Study Abroad trip final thoughts

I have been back in the states now for about 6 weeks, and I have had a lot of time to think back and reflect on my time in Europe. By the time I barely made my flight back to America I was ready to be back home. I was ready for the warmer weather and all the other things I missed about home.
In the time I have been home I have slowly been making comparisons to the life over there and to life back home. The first noticeable difference between Germany and Texas is the lack of public transportation. The system in Germany was very efficient and seemed to get everyone where they needed to go without too many problems. In Texas this kind of system in my opinion wouldn't work on a large scale. It works decent enough on a small scale and a good example is the university bus system. To simply put it the state is just too large for there to be an effective train system. I found it kind of funny that some of the people we met there found 2 and a half hours to be a long drive ( the time it takes for me to go from College Station to my hometown).
The most noticeable difference between Texas and Germany was obviously the weather. With the exception of the first few days in Bonn the temperatures were below freezing and there was snow everywhere. I got pretty good at dressing for the cold and walking in the snow. For about 3 days the snow was cool and then it go to the point were it was slight annoying. I understood how much more difficult having to deal with snow all the time can make things. Then again the culture over there is used to colder winters and they know how to deal with everything. I'm sure after about 3 days they would get pretty tired of the Texas summer heat. The other day it actually snowed here in College Station. I didn't have the same reaction that everyone else in the city did. It wasn't as big of deal for me since I in snow for 3 weeks.
The three weeks I spent in Europe was an amazing experience, its not too often you get the chance totally immerse yourself in another culture and see things from another viewpoint. I had a great time while I was over there and I do home to be lucky enough to return one day, maybe this time in the summer. To all the students who are reading this and trying to decide if they want go abroad. I would say do it. You never know when you may get an opportunity like this and it is worth everyminute.