How has travel affected your life?

The summer between high school and college, I went to Europe with a choir. We traveled through Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Luxembourg. I have to say that experience changed how I see things here in the US of A. It was a really good time for me. It was my first time breaking away from the chains in my house that kept me depressed for so long. It was a first for a lot of things actually. It made me realize how small the world really is. I ran into two people I knew in one day while in Paris, neither of which I knew were going to be in the country. Katie, my cousin’s friend who actually lives in California and Emiliano, a kid I’ve gone to school with since at least junior high. I want to live in Europe. Italy if I can. I can’t stand the US or its ego. Right now I’m just pushing my way through school and waiting until I can escape. Morirò ma primo vivrò. I plan on getting that tattooed on the inside of my wrist in the fall. It means, “I will die but first I will live.”