Submitted by Nasir Wilson on the 2018 spring semester program in Limerick, Ireland…
This week has been a really crazy week especially with the adjustment to being in class with students from all over the world. The experience is once-in-a-lifetime and I am extremely grateful to be able to have the opportunity.
This picture represents the week that I was having. At first, the weather was really bad and I was not having a great time, but as the week progressed, the weather got progressively better and so did I. I was struggling at first with being away from home and being away from family and friends because this is and will be the longest I have been away from family by myself. It is definitely one of the most difficult journeys I have had to do on my own. I am not necessarily homesick, yet, but there are aspects of American culture that I take/took for granted while I was home.
One of the most significant differences is the food. I am a huge foodie. I love to eat and try new foods from different cultures, but the food here is very different from back home. It is not nasty or gross, but it has a very different taste. Most, if not all, of the food here is organic which is great coming from America where everything is processed, filled with preservatives and additives and other things that are not healthy for us, but the food being organic gives it a very different taste. It is also hard to find food that lasts longer than a few days as a result of the food being organic.
One of the hardest things about here is getting used to the food especially because it expires so quickly, but it is something that I am getting used to each day.