Building a life in another country
My tip for making friends abroad: buy the first round! Take the initiative to approach people, no matter how daunting it may seem. You'll notice that everyone is in the same boat and more than open to forming new friendships. Everyone wants to embark on an adventure together! You truly get to know a culture by living in it; there are so many aspects you're unaware of until you experience them firsthand!

Enjoy every moment, as before you know it, you'll be saying goodbye to people who became extremely close friends overnight. You'll turn the key for the last time in the apartment where you made so many memories. Understand that you won't necessarily stay in touch forever with everyone you've met; thank them and make plans to meet again if they're ever in the vicinity.

Going abroad alone for an extended period has brought me so much. Firstly, it made me incredibly independent: you have to handle everything from A to Z and tackle every setback by yourself. Also, in foreign countries, they sometimes take advantage of the naivety of Western Europeans who don't speak the language. But under the motto 'fortune favors the bold,' I've enthusiastically taken on every challenge that came my way.

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