Traveling plans

With every day spent here I'm getting used to life in the U.S. and especially Athens a bit more. There are exciting days which are full of little adventures such as my first American College Basketball game, which took place on Tuesday (and which the Bobcats unfortunately lost). On the other hand, there are quiet and easygoing days, as I had yesterday. After I finished my classes for the day and completed my homework I enjoyed some peaceful hours at the coffeehouse in the Baker Center, where I worked on my plans for the summer, which will be a road trip with friends to the Niagara falls, Boston, NYC, Philadelphia and Washington D.C.
Living in the US means having an endless list of opportunities and places to go to in the coming months. My bucket list for my time abroad holds many places I want to see and experience before returning to Germany.

Studying in Athens means a lot of work you have to do for class, however, I am very much enjoying my studies, especially the classes dealing with recent politics. Certainly the Trump administration causes many conversations about what is going on in the US, but also the effects on foreign politics and international relations are discussed. This also leads to us constantly hearing sentences like "you're here during interesting times!", but it induces exciting debates about current politics as well, which I (most of the time) very much enjoy because it simply presents a different perspective on current events. Even though people living here in times of dramatic changes there are a lot of relaxed get-togethers after class, especially with our fellow students from the GLC. Last night we were invited over for an excellent dinner and a fun night out (which Leo seemed to very much enjoy).
Travelling is always an interesting topic of conversation; so far I have learned a lot about how people from another country and culture experience a different way of living. Last night, however, this conversation turned into a little competition about who would remember most of the American states. We had a lot of fun and Annika, Lena, and I almost won (yay!), in the end only missing New Hampshire, Delaware, and Montana.
Our first month in the States comes to an end and I feel like I have already learned many things and experienced a lot during these first weeks, which leaves me with a mixture of feelings for the coming months, but definitely a lot of excitement and joy.