I guess I just get sucked into all of the cool places he visits. Watching him makes me feel like I am there....and who wouldn't want to be there? I have so many places I would love to visit in Europe: Paris, Vienna, Rome,and Madrid.... I mean, really. Visiting all those places would be living the dream. I have had a couple of people ask me where I would specifically go if I could travel ANYWHERE (my dream destination) and I have always said, "England." I LOVE England, and everything about it. I love Jane Austen, accents, the history, the people, the places, the food! Not only does it hold a lot of the history of the world, but it holds a lot of history from both sides of my family. My ancestors are from England. I have always wanted to visit England, and my wishing grew after my older sister was accepted to a study abroad program to London, and two of my best friends did a backpacking trip from one end of the UK to the other.
This past year I thought about it a lot. I stopped by the Study Abroad offices and collected papers on all of the England study abroad options and looked to see which one looked the best. I decided on London Study Abroad Summer 2011. I don't think I really thought I would be able to go, but it was exciting to me all the same. When I got home that day I taped the paper up in my room. Hopefully that would motivate me to get there!
Winter semester my mind took off. I somehow decided that I COULD do the study abroad, that I WOULD apply, and that it would be STUPID to at least not try. I hardly remember the application process. I just remember that I did it, almost automatically.
One early Saturday morning I received an email that said,
"Congratulations on your acceptance to BYU's Summer 2011 London SA Summer program."
I was ECSTATIC. I ran around my apartment, and screamed, and laughed, and jumped up and down. I am pretty sure my roommates thought I was crazy. Then I called the fam...and I continued to run around, and scream and laugh. It was great.
I am incredibly excited for this upcoming adventure. I am excited for everything that I will see, and learn, and all the awesome people I will meet. I know this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and I feel so blessed and grateful that I can be a part of it all. I CAN'T WAIT! :)
AH London! I am going to see this soon! YIPPEE!!
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