What is it like to live in New Orleans?

            Who knows how one change can transform our lives? Especially if it means to live in another country where you have never been before.   Since August 17^th my life has changed. I came to New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States to study. When I arrived in this city I was very excited but I was also really scared. I realized that I was extremely far away from home then I understood that I needed be strong and work hard to achieve my goal.

            During the time that I was on the way from the airport to the Dillard University I saw for the first time an American city and I thought about how my life would be different after that day. When I got to the University I didn't understand anything because I didn't speak English, and moreover the people in New Orleans speak too fast.

            Despite all difficulties of the different language  my first week here was incredible, but at the same time was a little sad because I missed my family very much. Subsequently my first class was an adventure I could not understand  the professor and neither could my classmates. In the first time that I went to the French Quarter with one professor I loved it. Everything was beautiful and had history. The weather was warm and there was music everywhere. The people were on all streets and they were dancing and singing with the guys that were playing instruments.

            After all now I can see how this experience changed myself, how I grew up. When I arrived here I was extremely dependent on my family and now I can live by myself. Of course I need them but now I can make my own decisions and be responsible for all the consequences and this is what I needed. Likewise now I can see the world with other eyes which means that I learned more about the world that I live.           

            I don't know how to choose what was my best experience here because most of them I never had before in my life, but I can talk about some that I loved. First I would have liked to attend an American church. It was important to me because I love go to church and when I came to here I was worried about where I could congregate. Then I went to the church and the people were really nice to me and I felt like everything was good because I had a place to praise the Lord. Second thing that I liked was the World War II Museum. It was so amazing: the history, the love the people have for the country, I don't know how explain this but I think this was really nice. Not to mention the technology in the movie that we watched about the World War II Museum I never saw anything like that before in my country. Finally the last best experience that I will share is my first time on a stage. When I went to the Mercedes-Benz Superdome for a Tulane game and It was my first time on stage and it was awesome, all the people and the size of that place I really had fun there.

            In conclusion my time here has been a big learning experience and I am extremely happy about this.