Everything comes to an end

Last weekend I realised that now it is officially over. Now I am a returnee and the whole program has come to an end.

Friday the 14th I drove to a village called Rotenburg an der Fulder to attend a seminar organised by  Experiment e.V.

During the seminar we tried to answer the questions "Who am I?" "Where am I from?" and "Where do I want to go?".

Sadly we are not allowed to talk about the seminar itself.

It was so nice to see all the people from last years seminar again and getting to know new people.

We didn't really get much sleep, reason was that we had a lot of program and no time to talk about our experiences, that is why we had to do it during nighttime.

After the weekend I was really sad to see everyone leaving since we all live in different parts of Germany and I don't know when I will see them again, if I will see them again.

I loved getting to know so many facts about other countries I have never been to. Now I would love to go to South Africa, Japan or Ecuador and even China sounds like an interesting country to me now!

I already started planning my next journeys since my 'Fernweh' got really big again.

I wish I could tell you more about the seminar but as I already mentioned, I am not allowed to.
But there is something I can tell you, in January I will get my tattoo, it will be a reminder of my time in Argentina and I am really excited to finally getting it done. It will be a sketch of the Andes on my leg. You will definitely see a picture of it, when I finally have it!
Soon I will write about how it feels like to come back after being away from home an entire year. Also I am going to ask other exchange students about their experiences and try to explain those feelings as good as possible...
I am really glad I started writing my blog again, and I really want to improve my writing skills.
I am going to talk to you soon!
Cara
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By the way, it is so funny to see how we changed during the past year. The first picture was taken at our preparation seminar (which I also did a blog post on -> Preparation Seminar) and the second picture we took at last weeks seminar. I can't believe how I looked like just one year ago! Kinda embarrassing...

Back at it again

Hello everyone!

Finally I am back. It's been a while since the last time I've posted something on here. I just read a friends blog and I started to miss writing.

It's been almost three months since I left Argentina. It was really hard to say goodbye and I cried the entire flight back. After a long journey back to Hamburg, Germany, I felt extremely exhausted. Meeting my family was weird because it felt so normal. Sitting in the car with my parents and my little sister made me feel like I've never been away, especially not for an entire year! But not only being in the car felt normal, everything did/does!

Sleeping in my own bed, meeting my friends, going to school, watching German TV, eating my mums food etc. It's a sad but also a happy feeling - 'normal'.

Three months after being back I already feel the urge to leave 'normal' and try something new. I want to see 'different' again.

If I would go back to Argentina? - Yes definitely. I want to see all my friends and live Argentina's traditions once again but I could not live there forever, that's for sure. I need change and I don't thing the country could give me as much change as I needed. After I finish school I would love to go there again, but I also really want to see so many other countries. I can't wait to see more of this world.

I will try to keep this blog alive. In the future I am going to write about Argentina and about all the places I will travel to. It would be a shame to just stop this blog and I want to keep it alive.

I will write to you soon,

Cara