Intern International

   Spring has lulled me into a quiet routine—the kind that comes before a big event. The kind that comes when you know you have to "lay low" or you'll go crazy. That's how I feel with anticipation of my parents' arrival and the soon-to-follow trip to Greece. If I don't live quietly and try to enjoy the little things in life now, I won't be able to wait for the bigger things. The logic makes sense in my brain even if I can't express it here.     I have recently read Anne of Green Gables and have been watching the show with my friend, and currently, I'm just trying to live an Anne of Green Gables type of existence. I think often of two specific quotes from the book, "Looking forward to things is half the pleasure of them," and, "I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly like pearls ...

   Since we technically run on a Trimester schedule here at Bogi, I had a week-long break last week and had to come up with a trip fast. I've reached the point in my year abroad where I've accomplished all the important things or will achieve them soon. I've done Italy twice, I have a school tour coming up for Greece, Norway is simply not in the cards for winter travel, Turkey is something I want to wait to do until I can dedicate more time and finances to it, and Scotland must wait because I won't do it without my sister. Those are the major destinations in the "area", so since all of those are accounted for in some way, shape, or form, I'm content to just go wherever with whoever, whenever.      So me, Keegan, Keith, and Karis headed to Slovakia. Bratislava was a really cute city, but very small, so we struggled a bit to fill our time. We wanted to take some trips to castles in the surrounding countryside, but our plans fell through because there was a l...