Hey, it’s Carol
AuthorsI start to write in the best moment since I arrive in Munich. The sad days where everything felt strange and loneliness took my senses are now far away. The sun is shining through my window and filled with warmth the corners of what is now my home. Because yes, it already feels like home. Tuesdays have turned into karaoke nights, weekends are always a good excuse to go exploring and the family walks make me not miss mine so much. I have found people who regardless of the plan, always make you happy; but most of all, I found myself. I have discovered what it is enjoy your own company. It is crazy to think that in just a few weeks I could have changed so much. That is why today I believe that now I can present myself in the most faithful way possible.
If we go back to the beginning, I am Carol and I was born on a warm day of August in Madrid, Spain. Maybe that is why summer is my favourite season, or maybe because the days are longer and people are happier. For me, it is also time to travel with family and friends, to seek refuge on the coast and to find peace and relax. But, going back to my childhood, I can only say that I have grown up in a very familiar environment in which I have always found support and has encouraged me to pursue my dreams.
Those dreams are what have brought me to Munich. In my first travel abroad to England, I discovered the thrill of meeting other cultures, walking through unknown streets and getting lot among monuments and landscapes. Stockholm, Rome and Prague were the cities that succeeded it and that made me love more the prospect of traveling to new places. That is the reason why, when I discovered the opportunity to go further and spend some time living in another country, I knew I could not miss it. Among the list of possible places, Munich caught my attention, at first, for its architecture, parks and views. Then, I discovered the possibilities that could offer me at the level of academic development and later future work. Therefore, for my last semester of my degree in journalism, I traded the university Rey Juan Carlos for Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (both have names of kings). Studying abroad can give me more options for the future and can teach me new perspectives of dealing with the same subject. It is a way to open the mind, to listen what other have to say and to leave the bubble that sometimes blinds us to the complete image.
However, to be honest, I believe that none of those reasons that brought me here are relevant nowadays. I do not even think they are the most important. I have not been here a month and I have already realized that what is really valuable are the shared laughter, the experiences I will have and all the learning that will form my being in the future. The complicity that, beyond the difference in language or culture, occurs among those people who, far from home, look for a family here. The independence and assurance that any problem has a solution and the certainty that there are no barriers to limit you. I know that just because of that, Munich will never leave me. After the next moths here, is waiting my most complete version.