We can just talk on the same day and meet! Be spontaneous you know YOLO!” But I have plans!
8. I became a calculated risk-taker
After study abroad experience, which is a really big risk, any other risk afterward is probably minor. You learn to dare and to jump! After the study abroad experience nothing will be as difficult. If it doesn't work out you always have a safety blanket home - you can always come back home.
But if it works out, (and trust me it will) your life will be enriched with all these positive experiences.
9. I became fit
The proximity to the mountains and to the lakes for mountain biking, snowboarding & skiing is something peculiar. I am cycling all the time in the city & I walk all the time. Nobody needs a car unless you want to go to the mountains or to the Euro trip. You can do perfectly fine with public transport which is available 24 hours per day (and it is really clean, safe and reliable).
Everybody here does sport, so people don't ask you if you do sport, they would rather ask you which sport you do because it's normal! If everybody is into sport, then you can figure out the pressure here if you are not into sport. That's how I started as well and I love it! No sport no life!
10. I became well travelled
Open borders in Schengen area and the European Union will give you freedom. I took advantage and travelled to nearly all European countries by car, by plane or by train. We even once did a spontaneous trip where we just literally went to the Central Station and took the first train available with my friend and ended up in Luzern (Switzerland).
If you don't take the train, then the planes are sometimes even cheaper! I took a plane to London for 20$ and I flew to Portugal for 13 Euro once. Low prices & open borders give you many opportunities! Munich has two airports: an International Airport for long-haul flights (I flew to Mexico for 13 and a half hours) and as well the small airport in Füssen for EasyJet, Ryanair and all the affordable flights.
11. I became open to new foods
German cuisine is so much fun. I would like to highlight the following (vegetarians and vegans, please skip to the next point): Schweinshaxe, Sauerkraut, Spiessbraten, Obatzda, Brezn, Germknödel, Kaiserschmarrn, Weißwurst & Apfelstrudel. I started to like beer and the whole German beer garden culture!
12. I became more competitive hence my parent's pride
With the German education, work experience in sales, and the German passport, I pretty much can work in any part of the world right now. The German degree is accepted in the whole world, moreover, work experience from Munich means that you're able to survive the tough working conditions. The doors are open and that is what I really love: study abroad experience for me was a bridge to my happy life.
