Going Home for Break?

Hey all,

So you’ve probably heard about the terrorist attacks in Paris by now. I can’t even imagine how the families of those victims are probably feeling right now. It was just an ordinary night, just like any other-so unexpected.

The next morning, I got a call from my mother. She knew I was safe, but she called to tell me that she does not want me traveling Europe for winter break. Moms will be moms, they worry-I get that. They want their children to be safe. So instead of traveling with my best friend around Europe for a couple of weeks, I’ll be home come December. I’m excited to be going back to the states, but there’s still this disappointment inside me. There will be other times to travel though, and going home to see my family will be fun.

It was pretty chilly today, the wind was being borderline pushy. I seem to always underestimate the wind here. This morning, I went for a run. In shorts. After a mile, I told myself it was so not worth running farther than I already was from my flat, so I ran back and made myself breakfast.

Today, I also visited Castle Howard with other Holy Cross students studying in York. We went with our visiting student coordinator, Claire. I literally just wrote a paper about it for my English Country House class, so I was excited to see the building in person. I thought it was prettier than it was in the photos in the many books that I read. Here are some photos from today.

The front of the house:

The back of the house:

#NoFilter

The grounds were also as amazing as the house. It was a great experience, and I get to experience it again next weekend with my English Country House class.

Anyways, that’s all for now 🙂

Cheers

This entry was posted on Saturday, November 21st, 2015 at 6:16 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

Comments are closed.