Time To Catch Up

Just like that, my Germany adventure is over. I tried to refrain from making a grand exit. I wanted to enjoy the things that I have cherished over the past four months. Nobody is “good” at saying goodbye; we simply take each situation as it comes. In this circumstance, I could only say goodbye with a smile and a hug. Why should I feel sad when I’ve just completed the greatest adventure of my life? There are so many things that I’ll miss, and I know that I’ll cover these in future blog posts. There are people whom I may never see again, and places that will change just as I change. But I know that I’ve found a home in Germany and it will be tough to keep me from coming back. I want to share this country that I know and love with others—go back and recount experiences, see faces and places, and reflect on my irreplaceable autumn of 2012.

With Sebastian and Luc at the Eintract Frankfurt staduim

On that note, I’m happy to be home. I flew over Edinburgh—a last glimpse of Scotland, at least until I return there. I made it safely to New York and felt that true sense of home as I returned to the Berkshires and Williamstown.

My blog certainly does not stop here. I have several posts still to about my final week in Germany, and I’m sure once I settle in here I’ll try to find a way to sum up the whole experience. I need to catch up a bit, just like I look forward to catching up with everyone here at home. I know I’ll be writing about Germany for the next few weeks, and I’ll certainly relate my next adventures to my time across the Atlantic. I’m stuck with these memories for the rest of my life, and they’ll continue to appear in my thoughts, conversations, writing, and my dreams.

For now, a brief thank you to all of those who made my gap year and trip to Germany possible, and to all who reached out to me while I was abroad. It was incredible, and it would’ve been nothing without the old friends and new friends I met along the way.

A final photo from my last snowy day in Bad Homburg