Halfway

I am officially done my first semester abroad here in England and am halfway through my year abroad. I have been so fortunate to have made the friends I have here and to have had so many amazing new experiences. Thanks to all the working and saving I've done the past three summers (and the fact that travel is cheaper here than in America) I will have been privileged enough to have already managed to explore ten different countries by the time next semester begins, and hopefully brings me to more of them. I have had so many adventures but the best part of everywhere that I have been is that I have been there with friends. I wish that we could all do this as a group, there were so many times when I saw or did something new and wished that you all were there with me. I wish I could've climbed a mountain with you Wendy, or gone all weekend partying with you Martin. I am so glad I have been able to see both Breigh and Chris this semester, I had so much fun exploring your cities (and I can't wait to show Chris around mine). My time here has been so full of change, both positive and negative, that I simultaneously wish you were all here having tea time with me and that we were all back at Dickinson for mac and cheese day (the best of all Dickinson days). I cannot even begin to imagine what a whole other six months here will be like but I also could not picture myself going home yet. I am only halfway through this adventure of mine, and it is constantly changing every day. Whether I have a week of travel or one of studying, I am always thinking of all the fun we would all have together if we were all here. So even though I look forward to the upcoming semester, I also can't wait to sit with you all in the caf next year.