获得价值高达 For the most part, I feel like I’m closer to this than being homesick. 我真的很喜欢住在格拉纳达. 这里的文化、食物、风景……. 有什么理由不去爱呢? Yes, t在这里 have been days w在这里 I was homesick and miss my family immensely. 有一天, 当我生病的时候, I wished that I was in the comfort in my home, 有我妈妈照顾我. However, for the most part, I don’t really consider myself homesick. I’ve met students on the complete other side of the spectrum, 谁正饱受思乡之苦. 因为想念他们的家人和朋友, some have considered leaving 格拉纳达 mid-semester to go home. While most students don’t actually leave study abroad because of homesickness, 每个宝博体育的学生, 在某种程度上, 经历了一阵思乡之情. 下面是我克服它的步骤.
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- Download Whatsapp and Viber on your smartphone before leaving for studying abroad: For those who don’t know, whatsapp and viber are apps that allow free messaging over a wifi network. Whatsapp is even popular in 西班牙 among the locals because texting and data is so expensive 在这里. Viber also gives the opportunity for free calls. No need for calling cards, or spending excessive amounts to call your family at home. 因为我妈妈和我经常聊天和发短信, 这些应用程序节省了很多钱, time, 和沮丧.
- Figure out days and times that work for communicating with your family and friends back home: It is absolutely frustrating when you want to tell your friend a story about a trip or tapas bar, 你的朋友有课或工作. Personally, I set up a schedule to talk to my parents and friends before I left the States. I usually talk to my parents every other day for 10 minutes, 而我大约一周给朋友发一次信息.
- 不要忘记时差: 我的朋友想在晚上10点用Skype聊天.m. 美国东部时间4点.m. 在这里. I live with a host family, so obviously this time did not work for me. I didn’t want to wake my roommate, or host family by video chatting with my friends. 也, I’ve had moments w在这里 I’ve wanted to send messages while waiting for class to start at 10:00 a.m. 因为，10点.m. 这里是4点a.m. at home, I obviously didn’t receive responses back until the afternoon.
- That said, don’t spend too much time talking to your family and friends from back home: Don’t let talking to your family and friends inhibit you from hanging out with new friends abroad and discovering new places. 为了克服乡愁, I feel like it is best to go out and remind yourself about the great food, 购物, and sites that attracted you to your study abroad destination in the first place.
- 保持忙碌: Attend your classes and go on excursions that are offered. If your friends decide to go to a café or 购物, go! If they don’t make plans, go explore the city you are studying in yourself! T在这里 are always new things to see and do when you are in a foreign city. Sitting in your room, wishing you were home, will just make you dwell on the homesickness.
- Remember that this is your opportunity to study abroad:You are only living in a foreign city for four or five months. 时光飞逝. Personally, I can’t believe that I only have two months left 在这里.
Mia Polizzotto is the 2014年春季格拉纳达CEA MOJO, 西班牙. She is a junior at York College of Pennsylvania.
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