A Seceret for the Blog Readers: Bittersweet End

(I LOVE Charlie Chaplin's sweet little mustache... this is the goetee version)

To all of you who have been faithful blog readers you get the insight of my near future. So Barcelona has proven to be more expensive than originally thought. So come Saturday I will be on a flight back home. I wont actually arrive back in Wichita until Sunday afternoon though. I have a 12 hour lay over in New York City. Luckily I have a few friends in NYC so I will be entertained for dinner and perhaps a few drinks Saturday evening. I think this will be a nice close to this brief chapter in my life. I have to be honest I am sad to be leaving so soon. My new roommates seemed to be really genuine people. With my remaining few days here in Barcelona I will show Sydney around the city and I will soak up the remaining time I have with the new friends I have met in my time here. Darn money... oh well... that's life.... or so it's always been mine.

However, I greatly look forward to seeing all my family and friends. I truly missed everyone and feel that my time here has not been wasted. I have learned a lot about living in another culture and being able to see life outside of the US has been rewarding. I also know that lessons in life catch us later in life. What I mean by that statement is we don't always realize or understand the impact certain life experiences until we are able to look at things in retrospect. Always live for the day and the lessons of life will present themselves as they prove necessary and/or relevant.

I will say this, I had a great time in Germany for New Years Eve... I can't post all the pictures so please check out the link I have provided and you will be able to see a bit of my adventures while I was in Stuttgart Germany. Sydney and I went to stay with a friend of mine named Brandon... I have known him since the forth grade! It's crazy when you begin to know people longer than half of your life. One thing about Germany is the people are so tall and blonde! I can usually pick out my friend Sydney in the store because she is one of few blondes... not in Germany!

Stuttgart Pics:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2240722&l=9b1be&id=17001339

Love you all and see you soon!

I will leave you with this song:
"In My Life" by the Beatles
(you can listen to this song if you would like by clicking on the link I have provided)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym0x3vTw6yc