Eccola qua, e' gia' iniziata. Quella sensazione che senti dentro, che ti stringe lo stomaco e ti fa venire il groppo in gola. Quella sensazione che non sai cos'e' e se e quando arrivera'. Sono sicura che ogni exchange student sa di cosa sto parlando, e se siete un futuro exchange o semplicemente state leggendo questo post perche' non avete nient'altro da fare (o perche' sono coooosi brava e coinvolgente e vi manco talmente tanto che leggete il mio blog ahahah sure) cerchero' di spiegarlo come riesco.
Non si tratta necessariamente di una sensazione negativa, ma nuova e diversa da qualsiasi altra. La sensazione che quando tornero' non riusciro' a far capire alle persone a cui tengo che cosa ho provato, che quando mi chiederanno "Allora com'e' l'America?" "Dai raccontami qualcosa di strano sugli americani!" io non riusciro' a trasmettere che cosa voglio veramente, che cosa significa, che cosa mi ha cambiato.
Mi assale la paura di ritrovarmi da sola seduta sul mio letto nella mia cameretta in Italia, guardarmi attorno e semplicemente chiedermi "E adesso?".
A questo punto dell'esperienza comincio a capire veramente che cosa vuola dire quella frase che ho letto talmente tante volte
perche' veramente tu arrivi qua, ce la metti tutta per integrarti e quando finalmente ce la fai...boom back home. E lo so che qua ci potro sempre tornare poi, e non e che non rivedro mai piu' nessuno, pero' non rivivro' mai MAI quello che sto vivendo adesso, e questa cosa per quanto normale sembri e' difficilissima da accettare.
La consapevolezza di aver vissuto una realta' completamente diversa, aver esplorato una cultura cosi' lontana da casa ma ormai cosi' vicina a me.
La paura di sentirmi da sola perche' nessuno capira' cosa ho provato. Fortunatamente ho l'impressione che mia mamma un po mi capisca, dato che anche lei ha vissuto all'estero e ad esempio le racconto cose che a me spiazzano lei non si scompone una virgola hahaha. Poi mi dice sempre "Mente aperta Emma, mente aperta", che e' diventato un po' il mio motto.
Cambiando discorso lo scorso weekend ho finalmente trovato il vestito per il Prom, pagandolo solo 10$. Grazie ad una cordinatrice della mia organizzazione partner ho trovato questo evento in una citta' non lontano da salem. Era un negozio che solo per un giorno offriva tantissimi vestiti costosi e di marca, donati a questa associazione, a soli 10$. Siamo stati in coda per tipo un'ora emmezza ed e' stando in coda che ho notato questo bellissimo vestito in vetrina sul manichino. Mi sono venuti gli occhi a cuoricino e quando l'ho provato e' stato amore. Ne ho provati tanti altri ma quello era semplicemente gia' mio.
No non ve la posto la foto del vestito, dovrete aspettare il Prom!
PROM: In the United States a prom, is a semi-formal (black tie) dance or gathering of high school students. This event is typically held near the end of the senior year (the last year of high school). Proms figure greatly in popular culture and are major events among high school students.
In the US Prom is a BIG thing.
P.S. Ci stiamo attrezzando per andare a fare Paintball *EXCITEMENT*
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
Sunday, April 9, 2017
#28 Spokane and Spring Break
I apologize for the delay, I really want to post but I've kind of the idea that every time I do it...it means that another chapter of this adventure is closing, and believe me it's so overwhelming...
Spokane volleyball tournament was a success! We placed fourth out of forty!(we would have been third if they didn't count the sets)
My spring break started a day earlier, on Thursday 23rd, so that we had time to drive up to Spokane, in Washington before the tournament started on Friday. it's a 7 hours drive... but it took us 12 hours hahaha.
Driving there we stopped first at a big mall in Clackamas where we did a little bit of shopping, and then we did a stop at one of the little lake on the Washington border. It was pretty cool.
The hotel was a little room rental place, really nice. Our room had three big rooms and there was also a little kitchen. We played every day three games, so we were done always around 3pm.
On Saturday we went to the main park in Spokane downtown and saw the big red wagon, ne of the symbol of the city. reaaally cool too! After that we went out for dinner we all the team and parents at Buffalo Wild Wings. I think so far is one of my favorite restaurant eheh, the chicken is ssoo good. By the way another restaurant that I really like is Chipotle, a Mexican place.
Anyway, the last day of the tournament was awesome, we won or brackets and the championship match against a team from Texas. Fortunately we had the room for Saturday night too, so we didn't have to rush home after the tournament was over.
We went to dinner at a sushi place and everybody enjoyed it, even my hostdad that never really appreciated sushi!
It's been an amazing three day weekend <3, I couldn't have asked for any better.
The rest of Spring Break was more low key since we ended up not going to Southern Oregon as we've planned to. the family of friends hat we were supposed to go to was sick, so we'll go down there another time, when I'm gonna have a Friday or a Monday off from school.
Last Saturday I went shopping in Eugene with my mum and her sister, and on Sunday me and my family went to Tillamook, to the cheese factory and to the beach. It was a nice one day trip, and I got to put my feet in the ocean for the first time of 2017!
Spokane volleyball tournament was a success! We placed fourth out of forty!(we would have been third if they didn't count the sets)
My spring break started a day earlier, on Thursday 23rd, so that we had time to drive up to Spokane, in Washington before the tournament started on Friday. it's a 7 hours drive... but it took us 12 hours hahaha.
Driving there we stopped first at a big mall in Clackamas where we did a little bit of shopping, and then we did a stop at one of the little lake on the Washington border. It was pretty cool.
The hotel was a little room rental place, really nice. Our room had three big rooms and there was also a little kitchen. We played every day three games, so we were done always around 3pm.
On Saturday we went to the main park in Spokane downtown and saw the big red wagon, ne of the symbol of the city. reaaally cool too! After that we went out for dinner we all the team and parents at Buffalo Wild Wings. I think so far is one of my favorite restaurant eheh, the chicken is ssoo good. By the way another restaurant that I really like is Chipotle, a Mexican place.
Anyway, the last day of the tournament was awesome, we won or brackets and the championship match against a team from Texas. Fortunately we had the room for Saturday night too, so we didn't have to rush home after the tournament was over.
We went to dinner at a sushi place and everybody enjoyed it, even my hostdad that never really appreciated sushi!
It's been an amazing three day weekend <3, I couldn't have asked for any better.
The rest of Spring Break was more low key since we ended up not going to Southern Oregon as we've planned to. the family of friends hat we were supposed to go to was sick, so we'll go down there another time, when I'm gonna have a Friday or a Monday off from school.
Last Saturday I went shopping in Eugene with my mum and her sister, and on Sunday me and my family went to Tillamook, to the cheese factory and to the beach. It was a nice one day trip, and I got to put my feet in the ocean for the first time of 2017!
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