Saturday Day 27 June 16, 2012

Now I am officially a "World Traveler" it says so on my plane ticket. It has been a weird travel day, I honestly don't even know what day it is because I have been time traveling across the world.

Hall of Mirrors

Oxford

 This sounds super cheesy, but after this trip I really do feel different. The way I see things and my outlook on life is not the same. It's nice to see that there are people who enjoy the simple life. From what I could see, people really seem to appreciate time and the beauty that life has to offer. Afternoons in Europe are filled with people sunning in the parks, paddling across lakes, painting outside,reading a book, or coffee with friends. One of our guides gives tours of the Palace Versailles and his wife owns an ice cream shop...and they couldn't be happier. Apparently he previously owned a very successful business in Mexico City and decided he no longer wanted that lifestyle. He said, "Sometimes you have to just leave it all and do what you want to do...what makes you happy." I really like that and I think a lot of us should live that way. Another girl who previously went on our study abroad trip, obtained a 6 month work visa and moved to London the summer after she graduated. How cool is that? Before traveling Europe that idea would seem completely out of the question, but now not so much. Parts of me would love to do something like that one day.

 Azn Love

Verona

  One of the things I loved was during local interviews we asked, what do you think of America? I was surprised by some of the responses. People there said you can always tell Americans apart by their positivity and friendliness. A local Londoner said, "America is a place where dreams are made by the people...they seem to really believe in themselves. They have a yes I can attitude and its quite different from what people tend to think here." I never really thought about it, but he's right. It makes me proud to know that is what people think of my country. Merica for life! Haha

Study Abroad Random Memories: The Purple trees, Rose gardens, Dr. Macs sleepy pics, Scavenging for wifi, Vanilla wafer cookie things, Nutella, Rest stop candies, Me and you and a dog named Boo, Asians taking pics of us, Loosing track of the day of the week and time because it doesn't matter, Ryan mic jokes, Jimmy's we are doin it live quotes, Garrett looks like a fish, DJ Fierce Nasty, swagg, and crunk with Kell Kell, Visiting H&M and Zara in at least 5 countries, Mind the gap...to Piccadilly circus.