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IS THIS HOME...

Moving abroad is a great opportunity to get out of your comfort zone – this was the primary reason I wanted to leave South Africa. The idea of moving abroad came when I was still in high school. I wanted to be an exchange student, but the thought of leaving my then 90(+) years old great-grandmother was daunting. When gogo passed away in 2011, the opportunity to move abroad presented itself once again, but I lost so much of myself at the time and was consumed by loss and growing up - I didn´t bother accepting the offer. December 2016, I was at the peek of my youth and figured moving abroad would be great because I was single and childless. I decided the gateway to living the life I wanted was to obviously start with my studies, so I started looking for universities abroad. It´s also easier to get a student visa but you have to make sure that you have enough funds in your account or a scholarship. I fell in-love with a study centre (story for another day) on an Island in East A...