Between homes
Cristian Fabi
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This is a blog that contains parts of my life, rather than travels I've done.
Blog posts
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Perks of studying abroad as a foreign exchange student
Sometimes young adults do not take seriously an exchange, defining it a “long vacation away from parents” and forgetting about all the aspects that need to be taken more seriously. After all, I would not call a long vacation. learning a new language settling in a...
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Great memories of mine
We know that most of the students go on exchange because they want to party, they want to get wasted or whatever, but sometimes I feel like I need to remind these people that there are more important things in life. During my exchange I learned to appreciate simple...
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I have a TWIN brother, but we are completely DIFFERENT.
Every time I tell people that I have a twin brother they look at me if I just said something unbelievable. “You have a twin? Do you look alike? Let me see a picture, immediately! ” Uhm, actually we don’t look alike, sometimes when people see us together they think...
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I couldn't stand him, but I learnt how to love my host brother
If you also went on exchange during high school, you probably know that between the moment you send your application abroad and the moment you receive your host family’s information there’s just a long wait that slowly drives you insane. All you want to do is going...
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Kindness on the go
I think that being humble and kind is the key. We need to help one another instead of tearing the other down. And today I want to talk about the few things I have done in the past to help strangers. A Mexican seeks an Italian The first episode I can think of happened...
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My first 2 days in my American High School
Prior to my first day of school in the United States of America, I had an orientation during which I got the opportunity to see the campus in its entirety, to meet the teachers and also my counselor, who helped me choosing my classes and told me she was available to...
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MY NATIONALITY DOES NOT DEFINE WHO I AM.
I was born in Italy, where I am writing this post, and my parents grew up here. I guess I am Italian but my head is always elsewhere. Source I prefer speaking English rather than my native language. I do like to sleep but I also like to get things done which means I...
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Where do I see myself in a year?
I have had many persons asking me : "Where do you see yourself in five years? ", and the answer was: "I have no idea, none". I am not twenty yet, I am still studying, I am always moving (I am soon starting my Erasmus), and in four months, I have to start an internship...
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Exchange Students change Host Families' lives, and vice versa.
It is well known that an exchange year changes students' lives, but what sometimes we fail to acknowledge is that the host families' lives also change. Hosting a Stranger. Every time I see that the students complain about their host families I get annoyed because most...
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Homecoming dances
I should briefly say that in Italy my high school did not have any kind of balls or dances that students could attend, the only thing we did was studying: no pep rallies, no assemblies, no advising, no Friday night lights. Luckily for me, I was an exchange student in...
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Blue Man Group
I have been to many shows and concerts during my exchange year, some of them are the following: Mannheim Steamroller (Christmas concert); A Christmas Carol (Play in Denver); Grinch (Play in Denver); Wicked (Play in Denver); Garth Brooks concert at the Pepsi...
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My first Quinceanera
Believe it or not, I did not have to go to Mexico to attend my first Quinceanera. In fact, I went to one when I was in the United States of America. One of my really good friends is Mexican and she turned fifteen while I was on exchange so she invited me to her birthday...
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A bit of home abroad
Even though I was excited to be in America and to do things Americans do, while I was abroad I met up with some Italians. It is kind of like feeling at home to be able to speak your native language after weeks of constant English. So one Saturday of September, after I...
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My birthday in the USA
As going to the United States of America has always been a dream of mine, I could not be happier to even have the chance to celebrate my birthday over there. I turned seventeen and my American family suggested to go to the mountains for the weekend. Of course I told...
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My American family's 25th anniversary
I am pretty sure that all of this will sound like a movie to you, but here it comes. On Sunday my American parents celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary and they hosted a party at the house, so they had to get everything ready in advance. "Cake" over On the...
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Finding myself on exchange
As everyone says, traveling makes you richer, in many ways. It can change the way you see things, people, and countries. It can teach you things and it can help you find yourself. While I was studying in America, I realized that all these things were true. It is cliché...
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A weekend in Casper WY
When I was abroad I made a lot of friends, most of those were Rotary exchange students just like me. I previously talked about the one time we met at orientation camp, this weekend I am ready to talk about happened five months after that first meeting. Lunch at Five...
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Christmas in Colorado
Me being in the USA was a 360° experience, but one segment of it that I particularly enjoyed was Christmas, not just Christmas Day but both the months of November and December and why not, even January. I started seeing my host town in a different way. It was magical....
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FIVE THINGS I'VE DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME ON EXCHANGE
Everyone tells you to go on exchange and be yourself, but they also tell you to get out of your comfort zone and say yes to (almost) everything people offer you. Right? Well, I think this is a good point. People need to experience new things in order to talk to others...
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That one time they killed me on exchange
Okay, my intent was not freaking you out, I promise. But I did, kind of, die on exchange. It was for a class and it was actually fun, but it did happen, so I did not lie. Casablanca was the film class, the one for which we had to create stories, bring clips together and...
