It's All Over

Today is my last full day in Glasgow, a place I have come to consider a home away from home over the past five months. It's strange to see an experience like studying abroad come to a close so quickly, especially after spending months in anticipation of the unknown. I swear I can recount every single event of January 7th, leaving Boston for a city I knew hardly anything about. Over the past five months I have really gotten to know Glasgow; it's culture, people, and what drives this off-beat Scottish 'metropolis' (making all of my initial anxieties seem like such a waste of worry). I have made great friends from all over the world in here in Glasgow, friends who I hope to stay in touch with and see in the future. That's one of the great things about studying abroad, the people you meet. Where before I left Boston I had friends all over the northeast, I now have good friends spread all across the globe who have given me insight into the lives and cultures of so many different places. That is one of the things I will never forget about this experience. Leaving Glasgow, I have some regrets for not spending more time here, wandering neighborhoods that I still know little about, but had I chosen that route I wouldn't have been able to visit all of the amazing places I did while in Europe. I think I was able to strike the perfect balance between travel and life in Glasgow, doing enough of each so that I can look forward to returning in the future. It's been an amazing five months, but Boston is calling, and I'm happy to say that I'm ready to make my return.