Homesickness

Every once in awhile a busy traveller (scratch that, AIESECer/expat who lives abroad) gets a bit homesick. Some of us live on other sides of the world and are so far from home that it is near to impossible to make it back.

Why is it that two out of my past three experiences abroad, my homesicknesses has been 100%, "I MISS TUNISIA!"? I am eliminating one of those three because it was when I was back in Tunis.

If home is where you were born, that is not Tunis. If home is where your family is, that is not Tunis. If home is even where you plan to live and have a family of your own, that is not Tunis for me either!

So why? This is because Tunis symbolizes something for me. It was my first time where I really felt like a citizen of the world, I was doing something that changed my life forever and met people who will forever impact me.

It also has to do with the fact that even the most seemingly random people I met in Tunis will bombard me with messages or emails at the most random time ever...when I am homesick!

Love you Tunis, Aishek!