Viszontlátásra, Magyarország!

My semester in Hungary has come to an end, and I flew back to America this Thursday.

Looking back, it has been my most successful semester yet in my college career.

First, as you can tell from my blog, I’ve been able to go on many adventures, both inside Hungary and to neighboring Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and Romania. I’ve made many unforgettable memories on my travels.

More importantly, I’ve also made a great many friends at my school. With fewer than 40 students, we were all forced to get to know each other, and we really were a community. We slogged through classes together, partied together, and traveled around Europe in smaller groups. So the end of the semester feels very bittersweet to me as we all go our separate ways. I’m ready to be done traveling (for a while!), but I do feel poignant about leaving my friends. Not to mention that I may never come back to Hungary again.

I’ve also grown and matured this semester. I’m happier and more outgoing than I was four months ago. I’m more confident about traveling and living by myself too. Finally, I was academically successful this semester too. In many ways, the past four months have been a highlight of my college career.

So, what now? I will be in Minnesota until New Year’s Day. Then I’m off to Maryland to work at my cousin’s vet clinic for a month.

Then it begins again in February, when I leave to study abroad in Christchurch, New Zealand. So while I am sad to leave my friends and Hungary behind, there is much to look forward too. I think I will keep travelling my whole life!