Welcome Home!

As the final festivities of our study abroad program came and gone, before I knew it I was back on a plane heading to Newark, New Jersey with my fellow classmates. That eight hour plane ride seemed surreal, as we all sat back, slept to the best of our abilities and reminisced about the semester. In the end, the census was that time abroad went by way too quickly. Even though it was over, we still had the best time of our lives and created more memories than some people do in a lifetime.

The plane departed Rome at 10 am, and we landed the next day in the USA at 1 pm. After a thirty minute process of coming back to the states becoming a resident again and declaring my souvenirs at customs, I was at the gate between my parents and myself. To my surprise my mother, father, and grandmother were holding red, white, and blue signs and balloons screaming, “WELCOME HOME!” Even though I was sad that my time abroad was over, it was a great welcome back experience. Then after a two hour car ride, I was in Connecticut in my bedroom, which looked the exact same as I had left it.