Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

It is almost time for me to end my relationship with Europe. Only one day left.

I suppose this is the time in which I am suppose to reflect over my trip and talk about all the things I've learned. But I will spare you the "Lessons I Learned In Kindergarten" speal and instead sum up everything I have learned in one sentence:

In the words of Dorothy, I click my heels three times and say "There is no place like home."

I love to travel, and this will not be the last of the travel excursions for me, but it will always be nice in the end to go back to the one place that makes you feel like no where else in the world - your home: the one place that you feel comfortable in your shoes, where you can speak freely and everyone will understand you, where you can always count on someone to be around the corner if you need them, and where can walk through the street without a map in hand.

Tomorrow I will probably do all things French one last time: eat a baguette, drink a cafe au lait, picnic under the Eiffel Tower, etc... And I will think back on the all the people who have contributed to my trip and made it what it was: Margot, the first person I met in Paris and my tour guide;of course Eva, my travel buddy; Melanie, who couldn't stay awake; all the Sevette's - Martine, Eric, David, William, Robin, Lea and Lea, grandma and grandpa Sevette, and cousin Jeremy; the crazy German in Switzerland; Patrick, who put me up for 8 days in London; Everyone in Wales - Rike, Danie, Daf, Medea, Yann, Lena, Slavi, Vesna, Yeajing, Boylan and Anna; Eric, my fiance (!), in Greece and crazy British Bryan; Nora, Chris and Soph in Athens; Celeste and Helen in Budapest; Emily, from the train to Vienna, Liz in Vienna; Steffi in Germany; the California boys in Amsterdam; Andrew, the Fat Tire Tour Guide, as well as Lowie and the two girls from the tour group; and of course, LaShawn. And I am sure there are so many more people that I am forgetting about. Thank you to each of you for making my trip what it was - a trip to never be forgotten.

Okay, so maybe I didn't really save you from the speal. Oh, well. You read it anyway.

The Effiel Tower has just said good night and so must I - Good night all.