Leaving home for a new home...

I am a resident of the U.A.E, United Arab Emirates, or used to be in any case. I have heard from different groups of my family that I am very ambitious and brave to travel to a foreign country to pursue my studies. And these were encouragements that i took for granted, but I did not realize until the day of the flight how much I would miss my family and the country i was raised in. Although my dream was coming true, coming to the United States to go after my college degree in one of the best Universities in the nation, tears did not escape my eyes when i wished my parents and family good-bye at the airport. No one in my family have heard of a relative leaving his parents at 18 years of age and traveling abroad, to them it was strange and new but they were reminded, by me of course, that this was the 21st century.
There I was traveling thousands of miles to fulfill my dream and to make my parents proud. After 19 hours on an airplane, I landed in a new world. Where rules, concepts, and ideas were a total revolution to my own. My uncle and grandmother, whom i will be staying with for the duration of my studies, was supposed to be waiting for me at the airport at 19:30 p.m. After, I was done from immigration, that went very smoothly contrary to me expectation. I realized the deadly mistake about telling my uncle the time of my arrival to the U.S., they were expecting me the next day at 19:30 and they had there preparations. I made some phone calls, and had to wait approximately for 2 hours to get picked up.
After the hugs and greetings with my beloved uncle, that I haven't seen for years. My uncle started telling me about college life, their house, and commuting method to the University. Just so you know, I am sharing the basement with my grandmother, God bless her she's the one that is taking care of me, 'she's a piece of my mother and I'm a piece of her daughter' as she described. I have a beautiful room, nature, and home cooked food at my basement it was more than enough.
The first day to university, I was equipped with a car and a GPS and tips on road regulations and highways (never seen anything like it). I got to the University "safely", and then headed to the ISSS office, very nice people greeted me. Then, I was enlisted in a University tour, where i found my high school friend also attending Drexel. Later on when University started, and got to know new people and get to know the place. I started to fit in to my new environment and what i call now home. Drexel and Coopersburg is where you can find me folks, a home away from home, literally!