In August, I wrote about who I was. “Was” being the keyword here. I wrote how “detached” I am as a human and I was proud about it almost. Reading it back now, it sounds like there was a girl in August trying desperately to be escape herself. I am proud to say, she’s no…
Category: Germany: Jacobs Univ
An End to a New Beginning- Farewell Germany
In a matter of three days I will be in my last month of studying abroad. I must admit, the change I have seen myself have with how I perceived my host country is interesting. For the longest time I talked about studying abroad in Germany and while I do not regret my time here…
To me, this is how you live a life
Coming up on about 2 months left here in this magnificent country. Though I know my heart will shatter as the time comes to leave, I will also be extremely grateful for what this experience has given to me and what I can take away from it. These past two months have been not necessarily…
A New Home
I think the title says it all. As I write this it is officially one month since taking on an adventure of a lifetime. This place has become home to me in more ways than I can express. It started with the unfamiliarity of the area. I grasped onto the unknowing. From there, it moved…
The Road to Bremen, Germany
This is the beginning. A little less than a week until I take off on the journey of a lifetime. There are a handful of emotions soaring through my mind as it begins to set in that I will not be around my friends or family for almost half a year. I will be on…
Home Sweet Home
I never thought coming back from abroad I would be so happy to be home. Jacobs seems almost like a distant blur, and thank god for that. One of the biggest surprises coming back from abroad would be the reverse culture shock. During my first week at Jacobs we did intercultural training (because it is an…
Tschüss Germany <3
There’s an episode in ‘Friends’ where Rachel moves out of the apartment, starts crying and yells “it’s the end of an era”. That is exactly how I felt leaving Jacobs. Even though it was only four months, I felt a sort of sorrow thinking of leaving. So many people asked me how I felt to…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Part 2
Okay, so I will admit I was being a bit dramatic with that title (and with what I originally wrote to post for part 2). You know how at least once a semester you have a breakdown because you think you’re going to fail all of your classes, and then no one will ever hire…
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Part 1
In this two part blog I will be discussing the good, the bad, and the ugly of studying abroad at Jacobs University in Bremen, Germany. *Spoiler Alert: it’s mostly ugly* In part 1, I will tell you about why I decided to spend a semester 5,000 miles away from home. I want to tell you…
The Final Countdown
There’s an expression my mom loves to use in French, “c’est le compte à rebours”. It means that the countdown has started, and something is coming close to an end. Whilst we were skyping she said that to me and it hit me that I only have a month left here. I had a moment of…