Sat 17 August: Today I spent the day with 3 girls - Anne, Katya and Sam. In the morning Anne showed me how to do the apartment's composting (something that Marie does weekly), she also showed me where to pick up the fruit and vegetables and where to go for free meals and workshops! We then took a trip into Manhattan, on the subway you go across Manhattan Bridge, and the view for a minute or so is of Brooklyn Bridge and you get a glimpse of The Statue of Libert...

Fri 16 August: The day is finally here! Such a weird mix of emotions, doing something that I have got so excited about for months, but at the same time so sad to leave the people closest to me just as we have all got so close... Today has easily been the hardest day of my life! Crying from the moment I woke up, then regretting getting so drunk the night before when I was sick on my shoes... I tried sleeping on the plane in the hope that I'd feel better but I...