Life after my exchange year

I've been home for three weeks now. I have really good friends here back in Mexico, but it's not the same as in Germany. People here are so weird now. Well, they aren't, I'm the weirdo now. A lot of things can happen in one year. You grow up mentally, you get used to different stuff, your personality changes. But the thing every single exchange student has to understand is that nothing lasts forever. Fortunately for me, something will, all of the friendships that I made. I know for a fact, that I'm always going to be friends with the people that I was really close to in Berlin.

It's weird not to do the things you have been doing for the last nine months, or doing the things you did not do for 9 months. For example, eating tacos for the first time since 9 months. Wanna know what happened?
I THREW UP ALL NIGHT. I guess I wasn't used to mexican food anymore.
Getting used to Mexico's time zone. I had no sleep for the first week.
WHAT? NO MORE GERMAN BEER? Mexican beer sucks man.
NO MORE BRöTCHEN FOR BREAKFAST? what am I supposed to eat? TORTILLAS?!?!?!
Wait mom, what? why do I have to ask for your permission to go out now?
The list goes on and on.
You also have your responsibilities back and you have to listen to your parents now. You are living together now, not 10,000km away from each other.


A really hard thing to get used to is THE WEATHER.
After living in ''winter land'' for the last couple of months, after living the coldest winter since 1978 (-25°C) and getting used to 10°C on spring almost summer, how am I supposed to get used to 30°C one of a sudden.

I must say, this was the most amazing year of my life. At the beginning it was pretty hard because I wasn't mature enough, I was and I still am really young, if you remember I'm just a 15 year old. I'M JUST A KID.
This year was full of ups and downs but it was totally worth it. Every single moment I was able to spend in Germany was great.
I wouldn't change it for anything.

RYE 2009-2010 THE BEST YEAR OF MY LIFE
DAS BESTE JAHR MEINES LEBENS

FLYING HOME.. WHAAAAAT?

So, I know we haven't wrote anything since March. The time flew and right now I'm back home. Many things have happened this last 3 months. We had this amazing trip called EUROTOUR. It was one of the most amazing experiences ever! It was so cool to travel around Europe with exchange stundents. IT WAS AWESOME! The thing is, I was not that excited for Eurotour, because I knew I was going to fly back home 28 days after it.

28 DAYS LATER.



MAY 26, 2010
BYE BYE DEUTSCHLAND! :/

FLYING BACK HOME!!! NO!!!
It was the hardest thing I've ever done. It was so hard to say goodbye to all of my friends and to my host family.
It was so sad to walk away from all the people that went to the airport just to see you one last time. As I was going through security, I felt my heart stop. I turned around one last time, and took a look to all of the exchange students, all the people I love and all the people that I'm going to remember for the rest of my life.

BERLIN-FRANKFURT. FRANKFURT-MEXICO CITY
After going through security I couldn't stop crying. Everyone thought I was sick, so they changed me to first class so I could feel better. I started reading all of the letters my friends gave me. As I was reading them, my hands were shaking. The only thing that was on my mind was: WHY AM I FLYING HOME SO EARLY? I must say it was a mistake, but I had no choice and I rather be the first one to leave than the last one.

After 12 hours of flight, I was landing in Mexico.
WOW
Even though I was physically in Mexico, my heart was in Berlin. I could not talk. I could not think. Those were the most confusing minutes of my life. But wait, Am I supposed to feel happy? I can't be happy! How am I going to be happy if I left the life I loved behind. SURPRISE! I was devastated.
I only had four things on my mind after we landed.
*What are my host parents doing now without me?
*What is everyone doing back HOME?
*Why is this so WEIRD?
and the most important:
HOW AM I GOING TO BE HAPPY WITHOUT ALL OF MY FRIENDS?