- You will attempt to keep track of the exchange rate and how much you spend for a few months. You will probably get used to your new currency and give up.
- Homesickness will come (for 98% of people)
- You will travel. A lot. Even on a budget.
- You will never stop learning
- Does school actually matter?
- You will meet SO MANY PEOPLE
- Additionally, you will make SO MANY FRIENDS
- Many people will be interested in your “foreign-ness”
- And many people will not be interested in your “foreign-ness"
- Your weight will fluctuate
- You will gain a clearer world perspective
- You will attempt to keep a record of your year (in a blog or a journal) and more often than not, you won’t succeed. Please don’t let that get you down! I have successfully written in my Journal every single day of my exchange year, so it’s possible! A few tips to maintaining your journal: bullet points are your new best friend, type it on your phone or computer when you’re too lazy to write, always include the date and keep a track of how many days you’ve been on exchange, write down the things you don’t want to forget (the way something tasted, how you felt about a situation, things you realized about yourself, challenges you overcame, new words you learned, etc.).
- You will have days that you feel like a lazy bum. Get on your feet, get active, participate in life and be productive!
- You will not be able to do EVERYTHING as that is humanly impossible
- Over-planning kills magic
- You will try many new things
- You will learn more about yourself
- You will have the best and most challengingly awesome year (or week or month or six months or whatever) of your life!
- You may not want to leave
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[ We took pictures on the Regensburg love-lock bridge because we LOVE America! ] [ And we may have had just a bit too much fun with it :) ] So yes, I'm homesick. I'm sure you've all been wondering. I could make a list 4,506 miles long (the distance to home) of people and things I miss. However, I love love love my host family and my life here. I can foresee that it'll be hard to leave here too. I'm surviving. More than surviving, I'm living.
Waking up the next morning was great because I just had to walk downstairs and I was at school! It reminded me of Schloss Witti..... oh good times! Speaking of Schloss Witti, I really miss y'all southerners! Here's some throwback group pictures for your enjoyment!
Germany observed daylight savings time on Saturday night/Sunday morning so I am officially only 5 hours ahead of America... at least for a few days. As I already said, today I went to Regensburg to spend a couple hours with my fellow CBYXer! We had a lot of fun just talking and walking around the spectacularly beautiful city even though most of it was being restored/renovated. It was some much needed American-time! This week is fall break in Bavaria so I'm looking forward to sleeping in every morning!
Until next post... Liebe Grüße, Lyndee |
a little about LyndeeI created this blog in order to capture my experience as I spent a bridge year living in Bavaria, Germany in 2014 - 2015. I was a Student Ambassador in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Scholarship Program (CBYX). U.S. Citizens - To apply for the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange Program (CBYX) Scholarship, please click on the link below:
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