It was a complete surprised for me to be able to find a host family in Berlin, because I honestly did not know much about the city and did not mind living in a city that was not the capital of Germany. Many challenges were coming up and I did not know if I was completely ready for them. My first frustration was not being able to communicate properly with the kids I was taking care of so I really needed to find a language school as soon as possible to change that. As the days went by and as I started getting used to being in a big city, I started to fall in love with Berlin more and more. People always told me (and still do) that this was not a real German city and that I could not learn German here, because this was more of an international city where you could find everything and survive by only speaking English. But I think that is, why I fell in love with this city, because having a range of variety in one city makes you learn more about the people and about their different countries and traditions. This is a unique city where people can walk around half naked during summer, where you can drink at the park and have a nice barbecue, a city full of life and colors. It is hard to imagine how different it was a couple of years ago and how amazing it is to be part of it now. I was so afraid of getting lost in the city and not doing my job on time or the right way and I think my fear was so much that I actually attracted the bad luck. I got lost one day and just started walking and walking until I got to Alexanderplatz. It was then when I finally stopped for a while and started thinking about how cool and lucky I was to be in Berlin. Maybe it was not the ‘perfect German city’, because it did not represent the country, but it was even better because as I walked I was able to listen to many different languages. I was able to see many different faces, hear the different accents, see the craziest street art masterpieces, and it was all in only one city!