Auslandsjahr USA 2016/17 I Exchange Year USA 2016/17: #24 100 Days USA

Hey guys,

Last week my American company AYA sent me a mail asking if I could translate a couple of my favorite blog posts to English. I realized that my blog has some readers living in the US too so I will start to publish my posts in both languages English and German because I want everyone to be able to understand me.

I hope y'all are as excited as I am about this whole thing and I will just start with my "100 Days USA" post as my first blog post in English. If you are interested in other blog posts let me know and I will translate them!

I can’t believe it, I have been in the US now for 100 days!

The time goes by so incredibly fast and I have the feeling I’m already running out of time. Until this afternoon, I honestly didn’t even know that today is my 100th day here, but a girl with whom I was in a room in New York posted a picture and wrote that she is now 100 days here. At school, I had to hold a speech today and I talked about how I came to the US and why so that adds pretty well :D

It is so weird, on one hand, it is already Christmas and half of my year is over, but on the other hand, it feels like I've been here my entire life. If you are an exchange student you probably understand what I’m talking about, but also my host parents and siblings say it feels like I’ve always been here.

Since I only have a very light accent, people often forget that I am not an American, which is sometimes very funny, for example, I am the best in my History Class and sometimes people ask me how to spell certain words: D

The last 100 days were just unbelievable, I have no idea how to put it into words! I have already experienced so much, learned a lot, made so many great experiences, I was in 5 different states (New Jersey, New York, Minnesota, North & South Carolina) and met so many new people. Today I looked at the last photos of my friends, family and me at the airport, but I hardly recognize myself. In the time that I've been here, I already changed so much, I realize that I’m so much happier and more positive, grown up, open and my character extremely developed.

I cannot think of a moment that I have not enjoyed being here and in which I have wished not to be here. I appreciate it so much to have this opportunity (a very big thank you to my parents!) and a best friend, who I can always talk to and who always supports me!