Benin is the new London

There are times, many actually, when I find myself comparing this experience to the only other experience that I’ve had living abroad for an extended period of time: when I studied abroad in London for 4 months.

That I’m living in a foreign country on a work visa is really the only thing that these two experiences have in common. But for some reason, I keep returning to that period as validation that the next two years are possible. 

Those that know me know that London changed me. But to say 4 months of barhopping while occasionally working and going to class in a European country is an accurate experience of living abroad is utterly unfair.

I will still testify that was one of the best periods of my life. But now, I’m waiting for Benin to change me as London did. One cannot ride the emotional roller coaster I ride daily without one becoming a different person by the end. I’m ready for something to top London in my life.