The scenery was completely different, filled with wide roads, flat nosed trucks, and trains seemingly everywhere. I didn’t know it then, but I was being thrust into the biggest adventure of my life. The beginning of 2018 had come and gone, and it seemed as if high school would be just the same as middle school. Living in a predominantly white town and attending a school where there are rarely new kids had an impact om me growing up as I never got to meet new people at school and socialize much. My life during that time was horrible, and it was the loneliest and defeat I had ever felt. I had been stuck in the tight-knit Madeira bubble since kindergarten. Friend groups don’t change, everyone knows everyone’s business, and you’ve known the same people as long as you could remember. I was ready for change, and it was coming fast. The moment we arrived at the small village of Obermohr with hardly any possessions in our house, as they were still on the move across the big pond. It was even more lonely, being away from my old friends, though not good ones, it was hard on me. That was the longest summer of my life, but I learned many things. Being lonely can be good; it allowed me to appreciate those friends I had in Madeira and reconnect with some of them. It also taught me that being alone tends to have a bad reputation, though it can be a good thing with health benefits like concentrating on myself, boosts concentration, and can encourage you to put yourself out there more to meet new people. Moving twice within four years of high school is a lot to handle. It requires making new friends, learning new schools, new teachers, and different learning methods. Getting onto the bus on the first day of school was stressful knowing that I’d have to find my way around a very complicated school. I also came in knowing no one. I hadn’t met or talked to anyone over the summer so I came in cold. Being alone makes you focus on things you otherwise would not. My freshman year was a period of self growth in the way I matured and learned to communicate better with peers. This can easily be taken into college and adult life by being able to easily establish powerful connections with people in the workforce. Today I am making connections with powerful people such as investors of my high school and heads of companies to put myself in a position to succeed, and I thoroughly believe that this is the direct outcome of my time in Germany.Even today, that Europe bug still lingers in my head, urging me to buy the ticket back. Though change is difficult, in many ways it rewards you with knowledge of yourself you previously didn’t know.I just Dont know how to make it good.