Freitag, 27. Juni 2014

Blog 2.0

Hello everyone!

I know I said I wouldn't post anymore, but as you can see, here I am again. Yes, that's right. Almost two years after I left for Canada, I decided to revisit my blog.

It's just that the exchange has changed my personality and my whole life in ways I could never have imagined and I'm still trying to adjust to that change. I still haven't finished processing everything that I experienced during my three months in Canada; and because I can never shut up about it and I'm pretty certain I've completely pissed off my friends and family with my endless stories, I thought I might put it on here instead.

Also, since it's almost July, the new outbound exchange students are getting ready for their departure and I figured it'd be handy to give some general advice about things that most exchange students wonder about beforehand. (Maybe it's just me, but I had quite a lot of questions - some got answered during my exchange, some I still don't know. But I'll try to pass on what I do know.)

For themes, I thought I would do a healthy mix of a recap of my own exchange experience and general info and advice. So in one post I might be pondering the complexity of life, while another day you could hear about the time I ate poutine with my fingers 'cause I was too shy to ask for a fork. ;)
These topics are what I've come up with so far:
  1. Learning your host country's language
  2. Friends and host family ... not as easy as it sounds
  3. Coming back - adjusting to a new life in an old environment
  4. Hosting an exchange student in your home country (because that's what we did and it was super fun - seriously, a reciprocal exchange is one of the best things ever invented)
  5. How does an exchange change you as a person? (This is going to pretty meta-y, I can feel it)
  6. ???
If you have any comments, questions, criticism, please put them in the comments! I would love to hear from you!! :)

Stay tuned!
Bye,
Denise