On the postive side

We have all made many new friends around the world, and I for one will be making an effort to meet them again. The great thing about exchange is that the majority of people you meet are open-minded (enough to leave their own culture to live in a land of pastries and weird language), yet oh-so different. I have borrowed language, culinary skills and humor from the Catalans, French and Italians. Of course I also enjoyed the company of the English and Germans (but let them keep their food and humor). Great times.