I guess that this is where it ends, or maybe this is the point at which the rest of my life begins. I have learned more in the past few weeks than I did during the past few years of my life. The time seems to have flown by so fast, and yet it seems like ages ago when I stepped off the plane in London. I have changed so much that I almost don’t recognize the person I was. There is something priceless about being able to take life day by day and not be able to predict what will happen. Each and everyday day held surprises and adventures for me, from navigating the tube in London, to deciding to “stroll” around Venice at midnight, this trip has been anything but predictable.

I have been living my life in a kind of super-speed mode. It will be nice, but strange, to return to normal life. But then again, I have to keep reminding myself that when I get home I only have a couple of days before I pack up and go to college. The life I used to know is now gone. When I began this trip I didn’t realize it but, I said left the life I’ve known up until this point and set off on the beginning of the rest of my life, and I couldn’t have imagined a better way to begin my new life than this….