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Swimming in the Alte Donaukanal (Old Danube Canal) with new friends<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s been a week since I arrived in Vienna for a semester to study at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU). Before I arrived in Vienna though, I was most worried about making friends with an entirely new group of people. I had back-up plans for other things: cooking failed? Go out and buy something. Got home sick? FaceTime. Got lost on the streets? Ask someone. There didn\u2019t seem a viable alternative to not making friends, other than \u201cindependence\u201d (not to be confused with “loneliness”).<\/p>\n

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A night at the Prater, Vienna’s largest park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My fears were short-lived, and of course, totally unwarranted. I won\u2019t lie \u2013 I had some help. My buddy picked me up from the airport, and after a few days of settling in, I contacted a friend who is also studying in Vienna. And although I only knew two people in Vienna, it doesn\u2019t matter. Because those people know people who know people.<\/p>\n

The fantastic thing about exchange is that everybody is in the same boat as you. Everybody is flustered at the thought of buying things in German (a language most exchange students can barely speak), everybody is running around sorting out paperwork (conveniently all in German) and struggling through getting groceries (you don’t realise how much you value pictures until it’s not English). You are not alone. It\u2019s actually super easy to make friends \u2013 and often, the best friendships come from the most serendipitous circumstances.<\/p>\n

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Admiring the sights at Schloss Sch\u00f6nbrunn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Within my first week I\u2019ve swum in the Danube, gone on a rollercoaster, explored a palace and cathedrals, met people from Bulgaria to Brisbane to North America, been to the closing night of the Vienna Film Festival, explored Rathaus (the town hall), and the list continues.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve only just scratched the surface and I can\u2019t wait to see what the next 23 weeks hold in store!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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