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By Miranda Kuyk<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The thing no one tells you when you go abroad is how much you have to adapt. Not economically or culturally, but as a person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In August 2019 I began my exchange year at the University of Amsterdam. Filled with expectation and excitement, I set off for what I thought would be the start of something amazing. However, when I\u00a0reached\u00a0Amsterdam, things were not as everyone claimed they would be.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n I was one of first students to arrive\u00a0at my\u00a0accommodation,\u00a0and while the\u00a0others\u00a0had come with friends or family,\u00a0I felt alone and isolated immediately, having chosen to travel alone. That first weekend was one of the toughest parts of my exchange so far. I didn\u2019t know\u00a0the city, I didn\u2019t\u00a0know\u00a0the people in my\u00a0flat, half of whom would be arriving on the Monday,\u00a0I didn\u2019t even know how to get to\u00a0my campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I began to think the worst. Had\u00a0I made a mistake? Was this too much of a challenge? I felt helpless, as though I\u2019d failed before I had even begun.\u00a0But, after a few teary phone calls to family members and Skype calls with friends I was ready to try again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A few weeks passed\u00a0and I felt\u00a0a lot better; my flatmates had all arrived, I had taken part in the university\u2019s\u00a0equivalent of Fresher\u2019s Week and met some great people who I am still friends with five months later- and I\u2019d worked out my route to\u00a0uni. <\/p>\n\n\n\n