Well this brings me to the end of my blog. Just left the IES Center for the last time. Had the rest of today and tomorrow in Freiburg then head to Frankfurt for the night and fly home on Wednesday. It is a bittersweet end to the program. The friends and experiences of this semester will stick with me for the rest of my life. Freiburg will always remain a special place to me and one that I cannot wait to return to in the future. I can look back 4 months and know I am leaving this place much better off than when I came here.
I soon get to return home for the holidays and get to attempt to begin sharing this semester's stories.
I now leave behind a family of 53 students who came to Freiburg not knowing what to expect and leave knowing we made the most of it and leave with a bond that can never be broken.

Amazing weekend in Venice with 5 friends. Pictures and more details will come as soon as this last paper is finished. Just felt the need to take a break from writing for a few minutes as I got reflecting on this semester as I notice my countdown calendar at 16 days left here. We were talking in between classes today and were talking about reuniting with our friends and families and realized at the same time we will be leaving behind friends, some of which have essentially become family and leaving Freiburg which has given us a home feeling since the day we all arrived back in August.