When you first go to a new place....it takes a lot to start feeling comfortable, safe, & secure.....& sometimes we withdraw at first & just let ourselves out a little bit at a time & sometimes contact like you have had just now with this helps you get to know them better & it helps them get to know you better......I found there is usually this kind of "DANCE" when are in a very new & very unknown environment until we start feeling more comfortable & we start to know the environment better so we feel more comfortable there. Some people adapt better than others to changes or to things they really aren't comfortable with.....but there is always a period of adaptation that is necessary for everyone....& sometimes we really feel like no-one when we arrive & feel like the "new kid on the block" & in some ways,doing what you did is a way for us to feel recognized that they would come to us personally & talk it over