Sour Patch Kids: can you imagine a life without them? If you are from Germany, you have to. 

“We don’t have Sour Patch Kids,” said Anna Meyer ’21 “That is sad because those are really good. Yeah, they’re just chemicals but I’m obsessed with those chemicals.” 

Meyer is an exchange student from Lübz, Germany. She has a dog (Lou), mom, step-dad, sister (Lucy) and girlfriend that are all still living about 4460 miles (or about 7177 km) away. Meyer stays in contact with her sister by regularly texting and FaceTiming. She also has a matching necklace her mom bought for her and Lucy.  

“I’m touching it always,” Meyer said. “I am fidgeting with it all the time because it just makes me think of her, and I feel more connected to her because of that necklace.” 

 It’s easier when you can talk to them, but in Meyer’s case she can’t talk to something she misses the most: her dog, Lou.

“She’s my dog. So not my family’s dog, she’s mine. I’m the one who’s taking care of her all the time and walking her and stuff like that…I miss her so much,” Meyer said.

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Meyer spent her last day in Lübz with her girlfriend. 

“I really like telling the story about my last day with my girlfriend in Germany because she surprised me and took me to Hamburg and we went to a drag show and then ate something, had a good night,” Meyer said. “[We] sat at a lake thing and just talked and then went back to a hotel and slept there. It was just her present for me to say goodbye and it was one of the best days of my life.”  

The future holds more voyaging for Meyer, because she wants to travel the world and live in New York. 

“There’s everything in New York, the dream, everything you see in the media. Just how they portray New York and just that it’s so big and holds so many opportunities for you. And then you can meet so many cool people and freaky people and weird people.”