Friday, June 22, 2012

A Foggy Day in London Town

So it had to happen someday, and today was the day...

It was time to go home.

Our last day in Edinburgh was nothing fancy. Good times in the rain with good friends. This wee lass even got a kilt out of the deal. We ended the night in a pub, watching football and eating pub food. I couldn't have asked for a better, truly Scottish day.


Ye treated me well, Scotland.

This morning was a little more than somber. I was trying to keep it together, but I will admit that I lost it a couple of times on the plane. This experience has just been so incredible. I have learned so many things, met so many great friends, and been to so many outrageous places that I could not and would not trade this trip and its memories for anything in the world. I have loved every minute of it, and I know that London, Dublin, Edinburgh, and all the places in between are not places that I will be forgetting anytime soon.

I know, Edinburgh.

I'm getting misty-eyed just typing it!

I am glad to be home. I missed my family dearly and I was so excited to see them waiting for me at the gate. I gave them all their gifts already (except for dad, who conveniently exited the home so as to not have to help me with bags to visit a friend) and I loved being able to share that part of the trip with them. I'm home for now, but I know that some day my home will be somewhere else. And after this trip's adventures and the opportunities that I happened upon in London and Scotland, I have a pretty good idea of where that home will be.

Cheers! Chi mi a-rithist thu!

1 comment:

Mum said...

An appropriate cheers. Not goodbye. Just chi mi a-riist - see you later. So happy to have you home and glad you had this journey of a lifetime. You'll remember this trip with your two best friends forever. Love you, Mum.