Here we go…In the airport about to board a plane to France on the way to Germany. A country that was so prominent in the 20th Century. A country that part of my family came from. These things alone are reason enough for me to be excited for this trip.
I traveled most of the continental United States in the past year but leaving the continent is another level of adventure. The food we will eat, the people we will meet, and the lessons we will learn on this trip will stay with us forever. I can’t truly explain the ways we’ll grow as people because I haven’t experienced it yet. But we will keep you updated on those experiences in this website! For sure, though, we’re learning something about our constantly evolving, constantly shrinking, globalized world. A trip across oceans that once would change and redefine a person’s life forever we are making in a few short hours, in order to attempt to condense the experience of living in a country in a few short days. It doesn’t seem possible, but it will have to be enough.
I know I will have a brand new appreciation for Pittsburgh when I come back. That’s a wonderful thing about traveling; it reminds you how much you love home. Hopefully the Penguins will still be playing when I come back.
-Connor Mulvaney
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