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