A little less than 4 months in Deutschland. Visiting a good bunch of places, meeting some amazing people from all over the world, eating a lot of Doner, drinking a lot of wine (yes yes wine, not beer for me), having a million self realizations and some about other people and knowing where I wanna be. This is what this semester can be summed up as.
On the eve of my departure, all alone in Germany (as everyone has left), I want to think about everything that has happened in the past 4 months, and how I have cried seeing some people leave. Frankly speaking, Germany is an amazing place, not when it comes to all the paper work you have to do to get the smallest of things done, but for its people. It has been one hell of an experience, the one I think I would never ever forget. I have written so much about what I feel, and how I feel, that all I want to do is collect everything I have learned and make use of it.
There were about 150 exchange students who came here and Hafenstrasse was full of parties and sounds, and the past few days have been pretty much dead, with today the only sounds I can here are those of cars on the road. This dampness hints the end of the semester and echoes so many good byes. Saying good bye is the hardest, and this exchange term was a proof of that for me.
Leaving Aga and Asia today, I felt this weirdness inside me. Aga has been the most amazing room mate, and Asia a relief. Asia left at the end, and I just stood there for a while as she boarded the bus and drove away, recollecting every thing, every happy moment, every random thought, and every misery that we have shared. I miss her already. She is no more living next corner, and she probably never will.
But now I go back to my own life, a life that I have built myself over the past 3 years, the life that has made me what I am, and the life that gives me comfort so many times.
So goodbye Mannheim, goodbye Germany, and goodbye Europe!!! I am glad I made it here, and I am glad to learn what I learned!
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