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Anonymous

I cant believe that it is finally coming to an end. I knew that this day would come, but I thought it would not be this soon. These past 3 weeks have flown by and I wish I had more time to spend in Greece, but all good things come to an end.

I think that I have fallen I love with Greece. From the people, to the food, to their culture, and their history, everything about Greece has captured my interests and it will be difficult to leave. But if anything that I have decided while being here is that this will not be my last time to be in the wonderful country of Greece. When I walk through the streets here and interact with the people I do not feel like an outsider, I feel comfortable and happy. I feel like that I could easily slip into the Greek lifestyle and never come out. Their happiness and joy filled spirits are contagious and their pure enthusiasm for life sprout out from every one of their pores and fills the air around them with the same zest. How could you not want to be apart of that?

Washington will always be a place that I will return to and come home to, but Greece has made my desire to travel more grow exponentially. And not just travel to see the sights and leave, but to really see the country, the people, and understand and live in their culture. I want to be there long enough so that when I leave, I feel like I am leaving home, like on Friday when we fly out, I will feel like I am leaving a home. The flight will be bittersweet, to leave place where I have fallen more and more in love with as each day passes will be heart wrenching. I will leave a piece of my heart in Greece. But to return to my home, to the place where I am surrounded by the people I love and in a place that I will always call my true home will be blissful though too. To see my mom and dad, the Sound, to be back home in Puyallup in a city I grew up in and know better then the back of my hand, and to be once again surrounded by my friends and my lovely housemates will be amazing. For absence does make the heart grow fonder. But that saying is a double edged sword for me now, absence from home has made my heart grown fonder and want to return home, but absence from Greece will only make my heart yearn to return and for the spot where piece I have left here, will only grow more tender.