Keep a travel journal -- either handwritten or electronically, there's so much you will be experiencing, that you are bound to forget a lot...
experience everything you can... try new foods, explore the city and it's surroundings, and not just what the guidebooks say.
talk to the locals, and do your best with the language.
send lots of postcards, including to yourself for when you get home -- it's a cool reminder of the trip and helps to relive some fun memories.
This experience is what you make of it... If you have a roommate that is awful... or a class that is not what you thought it would be - don't let it spoil the adventure for you. Just roll with the punches and have a blast...
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Free your heart from hatred. Free your mind from worries. Live simply. Give more. Expect less.
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