Best year of my life

Absolutely the most rewarding, challenging, amazing experience of a lifetime!! I cannot say enough positive things about the year I spent living in Cologne, Germany. I never in a million years thought I would live in a non English speaking country, but doing so was more enriching than I could have ever imagined. I had constant support from the program, even through having to switch host families halfway through the year. Not only that, but I have built friendships that will certainly last a life time. My exchange year was 2001-2002 as a 17 year old girl, and I can honestly say that now, as a 31 year old woman, the experiences during this year sculpted me to be the person I am today in the most incredible ways. I would re live this year exactly the same a thousand times and never run out of wonderful things to say about the country, its people, or the memories I made while there