A couple of days ago, I got extremely frustrated and wrote a list of all of the things that have been the hardest to adjust to about Ecuadorian culture. As I was writing the list, I realized two important things. One, there are things that I do not like about Ecuador but all of the amazing experiences and aspects that I love about life here totally outweigh the negatives.

I swear these are not my words if anyone saw them as offensive. Although who wouldn't want to be Greek? Remember the movie quote titles thing? My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the origin of this quote. It is, especially, relevant to this post because I visited my family in Thessaloniki, Greece this weekend. I had never met my family in Greece before so I was really nervous. To say the least, I thought I was in a movie the entire weekend. It was that Greek.

As my final days wind down in Dublin, I've been taking time to appreciate all of the places I have come to know and love this semester. This has included several long runs to the beach and walking around downtown taking in the sights of the city for my last few days. I have had the opportunity to see so many beautiful things this semester, but even with all of the places I went, Dublin is by far the most special.

Dorm life in Japan is definitely different from dorm life in America.

It has been just over a week since I returned to the United States. My flights home were long and happily uneventful.