There and Back Again

So, I forgot to blog last week. This means this post will be a SUPER POST.

The past two weeks have been great! I had my boyfriend visit for thanksgiving and this weekend I had one of my best friends come down from Estonia, she is also studying abroad. Of course these visits were both wonderful but something happened to me that I am quite thankful for. I really like Strasbourg again. There was a couple of weeks were I was very over Strasbourg and I think I just had some kind of homesickness that made me ready to leave. However, showing both of these people around I saw the city from a fresh prospective again and it made me remember who I felt when I first saw these fairy tale looking places of downtown. Of course the Christmas Markets helped me love Strasbourg again. Everyone is so merry, there are fresh smells everywhere and you hear Christmas songs being played or sung everywhere.

 While I am very excited about returning home I am also very sad. I live in a pretty large city, which is something I had always wanted to experience. I am in a pretty short traveling distance to so many countries and many new things. I have made many friends with who I have had so many laughs with and I will never forget. Time passes by so fast. Will I be out of the loop with everything in America or with my friends? Will I get that reverse culture shock (probably)? I know I will feel like Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit when he finally goes home and doesn't see it as the same home he left and thus he travels more.

I want to make a list of things I have to do before I leave Strasbourg. 

I have such mixed feeling right now. However I can look forward to a wonderful mexican meal, delicious Grandmother food, hugs and kisses when I return home.

 Anyway enough of what I will miss and what I look forward to. I am still in Strasbourg and I am going to have a great time left. Christmas markets with some of the best food in the world, Speculoos Crepe, here I come!