Hello, I arrived back in Germany on Friday after a five-week vacation (I was with my aunt, etc.). Since then, I've felt so different here, so out of place, as if I don't belong here. I constantly feel homesick; I have to spend the whole day and half the night trying not to cry; distracting…
Hello! My girlfriend wants to go on a language trip during the summer holidays. It'll last about 1-2 weeks. However, she's having trouble feeling nauseous and a bit nauseous whenever she's excited (i.e., whenever she's somewhere new). She also gets homesick quickly. But she's determined to go on this trip because she wants to overcome…
Hello, I want to spend a year in high school in the USA. My question is what grades are needed for that. My girlfriend and I also wanted to do an exchange year together (probably through EF), but she has to repeat a grade because she missed too many classes due to illness. She's a…
Hello, over 20 years ago I moved with my husband and child 500km away from my hometown to a Bavarian village. Unfortunately, unlike my husband and children, I never really settled in. I was just a housewife and mother, and I only managed to keep up with everything all these years for the sake of…
Hello folks, I've been at boarding school in the UK since the beginning of September, and I'm extremely homesick. I have to decide by tomorrow whether I'm going to drop out and go back to my regular school in the new year, or stick with this. The thing is, at school, during the school day,…
Hello, I have been in France for 4 weeks now on a student exchange, which is actually supposed to last 3 months, meaning I still have 2 months ahead of me, which also includes Christmas and New Year's Eve. I live in a very small village, the bus comes twice a day, and I can't…
Hello, I'm currently on a one-week student exchange in Italy (only 4-5 days left), but I'm extremely homesick and have no appetite. Whenever I eat something, I can't swallow it because it immediately makes me feel sick! Going home isn't really an option, and I've already spoken to my family. But nothing helps. Please only…
Hello! I have to decide soon whether I want to participate in my school's 17-day exchange program (it takes place in October 2024). We'll fly to Georgia, USA, stay there for 12 days, and then drive to Nashville. From there, we'll fly home after 5 days. My problem now is that I sometimes get really…
Brief insight: I flew to British Columbia, Canada, last week to spend three months abroad. I previously spent two months in Maine, USA, where I really enjoyed it and had a really nice host family. I've been in Canada for a week now and I feel terrible. My host family consists only of a host…
Hey, I've been feeling pretty depressed about the idea of a year abroad for some time now. Years ago, I decided to spend a year abroad after graduating from high school, after Grade 12 – and after some time, it became clear that it would be work and travel and/or an au pair in Australia….
Hi, my sister (11) is in Switzerland for two weeks on an exchange program. We live in Saxony-Anhalt, about eight hours away. She hadn't mentioned beforehand that she might be homesick, and everything was fine on her last school trips. But the parents of the girl she's staying with wrote to my mom that my…
I have to attend a training course for a week (it's the first day, and I've been in a hotel since yesterday) and have to stay overnight until Friday. The problem is, I've been feeling really sick since last night. Can anyone help me? I've been thinking about just going home.