I'm home.

Hello everyone.

I just wanted to let you all know that I am home. I made it safely. I landed at JFK airport around 12:15 pm Sunday, July 5th.

Since being home, I have realized many differences between the culture I was living in and the culutre I was born in. It has really opened my eyes even more to the diversity and cultures around the world.

At the final orientation in Rome, someone told us: "Your experience isn't over; it is just beginning." And now I see what he meant by that.

I have jumped out of my (american) shoes for 10 months, choosing to use those of the italians... I saw their point of view on the world and many other things.. and now that I am in my shoes again, I can see the world like I used to but I can live in a different manner. I can now choose to live in my shoes but keeping in mind the diversity of the world and the different points of view/thought.

This experience has truely been amazing and a once in a lifetime thing.

Thank you to all those who made it possible!!!

Ciao for now,
Heather