Tomorrow bright and early in the morning, my Aunt is going to drive me to the train station to begin my journey home (very, very early in the morning... she's a trooper and awfully nice!).
Aarhus --> Copenhagen --> Washington D.C. --> Seattle... HOME SWEET HOME!!!
It will take no less than 24 hours to get home, but the thought of meeting my parents at the airport will definitely keep my spirits up! I really hate flying and the logistics of traveling. Even though I've clearly been traveling quite a bit and have been on airplanes several times in my life, I'm still not especially comfortable with it all! I love riding on trains, but I get nervous about missing them, so on and so forth.
As I started out my European adventure in Denmark and have ended it in Denmark, it feels like London etc. never happened! Ha ha, well not quite but I have made a full circle. I started out fresh and excited in the sunny summertime, and as nature ends its cycle in the wintertime, so I end my travels. Soon it will be spring and I can start things new and fresh—I have a lot to look forward to and a lot on my 2011 To Do List!
As of now, I feel the best thing about my abroad experiences in Europe have been proving to myself that I CAN DO IT. I can show up at a completely new place not knowing anyone or where anything is and in a sense, start over. I eventually felt pretty comfortable in London and developed a routine.
I think it will probably take awhile for me to totally process everything I have experienced, and I'm curious how I will feel about everything in a few months or a year when I look back at it all. Will I miss London? When will I miss it? Because I don't miss it quite yet, but then again, I'm still away from home.
I really like these pictures because it shows a scene in Aarhus that I took a picture of in both Summer and Winter:
Wish me luck with my travels tomorrow! :)
Goodbye, Europe!
Hello, USA!
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