19 Things You'll Only Appreciate If You Studied Abroad (BLOG)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufvVeQKuuTBfP63XK9BllIDr_nBIFjjBoImcDkL0ivHxNRyfX7ybOnKiqwZWQaqnf92alH19OUpzroyG89QiIJTvyjlCPLsWb3Sk-BNGCLdnr8Jg7LWz_z-BUFHy2xcA-6CBoraM2pY4/s1600/n-DONER-KEBAB-large570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufvVeQKuuTBfP63XK9BllIDr_nBIFjjBoImcDkL0ivHxNRyfX7ybOnKiqwZWQaqnf92alH19OUpzroyG89QiIJTvyjlCPLsWb3Sk-BNGCLdnr8Jg7LWz_z-BUFHy2xcA-6CBoraM2pY4/s320/n-DONER-KEBAB-large570.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;">Because as someone famous once said, "the best things you learn aren't learned in a classroom."</div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">1. Contrary to every mother's belief, you won’t even feel sick if you eat gelato for every meal.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Or pizza. Or crepes. Or empanadas. Or anything in the top, bad-for-you section of the food pyramid. We’re on a budget here, people.</div><div id="_giphy_d2ItDZZumUI6Y" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 284px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="284" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/d2ItDZZumUI6Y/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">2. Humans are inherently kind.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Strangers will go far, far out of their way to help you get around. All you must do is ask sincerely and thank copiously.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="453313253" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1505993/thumbs/o-453313253-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">3. Just because something is in a guidebook doesn’t mean you have to go look at it.</strong><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Exhibit A: <a href="http://www.brussels.be/artdet.cfm/4328" style="border: 0px; color: #239ab6; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Manneken-Pis</a>.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="148742123" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1505991/thumbs/o-148742123-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></big></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">4. It’s better for everyone if we just pretend Euros are dollars.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Just forget the exchange rate, and stop converting every price to dollars in your head. It causes too much pain.</div><div id="_giphy_5885nYOgBHdCw" style="border: 0px; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"><img height="0" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/5885nYOgBHdCw/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="0" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><big style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /></big><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">5. Ryanair seats do not recline.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />…but you could’ve guessed that from the prices.</div><div id="_giphy_6CTmBNi0zpmOA" style="border: 0px; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"><img height="0" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/6CTmBNi0zpmOA/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="0" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><big style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /></big><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">6. America is not the center of the universe.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />There are other people living on this planet, and they live differently than we do, and they are really happy that way. It’s an awesome thing to realize.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="175929948" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507640/thumbs/o-175929948-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://www.wisegeek.org/what-is-dner-kebab.htm" style="border: 0px; color: #239ab6; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">7. Doner kebab</a> as drunk food is one thousand times better than nachos as drunk food.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Mostly because nobody’s really sure which animal that shaved meat comes from. What a fun, mysterious taste bud adventure!<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="doner kebab" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507691/thumbs/o-DONER-KEBAB-570.jpg?4" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">8. Every person in a hostel is a potential best friend.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />And sometimes they’ll agree to travel with you for days or weeks, after knowing you for a mere day. Voilà! Lifelong pals!</div><div id="_giphy_2JEcU3fHZcjGU" style="border: 0px; height: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 0px;"><img height="0" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/2JEcU3fHZcjGU/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="0" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><big style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></big><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">9. Trains don’t always depart when they say they will.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />…or ever.</div><div id="_giphy_BdzRxLwEyioU0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 213px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="213" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/BdzRxLwEyioU0/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">10. It is not only possible, but socially permissible, to wear the same outfit for seven days in a row </strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />How else are you going to fit your suitcase into the easyJet carry-on box? All you really need are a few colored scarves… that way, people won’t notice the same T-shirt recurring in photo after photo.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="600" scrolling="no" src="http://instagram.com/p/hr4WjLNUZL/embed/" style="border-width: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="500"></iframe></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">11. English truly is the universal language.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />And people who are learning English looove to practice it with you, even if they don't make sense.</div><div id="_giphy_kKD3A7QLIhhVm" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 280px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="280" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/kKD3A7QLIhhVm/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">12. Dinnertime in America is seriously warped.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Why did the Founding Fathers decide to eat at six when everybody else on the planet waits till 10?</div><div id="_giphy_hZwVU8ExuTuPC" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 230px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="230" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/hZwVU8ExuTuPC/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">13. Spontaneity is rewarded.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Like that time you snagged the one Euro flight to Finland in an online promo. Or when you bought a last-minute ticket to the show in Ibiza. They weren’t the most logical decisions, to be sure, but they’re memories you’ll replay in your mind forever.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="174464143" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507620/thumbs/o-174464143-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">14. Nothing bonds you like traveling. </strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />The way to know if you’re truly friends with someone? Food poisoning from the street fruit. Or a seven-hour bus delay. Or Wizz Air.</div><div id="_giphy_KrHaLUAF1vaZq" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 283px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="283" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/KrHaLUAF1vaZq/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">15. Studying abroad involves, on average, about four minutes of actual studying.</strong><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Shh, don’t tell.</big></div><div id="_giphy_GEouUbIuIAsxO" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 220px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="220" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/GEouUbIuIAsxO/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">16. Taxi drivers are some of the greatest people on Earth.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />They just love to <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">talk</em>. And they’re so <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">enthusiastic</em>. And they <em style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">drive you places so you don’t get lost like usual</em>. <br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="doner kebab" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507789/thumbs/o-DONER-KEBAB-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">17. Traveling solo reveals hidden talents. </strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />You wouldn’t have thought you could navigate a Czech subway without a map… but you did. </div><div id="_giphy_11wsZr0jbXc15m" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; height: 250px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 500px; padding: 0px; width: 500px;"><img height="250" src="https://d16jfyletng9p5.cloudfront.net/media/11wsZr0jbXc15m/giphy.gif" style="border: 0px; cursor: pointer; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" width="500" /><img alt="Quantcast" border="0" height="1" src="http://pixel.quantserve.com/pixel/p-PdxaRL3tyJt0S.gif" style="border: none !important; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px; width: 1px !important;" width="1" /></div><br style="background-color: white; border: 0px; display: block; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">18. The <a href="http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/Index.aspx" style="border: 0px; color: #239ab6; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_hplink">Guinness Storehouse</a> is a legitimate historical site.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />No, we’re not proud of this fact. But at this point, it’s pretty much true.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="guinness storehouse" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507808/thumbs/o-GUINNESS-STOREHOUSE-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div><div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, Century, Times, serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px;"><big style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><strong style="border: 0px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">19. Study abroaders are incredibly lucky people.</strong></big><br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" />Very few humans get to spend carefree months exploring the world beyond their hometown, let alone during college. To study abroad is a privilege, and an awesome one at that.<br style="border: 0px; display: block; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px; padding: 0px;" /><img alt="165531339" src="http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1507814/thumbs/o-165531339-570.jpg?1" style="border: 0px; height: auto; list-style: none; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 0px;" /></div></div>

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