When I stood on the precipice of this journey, I found that both the most exciting parts and the most intimidating parts revolved around all the uncertainty ahead of me. Mixed in with my fear, I was enamored by all the possibilities. This would be entirely different from any other adventure I had been on. The first time I left home was to study at Ohio State, where I had a few friends who were already there. When I left the country for the first time to study in France, I was bolstered by the support of my host family. When I came to Delhi to work abroad for the first time, there were five other people from my program in the city. Goa would be a whole new endeavor, and all I could think of was how independent this experience would be. I didn't know a single person who lived there, and I knew that I would be the only Fulbrighter here. I looked forward both to the chances to explore independently and to foster new relationships. Two months in, what are the relationships that have allowed me to begin feeling at home here? I first landed in Delhi for Fulbright's orientation, which in and of itself was an odd experience for me. I had lived in the city for ten months, but already in the year that I had been gone, so many people had shifted to new places.
