No digo adios, digo hasta luego...

So I’ve been terrible about updating my blog, but that’s only because I was having too much fun! But so it is, that my first post was written from the United States, as will be my last.

All in all, Sevilla was like a dream. I know people like to get all sentimental about their experiences, but for real people, it was. I don’t think I could have asked for more from the trip. I just felt like I really got a feel for what the culture was about, something I couldn’t real say in all honesty after my last time there. I learned to appreciate or at least to tolerate the differences in between my own culture and that of Sevilla. More than that though, my Spanish is better than it has ever been in my life (C1, Avanzado, for those of you who are curious, with C2 being considering fluency ☺), and taking classes at CLIC introduced me to people from all of the world. And I can say proudly that I now count several Brits, two Danes, one Swede and one German among friends that I will surely stay in touch with, not to mention a few new Americans. As a result, not only have I learned a lot about Spain, but I’ve learned a lot about quite a few other countries as well.

I went to Spain because I was feeling lost and unfulfilled, and though it remains to be seen whether or not I’ll be able to hold on to what the experience taught me, I have come back from this renewed, and that’s refreshing. The pulse of Spain…of Europe…beats in my veins, and will hopefully continue to beat.

So I say “goodbye for now”, with the hope that I will return soon to the colorful, tranquil, yet energetic place that I called home for 3 months. Until we meet again…