Hi everyone. The first time I've had any communication with the outside world since the scariest traveling experience of my life. Great way to start, huh? Well this is going to be short and sweet, hopefully I'll have another chance to write soon. I am in Italy. Everything is fine. I'm surprised with how well my Italian is already - and so is everyone else. I've never missed people like I do now, but these are the experiences that really make you grow. M...

Super Short Update Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know that everything is still going well. Life without school and without work is amazing, but very strange for me. Yesterday I got a really great translation job offer but as I already have commitments in Italy for the summer I am hoping and praying for a miracle to be able to somehow combine the two. Your prayers are welcome. I`m currently in Paris and I`ll be here until Monday. The truth is I`...

I promise I haven´t forgotten you... Hey everyone! So this picture is from when I went to Malta but I put it up today because I have an (albeit ridiculously) big smile on my face. That´s how I´m feeling today. I just received my grade in the class for which I had to write a 10 pager (16 pages by American college standards). 9,3 out of 10 is pretty darn good for Spain and also extremely good compared to the other students in the class. I sti...

Winding Down to Gear Up... Okay, so this is going to be short as I am currently in a mad sketchy locutorio with three men who are becoming increasingly drunk. I just wanted to let everyone know that things are going really well here in Spain. It´s getting to be a stressful time of the semester, as all ends of semesters are. This one is a little more because, taking a minute to count here, I have about twenty-five or so pages to write and three exams...

As The World Turns... Hej everyone! That´s Swedish for ¨Hi¨ and sounds exactly like ¨Hey¨in English. Hearing everyone greet each other like that in Sweden always put a smile on my face. To this American it sounded like everyone was best friends with the shop keeper, the waiter, the pharmacist. I loved it! Truth be told, I loved Sweden more than I can put into words. It was like a perfect little world, a real life utopia. I know ...