When I signed up for Germany History of
Medicine I pictured seeing new cities, trying new food and learning new things.
However I never imagined how this trip would change me. I had never taken
public transportation before this trip but now I have taken metros, buses,
trams, and trains. I have also missed or been late to all those forms of
transportation. Before this trip I would have been incredibly irritated after
missing something or being late but this trip taught me a lot of flexibility.
Buses run late and stops are missed but that just means more memories are made
than originally planned. The memories I have made on this trip will stay with
me for a lifetime. I’m inspired to travel more and try new things. It’s hard to
think of how this trip has affected me since I’ve been home because it feels
like only yesterday I was asking a Bonn native how to get to the Mozart statue.
I now know that it was the Beethoven statue and that the best gelato in Bonn
was right in front of the statue. I’ve gained a new appreciation for the German
culture and hope to one day be able to immerse myself in other cultures like I
was able to on this trip. I hope when I’m older I’ll be able to go back to
Germany and remember all the great times I had in the country. After being home
for a while I have grown to miss some of the things I did in Germany. The
public transportation is probably what I miss the most. It was so nice to not
have to drive and be able to go to so many places so quickly. I never thought I
would say this, but I miss the walking. I loved the convenience of walking
being able to walk to so many places. It allowed for me to find so many things
I normally wouldn’t have seen. This is something I can’t bring back to Texas
due to the terrible heat that makes me even walking to and from my car a bad
experience. While I can’t walk to a bakery and buy literally the best pastries
I’ve ever had in my life, I do have Mexican food and I missed that more than
anything while I was gone. I didn’t miss as many things from home as I expected
I would while on the trip. I was being exposed to so many new and exciting
things that I didn’t have time to miss home. I found myself getting excited
over finding a new gelato place or finding new side streets to explore. I have
continued getting excited while I have been at home. Sometimes its hard to get
excited over new things during the school year when there are so many tests and
lab reports, but I want to try to be able to learn as many things in and out of
the classroom as I did in this program. In my first blog post I wrote about
being afraid to get lost. I got lost quite a few times and would have gotten
more lost if it weren’t for friends I made. I’m not scared of getting lost
anymore. I know that if I get lost that I can end up at an even better
destination or make new memories in the downtime. I once missed the bus I meant
to go home and that’s how I found out Professor Waltz took the same bus as me.
I was running late on day and ended up discovering that the Bonn HBF had some
pretty decent wine.
I hope to continue discovering new things now
that I am home and cannot be more thankful for the things this trip has taught
me.
Until next time Germany,
Trip oAnne-Marie Metersky
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