Hello Readers! You didn't think just because I'm back in the US I would abandon my blog, did you?
I've been home for a little over three weeks now and it feels great to be home again. I have been able to spend a lot of quality time with my family and friends, and I've been winding down in preparation to begin my graduate studies at Dartmouth later this month.
I've chosen today to update my blog because, one year ago today I had just arrived in Marburg, Germany. And, to be honest, I did not think I would be staying. I had cried a lot on my flight and had a rough start finding my way to my orientation. I ended up being sick the first weekend and missed being home a lot. But gradually I adjusted to my life away from home and began to love living in Germany. Things began to pick up and when I moved to my host city, I began to feel like I had made the right decision.
Looking back one year later, I am grateful to have been given this opportunity through the Fulbright program. There were times when it was hard, when I wanted to go home, but those times were heavily outweighed by the times when I couldn't believe that this was my life, times when I could not get enough of the beauty and the culture that surrounded me. Those times will be treasured in the months and years to come as I embark on a new chapter of my life, a new time sure to be filled with even more treasured memories.
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| My last day at work with my supervisor Luisa |
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| My last night in Tübingen with my boss Thilo |
