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What would happen if I died right now? What would happen to my body, to my soul? Is there even something like a soul? How should I treat someone who is about to die? How are the people who are dying reacting at situations like that? Is dying something we should be afraid of or is it just the beginning of an afterlife?
Questions after questions. But where are the answers? That’s easy: at the Trinity University in Dr. Pinnocks course about Death and Beyond. This class is dealing with one of the most interesting themes that I have ever heard of. Of Course it’s not all very easy to understand or to handle. Some people would feel uncomfortable talking about death. I definitely enjoy it. Not because I feel like death is a good thing or something positive happening in our life’s, but I just think that knowing what different type of stages people are going through is intense.
While Death and Beyond can be very traumatical for a lot of people, there are also a lot of other courses such as Intercultural Communication which are very compelling. Dr. Huesca is teaching us the meaning of intercultural differences and how they effect us each and every day. Isn’t it strange that in some cultures women tend to speak to other women rather than speaking to a man? What about the way that woman is talking about other females, is she repeating important words? What is her body language saying? So many different things we can look out for while seeing people from unique backgrounds.

While talking about unique, did you know that there is a course just for training improvisation? How cool is this?? And it’s so much fun!! We are training how to say yes, and… that is just the way a play or a conversation can go on, by accepting the offer that is made and suggesting a new one!

To be honest there is way more to say about my courses and what I like or maybe don’t like at all. But I still want to see if my opinion about some things are going to change in the next couple days. Probably going to talk more about this in my next blogpost!

Wow! This is the only word that would perfectly describe the last 2 weeks I had in San Antonio, Texas. I don’t even know where or how to start this blog. So much has happened in this time and I enjoyed every experience that I made. Some experiences were very good and so much fun! Some others were different and unusual and some were things I really don’t want to do again. But I am still thankful for everything that has happened so far.
After arriving at the airport, I was really frightened. Everything was different and everyone was a stranger. I wasn’t excited, I was anxious and feeling nervous. But I couldn’t do a lot about it, because after a nearly 24h flight I just wanted to meet my new roommate and needed to sleep. I thought that the next couple days would be boring and that we would have a lo of time to relax after that long flight. I mean I really should have checked the schedule first before thinking stuff like this, because we had a lot planned. A LOT! And I am so grateful for that. For me, the first days are always the hardest when I am leaving home for a longer time period. I literally had no time to think about any of my anxiety and to be honest I had the best time of my life.

I could probably write a book about the things that we did and the things that I felt, too. But I guess summarizing my favorite and most important moments would be better for anyone who wants to finish the blogpost in less than a day.
My 20 Moments in San Antonio so far (in no particular order):

1. Getting my Trinity ID and exploring the University
2. STARBUCKS in the library
3. Taking a lot of funny pictures at the football field
4. Winning the Scavenger Hunt (and a Starbucks card)
5. Baking with Carlotta and meeting a lot of new people
6. Eating a Burger and having the best milkshake at Tycoon Flats
7. Japanese Tea Garden: BEAUTIFUL
8. A little Zoo at the University: I cuddled with a rabbit, a snake and a turtle (aka my new best friends)
9. Taking pictures for the yearbook, finally something I am really good at
10. Trip to Target and Walmart: searching for make up and finding weapons… why not?
11. Riverwalk: That was the moment I realized that I am falling in love with San Antonio and that one day I will come back to this wonderful city
12. Dancing on the campus at Flashback Friday while eating popcorn and enjoying the weather
13. Seeing Wonder Woman at the Museum of Arts and admiring her like a little girl
14. All the colors at the Market Square… Actually my new favorite place in town
15. Tower of the Americas: I could see Trinity from far away and I LOVED it
16. Did anyone ever went to a 4D Cinema? No? Yeah, I did it and it was awesome!
17. Listening to the Campus Comedian making jokes but also trying to teach important lessons.
18. Still thankful for visiting the Mosque, it was the first time that I’ve felt like home again
19. Pizza night at my dorm: The funniest Karaoke I’ve ever joined
20. AUSTIN: I went Kayaking, THAT WAS AMAZING AND I DID IT

While writing all of this, I am always thinking about what I have felt while doing all of these amazing things. I have to say that I felt different. In every possible way. It wasn’t only “good” or “bad” different. It was exciting, it was frightening, it was new, it was special, it was big, it was small, it was everything. And I don’t want to sound like someone who was never traveling and never did new things and went to exciting adventures. But the difference between me traveling and this now is that I am changing. With everything I am doing, with everything I am learning I feel a huge change in my personality. I am okay with being alone, I am okay with being afraid, I am okay with being anxious and I am okay with being in moments that are uncomfortable. Who ever reads this should know that you are always changing in life. But sometimes you don’t understand that. You do it automatically because you are human and you are learning every single day.
And the best thing about changing is that it’s not you who is changing, it’s everything that’s surrounding you as well. And therefore I am so glad that I’m still having two weeks ahead. Let’s see what kind of little adventures I will experience.