After being home for around two months now, I still look on my experience abroad fondly and sincerely. I think of it as truly one of, if not the most gratifying, challenging, enlightening, and exciting times of my life. I always wanted to be someone that traveled and that had seen the world. I thought…
Category: UK: Queen Mary Univ
Home Again!
So, I’m finally back in America. Actually, I have been back for a few weeks now and am back at Rollins for intersession. Fittingly enough, I am taking a course on culture shock in literature and film. It is really funny comparing my own experiences to some of those in what I have been reading/watching…
Ya boy is going to London
This entire idea of going to London for 6 months hasn’t really set in yet. I’ve been planning the trip for between 3 and 4 months and the entire time it has always been this abstract idea. Like, “oh yeah, I’ll go to London and see the museums and stuff” and, “I’ll go travel to…
What do you have on tap?
As I sit here at Washington Dulles International Airport I realize it is a great place to reflect before I leave for London for 5 months. I have my girlfriend here with me who was willing to accompany me for the first 2 weeks as I get settled at Queen Mary University of London in…
Home Again, Home Again
It is amazing to me that the past three months went by so quickly. Nothing had ever felt weirder to me than stepping off the plane in Orlando and sleeping in my own bed that night. Since getting home I have been in a constant state of reflection and awe, thinking about everything I experience…
Returning Home
Returning home has been an odd experience to say the least. As expected, jet lag has set in (as I fear is evident in this post) and added to the general sense of disorder and confusion which I have been feeling as of recently. Accompanying the jet lag has been the cultural changes which I…
Return to Normal
The strangest thing about coming home is that it feels like I never left. I picked up everything in my life exactly where I left off before leaving for London. I started working just days after my return and I was acclimated to my room and house within a week. Getting back behind the wheel…
Finally Home
Its almost been a couple weeks since I arrived back home and I’m glad to be back. Don’t get me wrong I had a wonderful, beyond amazing time in London and will go back in a heart beat, but there is nothing quite like home and the holidays. London is an amazing city with a…
Home at Last
Oh boy I missed the sun, the sand, and the beach. One of the first things I did after rejoicing with my family was go and lay down with my dog. I was so happy to see my old man, he acted like such a puppy when he saw me and man did I miss…
Goodbye London
Hello, London is my favorite place. I always had this childhood dream that I’d move to London and I’d love it. Well now I can finally say that it is true. It will always hold a special place in my heart. I will be extremely sad when I have to leave. While some things never…