First Blog.

I’m Emily Michelle Albanese. I’m an aspiring photographer. This is my life. My life as an exchange student. Traveling the world. Experiencing new thing. Finding myself and finding friendships... I haven’t left my country yet. I already can say I have 52 new best friends from 20 different countries.

 I never pictured my life to be as amazing as it is today. I get to have the experience of a life time and fulfil my dream. People think I’m going just to have a year off, a vacation, or have an excuse not to go to school. No. It’s much more than that. I get to represent my country, my city, my district, my family, my friends. In another foreign country. That country is Austria. 

Definition of an exchange student: a secondary-school or college student who studies for a period, usually one year, at a foreign institution as part of a reciprocal program between two institutions or countries (dictionary.com)

...From what I learned from being an exchange student so far it’s much more than that. Next year I’m going to explore the definition of being an exchange student and find out what it really mean to be one.

Follow my blog and I will post weekly pictures, videos, and diary entries. So you can follow along on my journeys on my exchange to Austria!