I have absolutely nowhere to fit it in the story other than slight hints, but Elise really struggles with life in the Four Winds Kingdom. The Realm Forgotten is at a 1850s technology level (mostly taking that technology from Earth though) and she pretty much time traveled to the Middle-Ages-with-slight-improvements that Aeolia is. It's not just being away from family and work, it's actual food shortages, harsh winters, lacking all of the convenient tools and products she's used to. And, in a lighter note, no one has any idea of what a horse is in Aeolia, minus book excerpts; Centaur reliefs might as well be weird drawings of dragons, and when Elise uses any horse-related slang, everyone is confused and she's even more frustrated.