Let's Go Europe!

There is no other time in my life where I will jump around as much as I do and will in the coming months of my life. Being a college student I am never completely able to settle anywhere and to be completely honest I like it this way. Life never gets boring.

In just a few short months I will make the biggest move thus far. I will be studying in Madrid, Spain for four months. I've take Spanish all my life and know very little still but am excited by the prospect of living with a Spanish family and being completely submerged in a culture other than my own. So far, the idea of studying abroad hasn’t phased me. Am I Excited...yes of course, but when I think of how many other students have done the exact same....i feel nothing but typical. I know this isn’t the case...that not all 20 year olds get to live in one of the most beautiful European cities, eat tapas, learn a new language and soul search but then why do I feel like it’s expected for students to study abroad. I think like with many other things, I have been influenced by what I see around me. Sure many of my peers are studying abroad but that is a result of the many privileges have been giving by attending university.
Even when deciding where I wanted to go...I kept changing my location...would I venture to Ecuador, or maybe the Caribbean to step away from where everyone else was going. But then I took a step back. Wait...it was my decision and first choice from the get go to study in Madrid and just because so many other students would be doing the exact same well that's not to say our experiences wouldn’t be completely different. Why pass up what I wanted to do all along just to avoid following a trend? It was from the beginning that the idea of speaking Spanish, living in a beautiful city with tapas, flamenco dancing and bull fighting made me completely euphoric.

Now come the exciting months to start preparing for a complete life change. Maybe I’ll adopt the practice of siesta just to make sure I’m good and ready? Oh and practicing my Spanish might be a good idea too...