Je pars pour Paris... quatre

Europe. I applied to jobs by sending my profile to families in Spain, France, and Switzerland. I kept an eye out for other places, but it was easiest to focus on three, like the agency asked. Spain, because Daina insisted. The language would be easier to pick up since I studied it in school. France, because of my new-found curiosity in French culture. Learning French would also help me out with the list of countries I’d like to visit in the future. And Switzerland, because I still have family there. Europe, because I’ll appreciate it, I’ll learn independence without too much culture shock, and I’ll convince my parents slowly to let me go to other continents. Gardens. Museums. Mad liberals. Revolutions. The concept of ancient civilizations and building them up and down and around and new ones up again. And I’m so glad I’m not too young to understand it and not too old to feel the true depth of the grooove and what it means for the future…