdam, I was so shocked my eyes got big as saucers. This angry hippie came over and got right in my face imitating my big eyes and making fun of me and being a major jerk. I was just a 12-year-old girl at the time (1970 or 1971). Which horrified me even more. The hippies were all drugged out, many passed out, very sad scene.
I,too, was worried about returning home to hippies and yippies, but so happy to be back in my homeland, too. Although the food turned out to be not as good as I remembered lol.
Hahahahahaha...I do recall, drinking regular, fresh milk after years of drinking reconstituted milk seemed really odd.
But then, when I first went over and drank reconstituted milk, that tasted really strange and foreign to me.