Final Weeks

The last two weeks of our study abroad experience were filled with stress, joy, and sadness.  The sources of stress were pretty obvious: the enmodes presentation and final exams.  The entire first week was spent preparing for our group enmodes presentation.  We finalized all the material we wanted to include in our presentation and then just practiced saying it.  So it really was not all that stressful, for me at least.  However, the week of final exams was pretty stressful.  We had our major writing assignment due on Monday, followed by our third physiology exam on Tuesday, followed by our physiology lab exam on Wednesday, followed by our physiology final exam and biochemistry final on Thursday.  So yeah…five exams in four days. That was real fun.  On a brighter note, Remagen was pretty cool.  I am always interested in learning about history from WWII, so I enjoyed it.  Plus, doing anything besides studying would have been really fun.  After Remagen tour was finished, I went back to Bonn and chilled with the host fam for a little bit before going to the farewell party.  The party was really cool featuring live music from a couple student workers I knew.  It was also nice to just relax and meet other students’ host families.  After the party, a group of us went to grab some kiosk drinks and headed to the Untergrund.  The next few days were spent exploring Bonn for the last times and going out with friends at night.  It sucked to say our goodbyes, but the majority of us will be in College Station over the summer so we will be seeing each other soon. I had a great time in Europe and would definitely encourage other students to study abroad.  Just getting to experience the European culture for a few months was such a positive life-altering event that I will cherish fur immer