Sigh, almost. I had completed the process of signing up for a semester abroad in Amsterdam--application, physical, vaccinations, everything. Then the trip was canceled because not enough math majors signed up. I was pretty pissed off. ...Although to be honest, it might be a good thing I didn't go. I was pretty heavily abusing psychedelics around that time, and being thrown into an environment like Amsterdam probably wouldn't have been the best thing for me. A friend of mine did a year abroad in London, though. I don't think it was a great experience for him. Everything I heard from him indicated that he was really lonely, and he picked up smoking. When he came back he seemed different, and I think it had to do with the fact that he left his friend group behind and we all experienced a year of growth within our own social context without him. My sister went to Ireland for a half-year and absolutely loved it. Just make sure it's somewhere you really want to go, and try to make good friends when you're there.