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Getting to Travel the World

I wrote a letter to myself when I was in my early twenties, to be opened in ten years. The decade has yet to pass, and the details of the letter have faded in my memory. The only thing I remember writing, was that I hoped by my thirties that I was well-traveled. And if moving to Europe has given me anything, it has certainly been the ability to travel. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve lost track of how many cities and countries I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve been to, and how many I plan to see within the next year. With 25+ vacation days per year, as well as reliable / affordable trains, planes, and buses, it has been possible for me to see more in the past five years than I ever could have if I had stayed in the US.

Making New (and International) Friends

Living in Munich I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve been lucky enough to meet so many people from around the world. I have friends from more countries than I can count and have learned how to say cheers in at least seven languages! When you live far from your family, friends become your lifelines. They are who you call when you need to move apartments for the fifth time and can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t rent a car because your license doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t transfer. They카지노 게임 컬렉션�re the ones calling the tax office on your behalf because your German isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t nearly good enough to understand terms like Einkommenssteuererklärung (income tax return).

Friendships that might have taken years to form back home can happen seemingly overnight, because you both understand what it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s like to do things like get your wisdom teeth out all alone and don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t want to have to go through it again. You get to celebrate Canada Day with your new bestie from Toronto, and you start using British phrases without realizing it because so many of your friends are Brits (or just learned British English growing up). Your local friends can help you experience Oktoberfest in a way you never would otherwise, and your new American friends understand why it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s still so strange to drink a beer in a public park.  

My friends have made living abroad more amazing than I ever could have imagined and I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve formed bonds that I can only hope last a lifetime.

Having Amazing Experiences and Expanding Your Worldview

Since moving abroad I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve lost track of the number of times I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had an 카지노 게임 컬렉션�oh my gosh, I cannot believe this is my life카지노 게임 컬렉션� moment. Whether it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s something as exciting as watching Germany win the World Cup after I first moved to Munich, or simply walking around one of my favorite neighborhoods on a sunny day, hearing people speak German, French, Spanish, and more. Living abroad and truly experiencing life in a foreign country provides you with so many little moments that make you appreciate it.

I still marvel at being able to walk to three different bakeries each day for fresh bread, whereas back home we might have three bakeries for my entire city. Being able to easily move around without a car is a privilege that I never thought I카지노 게임 컬렉션�d have unless I lived in a place such as New York City. Having these experiences, both large and small can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t help but broaden your view of the world. And, of course, living in such an international environment gives you more chances to interact with people who come from a different background and have a different perspective.

Why It’s the Worst

Getting to Travel the World

Call it a case of wanting what you can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have but the more you see of the world, the more you want to see. I find myself spending hours trying to decide where to spend my vacation days. Every friend has a different recommendation, every day brings a new Instagram story that I want to experience for myself, or a new list of the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�hottest places to see this year카지노 게임 컬렉션� I have to remind myself that (god willing) I have plenty of time left to see the world, and don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have to do it all at once.

But having the opportunity to travel is also counteracted by wanting to go home! Having to choose between seeing your loved ones and going to a fantastic new place is not an easy decision. How do you explain to your sister that while you카지노 게임 컬렉션�d truly love to be there for her birthday, you카지노 게임 컬렉션�d have to take off ten days of vacation to come visit, and then spend most of it alone while everyone else is at work.

Making New (and International Friends)

It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not actually the international friends (or new friends in general) that is the bad part, it카지노 게임 컬렉션�s that international friends often leave. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s not easy being the one left behind while all your amazing new besties move to new cities or back home. And while hopefully you카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve been able to maintain your friendships from back home, they can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t join you for a drink at your favorite cafe or commiserate with you over the la­ck of air conditioning in Germany. You카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll try to stay involved in their lives when you카지노 게임 컬렉션�re thousands of miles apart, but you카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll miss meeting their new boyfriend, or seeing their new house, just like they카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll miss knowing you moved apartments until months later, or forget which German city you live in.

Every time a friend from your life abroad leaves, you have to start the process of meeting people again. And while you know it will be worth it in the end, it can be emotionally exhausting to keep having to start friendships from scratch multiple times a year. 

Having Amazing Experiences and Expanding Your Worldview

I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m a very different person than I was before living abroad, thanks in large part to the many experiences I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had and the challenges I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve faced. It has made me see and experience the world differently, and I wouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t change it for anything. However, the 카지노 게임 컬렉션�downside카지노 게임 컬렉션� of going through these changes while abroad is that they are difficult to explain to people who haven카지노 게임 컬렉션�t had the same experience.

No matter how hard I try, I won카지노 게임 컬렉션�t be able to explain to all my loved ones why I want to live outside America, or how outdated things like our healthcare system seem to me now. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll always be an American and am proud of the more 카지노 게임 컬렉션�American카지노 게임 컬렉션� parts of myself, whether that be my willingness to make friends, my obsession with good burgers, or my appreciation of country music and southern manners. But while I love arriving back in the US, where I understand the customs (and the language), it doesn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t feel 100% comfortable to me. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s like putting on a dress from years ago that still technically fits but isn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t quite my style.

Germany will never be 100% my home either. While I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m still slowly working on my German skills, I can카지노 게임 컬렉션�t picture my language skills becoming strong enough that my sarcastic sense of humor or writing style will translate. I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve truly come to appreciate the mountains and hikes available, but I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll never be a natural skier or mountain climber, like most of my German friends are. Winter will always seem too long!

When I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m in Germany I refer to the US as home, but nowadays when I카지노 게임 컬렉션�m back in the US I find myself referring to Munich as home. It카지노 게임 컬렉션�s both a beautiful and difficult thing to have two homes,  like having two best friends that can never connect, that you have met at different points in your life. Each one means something special to you, and you카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had experiences with both that you couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t duplicate with the other. In an ideal world you could combine the two, but in reality, you have to enjoy the best parts of both, and accept any shortcomings.

At the end of the day though, I wouldn카지노 게임 컬렉션�t trade the experience I카지노 게임 컬렉션�ve had living abroad for anything. I consider myself very fortunate to have been able to make this choice and to be able to continue to choose this life. My mother language and my passport have opened up opportunities that many people don카지노 게임 컬렉션�t have. And my friends and family have encouraged me more than they카지노 게임 컬렉션�ll ever know. So, if you ever get the chance to move abroad, I카지노 게임 컬렉션�d certainly suggest giving it a go!