I can\u2019t believe that I already leave India tomorrow. I remember first arriving in Bangalore and feeling so daunted and intimidated by this whole experience, and now that the end is arriving, it doesn\u2019t even feel like a month and a half has passed. Somehow it feels like I\u2019ve been here for so long since I\u2019ve grown so accustomed to life here \u2013 drinking chai all day, eating new fruits, meeting new people in the most unexpected ways.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve made some very close friends here, Sarah and Vrinda, and for that I am so lucky and grateful. I was even able to take a weekend trip with them to a town called Pondicherry after only hanging out once. We had such fun adventures there and I can\u2019t imagine having that experience with any other pair of people and having as much fun as we did. If I hadn\u2019t been vulnerable and talked to these two interns, my time here in India wouldn\u2019t have been nearly as enjoyable as it has been \u2013I have hung out with them everyday since that weekend trip and we have made so many memories.<\/p>\n
I\u2019m so happy that I was pushed out of my comfort zone so many times to the point where now so many things feel comfortable that wouldn\u2019t have a mere 6 weeks ago. I went to Cubbon park here in Bangalore with a couple of interns, and we just walked up to this guy meditating by a tree and started talking to him because we couldn\u2019t tell where he was from. We ended up talking for hours and he told us how grateful he was that we approached him \u2013 he had only been in Bangalore a couple days and had been feeling quite lost and lonely in the city so he came to meditate to soothe himself, and we aided that process. I was so happy we were able to bring him comfort and peace because I remember feeling exactly as he did when I first got here. Turns out he was German. We both have come a long way \u2013 and I hope I can bring my new sense of what is comfortable and adventurous back to Ann Arbor in a few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I can\u2019t believe that I already leave India tomorrow. I remember first arriving in Bangalore and feeling so daunted and intimidated by this whole experience, and now that the end is arriving, it doesn\u2019t even feel like a month and a half has passed. Somehow it feels like I\u2019ve been here for so long since I\u2019ve grown so accustomed to life here \u2013 drinking chai all day, eating new fruits, meeting new people in the most unexpected ways. I\u2019ve made…<\/p>\n