Final weeked, final reflections
Finally, finally, it is about time to return to the motherland.  As much as I have enjoyed my summer in Europe and how grateful I am towards my family, I would have rather spent a shorter time here but with a better QUALITY of an experience.  No, it wasn't a waste, but having second doubts on just about everything makes you wonder and think, maybe it just was NOT worth it.  Maybe, maybe not, who knows!  Anyways, it was weird thinking that for my high school years, I was trapped in the walnut bubble.  You see the same things, you don't think, you just do.  You don't care, you just accept it.  And then came college.  My first year was one of the most amazing defining moments of my life.  With all the craziness and little things in between, I thought, woahhh I see the world, it's pretty messed up but beautiful at the same time.  Boy, was I wrong.  European summer.  Now that's when you've seen it all.  I've taken in all of the sights, the sounds, the smells.  Met some of the most amazing people, met some of the most diverse people, and sadly metsome of the most disappointing people.
For me, my life is an accumulation of disappointments.  My expectations are always too high, so of course in the end, I think WHY? and then i'm given the "you will see, meet, be forced to work with ALL kinds of people."And when some people say ALLLLL kinds, they really mean ALLLL kinds.  I think with all of my disappointments in freshman year ( trust me when i saw ALLL of my disappointments.  I really mean it when I saw ALLLLLL) this summer, I just wanted to get out of town, forget my year and start new.  But your past always follow you anyways.  What was I thinking when I thought I could easily escape this horrible chapter in my life?  What was I thinking???

And of course my summer turned to be a string of highs and lows.
London was possibly one of the highest of highs on this trip!  While there were some bumpy parts (ERR ALMOST MISSING MY FLIGHT) it was craziness to the extreme and I wouldn't take back one second of it! Not one!!
Went to trafalgar square! So much energy and climbed up to the lions statues and saw the official olympic countdown sign!!!  Of course some of the most magical sights of big ben and seeing the olympic team from czech republic!!! And watching men's cycling live! WOOHOOOO! London is magical. Too bad my camera was almost out of battery!  but a lowdown on the events:
Westminister abbey, buckingham palace, london eye, crossing the bridge!!!! Going to BT london live!!! watching the 4 x 100 relay. NOO USAA, but still 2nd place, whatevs, still amazing!! then more oxford circus shopping (didnt go crazy, thank goodness!), scone tasting, yummmmm!
I wish I could take back Madrid though.  For the price I paid, (quadruple my london airplane ticket) it was one of my stupider moments.
I tried my very hardest to be frugal. I ate minimum amounts of food, I really tried to refrain myself and asked myself the essential question: DO I NEED THIS?
Lol, anyways...