Translation of folgsam in German-English

I remember that after highschool I went to study English in New York. First I did not know whether the city was right for me cause I wanted a place where I would not feel lost. However, it was the right choice.
I've been working on and off on the dictionary during the entire week, and I'll spend some more hours on it this coming weekend. Sometimes he would get a bit mixed up and use formal Castilian sometimes instead of informal.
We are moving away tomorrow, first to Stockholm and then to Oslo. In the first week we will be in a hotel and at the beginning of the second week my studies will start. I will then look for an apartment.