Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Closing Time

Never in a million years did I think I could survive 113 days, 19 hours, and 20 minutes away from family and friends, and oh yeah, in a different country, speaking a different language.

I never thought I would be the one to visit 5 different countries in 4 months, adding up to a grand total of 14 cities.

I definitely did not think I would willingly put myself on a plane to visit said cities after the initial transatlantic trek. Here's to the 8 flights, 14 trains, 1 ferry (still perplexed by that one), and countless trains that allowed me to travel Europe.

It didn't occur to me that I would enter this journey with 66 strangers and walk away with 66 new friends, some, best friends.

I can't say, "I can't believe another semester has come and gone." This was not just a semester. This was the experience of a lifetime.

And I never imagined I would miss it as much as I do.

But, as they say, "every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end..."