Abroad: THE REDUX

So I think it's fair to say that I failed to live-blog while I was abroad...BUT,I still did manage to do a fair amount of writing while I was away-just not on here for everyone to experience alongside me.  I've decided that I want to put everything together in blog-form for myself (and everyone I experienced my trip with) to remember, and I've already done quite a bit.  I am making a few edits (spelling, really quite minor changes) before I post everything, and trying to gather photos to go along with each post. I am going to post them in chronological order, starting with the parts of London I skipped over, the move to Norwich, my time there, and all of my travels and excursions.  

A lot of people have been questioning my motives-why now? Well, my response is, why not?  Honestly, why not? I love talking about my abroad experience (as anyone who knows me can attest to…)and I love sharing my struggles and memorable moments.  Everyone always talks about how their abroad experience "changed" them-they aren't kidding.  I grew so much in four months, it's kind of hard to wrap my head around it: I overcame several personal battles, made amazing friends, traveled, slept at weird hours, learned to love writing again…I could go on for days.

I am obviously not going to be able to capture every moment, because some memories are too good (and sometimes personal) to share with the world, but I want to share as much as possible, and narrate the four months with my own voice.  

Everything I be will posting here has been taken from my travel journal, notes on my phone, notes I wrote to myself (all over the place), and my classwork from time-to-time (I will make it clear when I'm sharing writing from class.)  I am going to try to post a couple each day, and aim to be done by the time I head back to Dickinson at the start of September.  Some posts might sound strange because they will say things like "today we did this" or "I can't wait for.." and obviously all of these things have already happened--just try to keep in mind that these were all written months ago, and they are in no way a reflection unless I state otherwise.

SO, I now give you: ABROAD: THE REDUX (2014 Edition).

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