It can be hard to make friends in a new city. When I chose to study abroad in Barcelona, I did not know anyone else who was going to be studying abroad. This was very scary to me. Not only was I moving across the world, but I was doing it completely alone. I chose to live with a group of 7 girls I had never met before, and it has turned out to be the best decision I could have made. I now have 6 best friends from across the US who I never would have met outside of this. I had to remind myself that even though some people may have a few familiar faces abroad, we are all here on our own and wanting to make friends. I have made some of the most amazing friends in all of my classes I am taking while here. It has given me so many different opportunities of groups to travel with and explore Europe with. I think that studying abroad has been a great way to make friends who I will be able to connect and relate to when we get back to the United States.
