Friday, December 8, 2017

Study Abroad Narrative

December 4th, 2017

As I hop off the plane for the first time in Europe I realized I was in for a very interesting adventure. Tired, jet lagged, and unknown I had to figure out where I was going to be living for the next four months. When the taxi came to pick me up from the airport, I knew I had to talk to him in Spanish but I didn't exactly know what to say. I tried to look it up on google translate, but I didn't have any cellular data or wifi. Basically I tried to say the street in Spanish only to show him a picture that my leaders gave me. Now, my unknown is just getting started...

The cab pulls up to my apartment complex I'm hoping my host mom will speak a little bit of english so I can figure out and understand what she will need from me. NOPE. She didn't speak on lick of english and I was forced with using a google translator and speaking by pointing. As my first day wasn't so great, I really didn't feel like this place was for me and I was already regretting the decision of studying abroad for 3 1/2 more months. A couple hours later my roommate comes in and he speaks Spanish very well and everything seemed to be fine again.

  Looking back on this day, as I leave for back home in less than two weeks I really have grown and learned from these lessons. My Spanish has gotten a lot better and I'm even trying to have conversations with my host mom. I'm pushing myself to achieve new things and really take in the culture difference the most I can. Everything can learn something new everyday and by pushing yourself to make you a better self is always beneficial in the end.


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