{"id":3738,"date":"2015-12-03T10:25:21","date_gmt":"2015-12-03T15:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/social.rollins.edu\/wpsites\/letters\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2019-07-22T16:42:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T16:42:28","slug":"a-prolonged-vacation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.rollins.edu\/letters\/2015\/12\/03\/a-prolonged-vacation\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prolonged Vacation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being abroad is one of the weirdest sensations I\u2019ve ever experienced. I feel as though I\u2019ve been in London for years, yet at the same time it feels like just yesterday I was landing in Heathrow and moving into my flat. After hours of reflection trying to put all those feelings into words I\u2019ve found a way to describe my semester abroad: a prolonged vacation.
\nEveryone is familiar with the feeling of being on vacation. You\u2019re aware that that is not you\u2019re real life; it is a temporary moment, which means you\u2019re not too concerned with comfort or stability. In London I do things I wouldn\u2019t at Rollins, such as sharing a bathroom with 4 other people and going to the movies on a Monday night. But this is all okay, because I know it is all temporary. It feels as though the life I\u2019m living is not really my own. At the same time, I\u2019ve settled into a routine which makes my London life feel like home.<\/p>\n

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Big Ben & Houses of Parliament<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I\u2019m not quite sure if anything of what I\u2019m saying makes sense, but it\u2019s the best way I found to put my feelings into words, feelings I don\u2019t quite understand myself.
\nIn exactly 9 days I will be jetting of back to the States, and I can\u2019t deny my excitement to see my family and return to what\u2019s familiar. I am also struck by melancholy and sadness to say goodbye to the most amazing city I\u2019ve ever been to. I\u2019m going to miss being able to casually lay on Hyde Park on a uncharacteristically sunny day, walk around Oxford Street like it\u2019s no big deal, and plan spontaneous weekend trips to Barcelona. Besides the city, I will miss my roommates. Over these 3 months we have all become very close, and not in the \u201cwell\u2026they\u2019re my roommates, it\u2019s best to get along\u201d kind of way, but in a way in which we are all genuine friends. One of my roommates even bought a ticket to visit us at Rollins in the spring!<\/p>\n

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My roommates and I at the London Eye<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

9 days still feels a world away and I\u2019m uncertain about what I will feel the day I leave, but all I can say right now is that studying abroad has been the most amazing, life-changing experience of my life and I urge anyone who has the opportunity to do it, to do it.<\/p>\n

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Park G\u00fcell in Barcelona<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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