My name is Elias Aguigah and I am 20 years old. At Freie Universität I am in my fifth semester of social and cultural anthropology and political science. Since the middle of August, I have been in Réunion Island, where I am spending a semester as an ERASMUS exchange student. I am very happy to write about my semester abroad because that gives me a good opportunity to collect and think about my impressions. I am looking forward to sharing information about this unique island and life in a place that is part of Europe, but very far away.