I’ve been here for almost six months and of course I’ve been through a lot of different things but if I have to pick one something special it’s the one I’ve been through recently. To be precise, Saturday night.
Saturday night I had a very special experience, an experience I would remember forever. Together with Giuli, my oldest host sister, I danced in the carnival parade. Strange idea would you think if you know how the carnival is going here in South America. Although I thought the same thing, I didn’t have to think twice about my answer when they asked me if I felt like doing this. Something I learned pretty quickly is that I have to take an opportunity when it is offered to me. I don’t experience an exchange twice in my life so I want to enjoy it one hundred percent and at the same time that means I have to step out of my comfort zone once in a while. Although I didn’t always think about that, I am more aware of that now. I just need to get rid of the uncertainty and fear, think less and just do more. So in the end that’s what I had done.
It was Saturday afternoon and we were pretty tired because the night before we had the birthday party of Neri, my youngest host sister. Luckily we still had the siesta so we could catch up on our sleep a bit. After that someone did our make-up and although we thought we would have more than enough time left, we were running out of time. It all happened so fast then. We had one hour to eat something, get dressed and leave for the carnival. Believe it or not, I had more stress at that time than in ‘el corso’.
Eventually the moment arrived. After waiting for a while it was finally our turn and although I had expected worse I didn’t seem to have any stress in the end. Nothing. Really weird. It seemed like I had already done this more in my life. What in reality were twenty minutes felt like two minutes to me. I can remember being so incredibly happy and anything but tired. I didn’t really want it to end, I liked it so much. It was so special. The music, the euphoria, everything together. If I get the chance to do it again I’ll do it without any doubt and if not I’ll at least have that one time experience I’ll never forget.
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