Tschüss!

    This is the end. (Hold your breath and count to ten). I seriously can not write that sentence without thinking about Skyfall by Adele. haha
    In reality it was the end about two months ago. And I'm just writing this now. I'll just use the excuse that I was too busy trying to get back into American mode. :]
    I miss Switzerland, and I miss the people more. All my host families and friends. I miss them so much. Thankfully it is relatively easy to get in contact with them through e-mail, skype, and instant messaging. But they still feel far away. Now instead of being homesick for the US, I'm homesick for Switzerland.
    In other news, my culture shock is going well. I honestly don't think it really hit me until I went to college. Being home with my family, seeing everyone I hadn't seen in a year, and seeing all my horses again really kept my mind off of it. But now, I see people my age and I sometimes can't help but think "Seriously? How can you think like that? This is why people in other countries don't like Americans." It just feels like some people are ignorant of the world, but I know I can't do anything about that. I wish going on exchange was required for life, the world would be such a better place, people would actually understand each other and problems could be solved.
    Okay, I guess my culture shock is a work in progress according to that last paragraph, getting annoyed with the way people do things is one of the steps. haha Well as I said before, I'm in college now, at South Dakota State University. I took a German placement test to see which courses I could take to get a German minor, and for a girl who could say "Hello" and "My name is..." when the plane took off, I think I did pretty good! I tested out of thirteen credits of German, all I have to do is pass my level 400 course with a C or better. I think I can handle that. :] Here at SDSU, you only need 20 credits to get a minor, and I'll have 17 done hopefully after this semester. My parents are pretty happy about that!
    Speaking of college, I should probably be doing homework and getting ready for class. This will probably be my last blog, unless I go on another adventure in the future. So until then, tschüss! Ich hoffe wir sehen uns wieder!
Liebe Grüsse, Anne-Marie