Thoughts..

Hey all! I am done finals- Hooray!!- and I will be back in the USA in 2 days!! I cannot believe this chapter in my life is coming to an end, it has been such a fun, crazy ride, and I am going to miss it so much. Here is the list I started about what I will miss when I leave....I'm going to continue to add to it, perhaps even when I get back home....

Things I will miss:
-going to school in a castle
-taking the train to school every morning (I really like this relaxing/socializing/homework doing time each day)
-blogging about all my life experiences and having a written account of what is going on in my life
-Gerard bakery- which is located right across from the chateau and has incredibly delicious chocolates, cappuchinos, and pastries
-walks and runs throughout the gorgeous Lux countryside, especially the bike trail right near my house that I am in love with
-making new friends who have become awesome parts of my life
-meeting up with old friends for fun weekend trips to places like Dublin, Lyon, Nice, and Amsterdam
-putting up facebook albums on time (because we all know I will go back to my old ways when I return)
-going on school field trips in college to begin with, and the fact that these trips are to amazing places like France, Germany, Poland, and the Czech Republic
-having European professors who have lived through what they are teaching you about
-my two American professors- Dr. Thurston and Peggy- who have been so amazing and helpful and who very likely are responsible for my scholarship. I hope to keep in touch with both of them and they both volunteered to serve as unofficial advisors on my thesis next year
-Zara and Mango- my favorite Euro stores, as well as H&M, which is way better over here
-going away to awesome places everyone weekend!! I can’t even begin to describe how sad I am to stop this awesome traveling adventures that have been the best times of my life.
-bonding with people on trains, planes, automobiles, and buses…basically anything that gets you from here to there. It is true that more fun can be had on the journey than the destination.
-the MUDEC family, which has become SO WONDERFUL I can’t even describe. It is amazing how close everyone has gotten! When my parents came, I told them I had met a lot of great people, but no one who truly compared to my BEST BEST friends back at school and home. I want to take this back now...I have become SO close with some awesome people, and I am so sad to say goodbye!! I hope we can visit each other next year!
-Italian gelato. No explanation needed.
-Das Boot and Bofferding beer. Again, no words needed to describe.
-have so many days off from school its hard to count
-not being anxious about schoolwork.
-abundant and cheap Nutella and Speculous- too of the most delicious spreads ever created


So much more, I just cant write it now...


Ok, another thing I want to mention. As most of you have probably heard, a girl one year older than me, from Cockeysville and who goes to UVA, was brutually killed Monday morning. She, and the suspected murder, are star lax players at UVA, and the story has gained national media attention. I didn't know Yeardley very personally (I think we met one or two times) but we had many mutual friends, and a girl I grew up playing soccer with for many, many years, was her best friend. I am so saddened by this news, and have not been able to stop thinking about it and following the stories since Monday night when I heard. I feel connected to her somehow- we were from the same place, chose the same college, and knew many of the same people. I am so sad for her family and friends and am just praying for them and hoping they can somehow get through this. I read this article online, and thought it shared a lot of my feelings right now. Thought I would share the link
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andrew-katz/dealing-with-a-tragedy-th_b_562946.html

Love you all!

Care