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My Oh My how fast 6 weeks can go. It is a dreary, sad day here in Pécs - rainy, stormy. It seems as though the city is telling us that our time here is over. It's the kind of day where you want to lay in bed with a cup of tea and a good book. Instead I am spending mine in this computer lab, lined with books, where I have been for probably 50% of my Hungarian experience. Our final day here, tomorrow, will be spent packing and saying goodbye to the good friends we have made. Tonight we have a closing banquet to the program. Apparently important people like the Secretary of State and some embassy folks will be there. We are just excited to eat something other than pasta, gyros, and bread! It will be nice to spend quality, work-free time with our friends. Gosh, goodbyes are so hard.
It's funny how we come to meet people and grow to love them so quickly isn't it? We were talking to another American here in Pécs a few weeks ago and he compared Americans and Hungarians. He said that you can meet an American and be immediately cool with them, have a friendship etc, but with a Hungarian it is harder to crack the shell, but once you do, you can get much deeper than you ever can with an American friendship, much faster. I totally see what he is talking about. I feel like I have known my friends here forever, just as long as I have known my best friends at home and they mean equally as much to me. Six weeks exclusively with 20 people will do that I suppose. As good as it will be to be at home with all of the people I love, it is that difficult to say goodbye. So, for my friends, a little James Taylor...
When you're down and troubled
and you need a helping hand,
and nothing, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to brighten up even your darkest nights.
You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running,
to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall,
all you got to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah.
You've got a friend.
Ahh life is beautiful isn't it? People come and go. Friendships form. Memories are ingrained in our minds. Love is the best feeling. The kind of love endless love you feel from your family and friends and yourfself. The kind of happy you feel from love is the purest, I think.
This is getting to be a really long blog entry, but it's mine. We had to write a reflection on the program today. And as I reflected, I thought about how the past 6 weeks was a lot like a crash course to the real world. Like I said we pretty much had a full-time job in a foreign country. But, we also learned how to function in a professional environment, with other cultures, but also we learned how survive on our own. I learned who I am, who I want to be, what I want to do. It was an eye-opening experience. I truly believe I have a much clearer picture of myelf now. So as I leave Hungary, I am saying goodbye to, not only to good friends, but also to a different mind-set. I feel ready to face the world with another view, the knowledge I have gained. I can't really explain it. It's just a feeling. I'm just lucky, I guess. Still, as always, one of my favorite quotes I plan to live by::
"You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face and show the world all the love in your heart. Then people are gonna treat you better. You're gonna find, yes you will that you're beautiful as you feel"
I'll update you when I get home. For know this is Alo, Szia
All my Love!
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