I used to be a very untraveled person until 2007. I remember myself sitting in a beta alpha psi meeting the very beginning of my junior year at GVSU. I was talking to this girl who spent her summer of 2006 studying abroad in Rome. She was talking about her entire experience. Until then I had heard of people studying abroad but I didn't really think too much of it. I was scared to be completely honest. No one in my family had left the country or even been on a plane.
My roommate my freshman and sophomore year was studying abroad in Spain our entire junior year. I figured....if she can do this so can I. When to go was the big question for me. In August of 2006, I had everything already planned for graduation in December 2007 so I wasn't sure when I could sneak in a study abroad. Well I made it happen and I'm so glad I did.
I did a 6 week session in Rome Italy right after my junior year ended. I took basic fun courses and lived the Italian dream. I made some really good friends who were my roommates during the summer. We went away a lot on the weekends together. I also went early and stayed later after the session. Since this summer was the first time I didn't have a job since I was 14 I thought I better take advantage. Now I get a second chance....
The rest is history really. After that I couldn't wait to go on my next trip abroad. It wasn't until the following summer in Germany with my mom that we took a 2 week tour across the country.
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