Jessica's Allgäu Experience Report

My name is Jessica and I am a 26-year-old Brazilian woman who moved to the Allgäu region in 2016 for professional reasons. It is important to say that I had no idea what the Allgäu means when I first came here. I only lived in Stuttgart for one year, but that was basically my whole reference regarding Germany and that even without speaking German. In the beginning I was able to speak a little German, but soon I felt the need to learn the language properly because I just couldn't express myself properly and it was also difficult to understand what people wanted to tell me. I had some hard moments where I even thought about whether to stay here or go back to Brazil because I felt that I wasn't making progress and it felt like a waste of time and effort. But after a while I got tired of self-pity and decided to enroll in private lessons at Lernen im Allgäu, which changed everything. Not only did I start learning very quickly, but I also met new people through the LiA-Club (which wasn't the case before, because I lived in a village). And the special thing about these people is that they had the same experiences as me and shared a lot of their own culture. Life in the Allgäu became much easier, I started to make new friends, managed to do a completely different job parallel to mine and I got the feeling that I really understand how life and people are here in the Allgäu. This has enriched me personally very much. Life is still full of ups and downs, but wouldn't it be the same everywhere? My heart stops beating for 2 seconds every time I look at the beautiful mountains, or the trees that change their colours and leaves in every season, and I realize that I am only a small part of everything. It is magical, and I am pretty sure that this is not something I would find everywhere.