My Personal Experience Of My Study Abroad Experience

My Study Abroad Experience When going to Vienna, I was very excited. I was planning on having the trip of a lifetime. Making all new friends I would have an for a lifetime, getting to see all of the places I have always wanted to see, and also getting to get cultured in different countries. I did get to do a lot of those things, just not the way I was planning. Because when talking to my friends that have studied abroad before me. They told me all the good things about, but they left out the bad things.
Traveling is very stressful, and I thought I was prepared to be traveling so much as we where. But after awhile it really started make my life very stressful, and especially others around me. Because I like to think I can handle stress pretty well, but others not so much. Then having to deal with everyone being so stressed all the time; it can really take a tool on the relationships with the other students in the house. Because at …show more content…
I do think I have ever been that stressed in my life but I did learn a lot about myself because of this trip. I learned I should not let people walk all over me and treat me poorly because they are stressed. And I should really stand up for myself, and for what I believe in. I sort of grew up in a way, because when I was growing up I was told to be “scene not heard.” And now I think it is okay to be heard and stand up for myself. If I have an issue with something I should say something about instead it. Instead of before I left for the trip I would just hold it in, or talk to my best friend about it. But, now being able to talk about my issues instead of holding them inside. Made me feel better about my issues with thing, like with people or how the program was run. I think gaining this trait it really helped me learn more about who I really am as a person. Because holding in how you really feel doesn’t make for anything