I have mentioned this before, but I don’t think I expanded on it enough. The people you meet while studying abroad tremendously shape your experience. I have met some amazing people that probably don’t quite understand the magnitude of how much they have affected my life. The first couple of weeks away from home, all you can think about is how much you miss your family and friends, but as the weeks go by you begin to build relationships, forming your own special family of friends. Traveling provides the opportunity to meet people from many places of the world. Some are places that we can only dream of going or seeing. Despite the differences, you find that you all have one thing in common. The desire to want more out of life than what some say or feel is enough. Not materialistically of course, but the fact that there is an entire world of different cultures, languages, and people that I have yet to see. Sometimes I wish I could just be a world traveler for the rest of my life, but I don’t know if that would work out too well. I guess we’ll have to wait and see....

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