It’s been nearly a month since the move and I don’t think I have ever been happier. It takes time, for some it is longer than others, but in my experience halfway through the third week something clicked and everything started to make sense. Not that I don’t miss home and not like I have any clue what I will be studying or...

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I feel I have discovered a new passion in Germany. A new love for architecture. Having known little more about building design than that of my high school or the Sears Tower (it will always be the Sears Tower to me), the sheer age of the buildings in Germany astounded me. There was so much detail to be seen in every aspect of...

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I have just finished my first week of college. And it hasn't been easy. You see, when you're extremely close with your family and haven't been away from them for more than a few days, somehow moving over 400 miles away knowing that this is it doesn't go over too well. Crazy, I know. Do I regret my decision? Absolutely not. I love...

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My visit to Munich changed a lot about me. First, it upped my confidence in my ability to adapt (I guess catapulting out of your comfort zone can do that to a person). But more so than that it challenged my definition of freedom. Things that were apparently normal in Munich would likely lead to arrests back home. People sitting on the concrete...

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