I don’t think my transition back to the United States will be that difficult, but I won’t know until it happens. I am missing my family an friends and seeing them again will be nice. I have made some friends from UC during my stay here, but it isn’t quite the same as lifelong friends and family. If I ever want to hang out with any of the UC students that accompanied me on the trip, they won’t be too hard to get in contact with. I also miss the general space between human beings that the Midwest has. London is a very crowded city. The commute on the tube during rush hour is very unpleasant. Everyone gets crammed into the minimal space the subway offers and there isn’t much room to move. I find it stressful. Also the weather in London, while not as bad as people claim, still leaves a bit to be desired. I am generally a warm weather person anyways, so that doesn’t help.
I will miss the atmosphere of London. It’s such a diverse place and there is so much to do. I feel like I have barely scratched the surface of the London experience in the three months I have been here and that isn’t for lack of trying. There are still events I would like to go to, a WRC event or the Goodwood Festival of Speed come to mind, that I missed out on due to travel logistics or simply being in the UK at the wrong time of the year. Also there are plenty of other European destinations I would like to visit that I didn’t have time for. I was unable to visit Germany or Italy for example. Once one is in Europe, travel to other European countries is cheap and easy. Generally, the people of London have been very kind and polite. This English kind of politeness is dissimilar to America’s demeanor and I will also lament its absence. I like my employers and co-op a lot. This co-op has probably been my most enjoyable and that will make transitioning back to UC for my last semester tough. Generally the transfer between the relative freedom of co-op and the burdensome nature of a DAAP semester is hard, but this time I have plenty of work to do for my capstone project. I am not looking forward to it, but I am looking forward to graduating. I will be a long and trying process, but I will prevail in the end.
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