Exchange year #1 / "Introduction"

Hey internet!

Since I created a page for my exchange year, I decided to start posting and informing you about my life as an exchange student (it wasn´t actually an "exchange", it was more of a "studying abroad" since there was no exchange student living with my family while I was gone). I´ve probably mentioned it before at some point, but for those of you who do not know already; I stayed in Manheim, Pennsylvania (USA). I know what you think: "Wut?! Never heard of that…" Don´t feel bad, that was my first thought, too! (Sorry to those of you living in Manheim/PA.. it is just the truth.) I mean, I had heard of Pennsylvania before, of the state where everyone gets stuck behind an amish horse buggy at least once and where there are lots and lots of Mennonites ( stereotypes that are true), but I had only heard of the Mannheim in Germany. Ironically, my grandparents live there. So sometimes, when would tell people about my upcoming 10-month-trip to Manheim, it would feel like I was telling them I was going to go on an exchange aaaaalll the way over at my grand parents house, which is about 500km away from where I live. Way to go, Anika! You really are brave. 

That is NOT where I have been staying all year but yeah.. This is actually not
that far away from where I lived. :D

Well, that´s not the case, in fact, the Manheim I was staying in, was about 7.800km away from Germany. Wo whataya say now, huh?!

Anyways, I stayed with a host family of course, where I had 3 younger sisters (at the ages of  now 15, 13 and 11), which is really funny, because in "real life" (not because I do not consider them my family but because they are just not my biological family, you know?) I also have 3 younger sisters (at the ages of 8, 11 and 13). So now I have 6 sisters and not a single brother, who wouldn´t want that? 

Well, umm.. I Don´t want to write too much because I Don´t want to spoil it.. there are going to be many more posts about my Exchange year. This one was just a "introduction" to the topic. :) If you have any questions about being an exchange student, feeling homesick, ANYTHING.. feel free to ask in a comment I will be happy to answer all of them! <3 font="">

Have a really good night, day, whatever you have in whatever country you are rigth now. 

xoxo, Anika

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