Something that I always expected about traveling the world was the profound beauty waiting for me to discover. And I can wholeheartedly say that the beauty of the world has lived up to my expectations, and exceeded them. Over this past weekend I traveled to the White Cliffs of Dover with my best friend, who I am in London with, Catherine. And we took a long walk out to the windy chalk cliffs and spent the entirety of the day. It was windy and cold and one of the most, if not the most insanely gorgeous places I have ever been in my entire life. Before we left America, Catherine and I would talk about what studying abroad was going be like, and jokingly we said that it would just look a lot like us laying in various fields around the world. And this past weekend was just that. We laid in fields of long grass and picked flowers and stared out at the endless blue of the Atlantic Ocean. Everything about it was amazing. We got afternoon tea, in typical English fashion, at a lighthouse on the cliffs, and walked for miles until sunset. The sunset was painted with orange and purple and pink and it was completely captivating. It’s a view I’ll never forget. I’ve gained such an awareness of the world around me and seen so much, but I also have gained an understanding of how big the world is, and how little I have seen of it even now. i am so thankful for this opportunity still and can’t believe that every morning I wake up in England and have tea and breakfast with my flatmates and talk for hours about our lives. Everyday brings about different adventures, even if they are just small ones that are just menial, everyday activities, like going to the grocery store. The independence and capability that I feel like I have now because of this experience grows more and more everyday I am here. With every challenge and with every excitement. Something I never could have expected about traveling the world was the profound impact that it was going to have on me.
