Traveling. Obviously traveling was a big part of my experience
abroad. I didn’t get to go everywhere that I wanted to, but that is
okay. I have learned that traveling is exhausting, especially when you
are only gone for a weekend. I am happy with the places I went, and am
grateful that I had the opportunity to go to all of these places. I
loved getting to experience new cultures and seeing new places. I
learned how buses and trains are not normally on time, and that makes it
very stressful when you have five minutes to switch trains. Being able
to travel has always been something I wanted to do, and I have checked
many places off my bucket list this semester. I am already planning a
trip back to Europe to go to visit places I wasn’t able to go to this
time. I now have the travel bug more than ever, there are so many places
I want to go!
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| Amsterdam, one of the places I was able to visit |
Most of my favorite memories from this semester are nights where we
just hung out in Aarhus. From movie nights, to karaoke nights, to
sitting around talking for hours, all of these things were what made
Aarhus such a special place. I believe that the best days/nights come
from not having anything planned. And these four months proved that. My
friends and I would have tentative plans, but they would always change
though out the day, and where ever we ended up or whatever we were
doing, we had a great time. One of these nights involved a boat tour on
the canal, another was dancing under a disco ball in an empty room,
sometimes we just ended up in a cafe talking. More than a few times we
sat in a restaurant until they closed just having fun. These are the
best nights, and some of the memories I know I will keep forever.
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| A fun day exploring the beach |
As I think back on everything that happened this semester I can’t
help but feel sad that it is over. I will miss my friends, I will miss
this city that I have now become familiar with. But I have to remind
myself to not dwell on the fact that it is over, instead I need to
continue to enjoy my last few days here. And when I leave I need to
smile when I think of all the good times Aarhus has given me, not wish
that I was back here or wish I had more time here. While that may be
true at times, I don’t want to be constantly wanting what is in the
past, because then I will miss what I am doing in the present.
So it is not goodbye to my friends, who I know I will see again
someday. And it is not goodbye to Aarhus because I will always have the
memories, and Aarhus is now a part of my life, so part of it will always
be with me.
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| Aarhus |
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To find out more about the Walton college exchange program in Aarhus, visit
http://studyabroad.uark.edu/exchange/wcobaarhus/
