What do you find the most interesting/exciting about living in Lima, OH?

For me, the best thing here is that I met so many new people, especially my teammates.We are a family and everyone is from a different country. I have been introduced to many different cultures. I want to learn more about their cultures

 

I can learn from so many different cultures, but the main point is, when I came to this college I was extremely excited about being intorduced to this amaying culture :). This is so exciting for me to be around people from the United States, I try to learn more everyday about their culture and about the people in general. They are not so different, but I can see a few differences.

It is a completely new experience for me to live alone. I have to do so many things for myself now. I have noticed lots of things i like in Lima. As I said before, I witness so many new experience, which I never earned if I would have stayed in Germany.

Aside from that,  I have to say that I enjoy my classes this quarter; I really like to go to school and learn new things. I can’t say that my classes are boring or I only go to class because I have to. It is the opposite. I enjoy it and I like it every day here.

So all in all, I would say that I like it so far here and i learned so many things since I’ve been here and I am also very excited about the time that will come in the future. I hope that I can enjoy many more good things.

The most difficult/frustrating things about living in Lima, OH

Hello,

I have been here over two and a half month, here in Lima and I have enjoyed the experience so much.

In this post I will talk about my experiences that I havent enjoyed so far. For example, if we travel to an away game by bus, we always have to travel more than two hours. Sometimes we have to travel more than five hours, but then we will travel one day before the game and stay this night in the hotel. This is very stressful.

 Furthermore, I have to say that I dislike the transportation in Lima. For me as a Student without a car is it really hard to leave the Campus. I am only able to travel in a radius of 3 miles. So it is really hard to see more in Lima. If I compare it with my hometown in Germany, which has a similar population size like Lima, it is totally different. We have a lot of bus stations and you are able to ride with a bike to most places in town in only a few minutes. We also have small roads for bicycle's, but here I never saw something like that. To be honest that frustrates me a lot.

Another one is food. I cannot say that I hate the food here, but I miss my food, that I eat in Germany. I think that is normal because I was used to the food in Germany and it is a big change, so I think it takes time. For example the pizza here, pizza is very fatty and with lot of cheese, by the way most food is served with cheese here. I also can talk about sausages like salami or peperoni. In germany I eat a lot of these things, but here I can not eat it.

If I compare the things that I dislike here with the things I like. It is a big plus for the things I like. I hope that I can find another things which I can eat here, so that I find food which I really enjoy and that I do not think so much about German food.

A friend and me at Tim Hortons, one of my favorite places in Lima

A friend and me , travelling to an away game

Thanksgiving

The holiday that I am looking forward to celebrating the most in the United States is for sure the Thanksgiving day. The reason main why I am extremely excited for this date to get closer is due to the fact that this is the day when many families from all over the United States come together as a anis dy unit and I like it be around with your family.  Thanksgiving will celebrated every year on the fourth Thursday in November.

The celebration quoted elements of the pioneer life of the Pilgrims ( Plymouth Colony ) and thus carries a certain national character . Thanksgiving is in the United States, the most important celebration in Ordinary time , also used by many families and friends or other guests invited. In its center is a large meal (often dinner).  For the fact that they often gather all the generations of a family and they live scattered part of all parts of the country, there is at airports and roads in the country around the celebration far more traffic than all.

In Germany, we called this celebration as the “Erntedankfest” , it is not exactly the same , however it is a similar celebration, but in Germany most people do not really care about this day. Sountryo to be honest, I don't have so much experience with this celebration, but I am really looking forward to have a great time during this day in the United States in order to understand what really means this holiday for the Americans and their culture. 

In addition to all these reasons, I am also really excited for the thanksgiving holiday because I was invited to pass the day with an American friend, and for that reason, I will be able to learn how him and his family enjoy this holiday that is considered one of the most traditional holidays in the country.

My educational experience so far

I've been studying here for 3 and a half weeks already and I honestly have to say I enjoy alot.
During the first week I was so excited about how college life in America is and how my school mates were going to interact with me. They are very appreciative to me and that helped me a lot. I also improved my English skills during these 3 weeks a lot and I feel much more confident now.

Moreover I have to say , that I think I have to study more then most of the students here, but that is normal. When I am doing homework I have to read the chapters more times until I understand them and sometimes it takes a lot of time and it's kind of boring or sometimes during a quiz or an exam I don't know a few words and then it is hard to answer correctly, but I am sure that it would be better in a few months.

In this quarter I am taking 4 courses, two 5 credit hour classes and two 3 credit hour classes.
The 5 credit hour classes are Principles of Management and Marketing , the 3 credit hour classes are First Year Experience and Language and Culture in the US.
 My favorite class so far is Principles of Management, I have to study a lot for this class , but it is much easier for me, because I enjoy it.

I am also scheduled for the next quarter and I will take 4 courses again .
Basic English , Intoduction to Human Communication , Business Math ,and International Business.
I am eager to take Business Math, because I have good math skills.

This is my educational experience so far!

My first experience in America

It has been almost two month in the United States. Today I realized that I will be home in less than 10 weeks. It's unbelievable how time flew since I have been in Lima and it's even more unbeleievable what I've already done and seen here.

I started with a lot of communication problems, but my teammates helped me so much that it was easy for me to integrate in the team. After 2 months, I can say that I am happy that I started this adventure.
I met so many people from all over the world and everyone is so friendly to me.

I have been in school for two weeks now. 
I was really excited to see how Student's life was going be and now I can say that I like it so far.
All in all the classes are interesting and the professors give a good impression. Classes aren't as challenging as I've expected. The reason for that is definitely that I understand the professors really well.

To be honest , I don't like the American food. I struggle finding food that I really like.
One reason for this is that I am not the best cook and the other reason is my mom because she cooks the best food in the world.
I don't like cheese and here, most of the food has cheese. Also, I have a problem by eaten pepperoni or ham.

The thing I miss the most from home is my family and friends.
I am happy when I'm home and I can hug my family and eat food which is cooked by my mom. I also want to hang out with my best friend and do some normal stuff with him that i can't do here.

So all in all I have to say that I enjoy this adventure and I am very happy to be here , but I miss some things but I think that is normal and I am curious of the adventures which will come in the next years here.
 
Here a few pictures about my experience in the United States.


 

Days in New Orleans

Away Game in Pittsburgh

Day with my Teammates at 

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