Tuesday, May 18, 2010

home sweet home and unpacking my life

After a long day of traveling, about 12 hours in flight, I've finally arrived back home in California. I've been home since Saturday and just been busy and tired since I've been back. I've finally found some downtime to write this last entry, its been three days since I landed in California. I am happy to be back, to see family and friends, sleep in my bed, and be in the comfort of my home. I've already started on my list of things to do, such as eating bagels, Mexican food, sushi and in-and-out which I have gone without for three months! So I've been enjoying eating the food that I have missed these past months. I have a bad sense of time here, because in Salamanca it doesn't get dark until around 10pm to almost 11. Here at home it still gets dark pretty early around 7 or 8 in the evening. I just drove today for the first time which felt very awkward at first. It's slowly coming back to me.

Apart from being happy to be home, as the days go on, I am getting quite nostalgic of my time in Spain. As I am unpacking my things I can't help but compare it to waking up from a dream. It is a surreal feeling that three exciting and eventful months of my life have passed already. It seems like there was so much time and talk building up to the moment I left for Spain, and now it seems to have ended so quickly. I am glad I have this blog to help me remember all the moments I have had while living in Europe. I have made valuable friends that will always have the same shared experience as me, living together in Salamanca. Our farewell dinner and last nights in Spain did feel reminiscent of a graduation: everyone is saying there goodbyes, celebrating a milestone, and at the end people begin to part in their own ways. I can't help but to feel an overwhelming feeling of mixed emotions, feeling bittersweet. In the end, I am thankful for the experiences I have learned from living abroad in Spain and I have made friends I will never forget. Writing here has really helped me to reflect on these valuable experiences. Hopefully this blog has been of interest to someone and you have enjoyed reading! Ciao!

-Christina

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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 14, 2012 at 3:12 AM

    Your blogs are really worth reading. They are interesting indeed! Continue posting and thank you for sharing your experiences with us.

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  2. UnknownOctober 29, 2013 at 4:35 AM

    Hey Christina, We have been checking out your blog and we must say that we are very impressed. It's really great.

    We have particularly been following your posts about Salamanca as we visited there too. We have even written a guide, which you can check out here: http://hitchhikershandbook.com/country-guides/spain-2/salamanca/ We would love your feedback and any tips, information, advice that you might have would be warmly appreciated.

    Keep up the good work!

    Ania & Jon

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  3. DhairyaApril 9, 2018 at 9:52 PM

    Nice experience! Nice post. I enjoyed reading it.Thanks for sharing.


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