VERY IMPORTANT UPDATE PLEASE READ - LEAVINGI will arrive at JFK airport at around 2:00 in the afternoon, then fly a seven hour flight to Paris, then switch planes and take a three hour flight to Athens. So in a nutshell Saturday will be very short
Just wanted to note that today will be my last day on dA/MSN/SWF/youtube for a long time. So, yea, it's just a head's up
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Alright guys, this may come as a surprise to you guys (or at least the ones who don't know already) but this is my last week I am going to be in the United States. Yep, on July 11th, I will be leaving for Europe, and will be staying there for three weeks
I know what you guys are thinking, you have no idea what's going on or what i'm talking about. Let me explain first.
I was chosen among numerous teenagers in my state by a group known as "People to People", where they select 'Student Ambassadors' to go into different parts of the world and represent the US and try to spread peace.
If you wonder how I got selected...I have no clue. This group selects students without your knowledge at all, I remember I got a letter about the meeting last summer out of the blue. They choose you, not the other way around. Once you go to the first meeting, it's first come first serve (at lease on who has the better paperwork). Once you get so many signatures and fill out papers as to why you'd be a good ambassador, they bring you in for an interview and if you do good, you get selected in.
So, that's what happened to me. I got accepted into a nice delegation of about 40 ambassadors, all of them are rather friendly and nice. That's good, since i'll be spending the next three weeks with all of them. Ironically enough though, two of my fellow ambassadors are none other than Matt and ~Katiey-24. No, I'm not kidding, and had nothing to do with it. Two of my closest friends are going on this trip with me. It just worked out that way. I also met a few people who i'll certainly hang around with, one of them being a nice girl named Sarah who'se been over my house already
But yes, I'm happy to go to Europe and to represent the US. To me, I feel as if I should go there and teach other countries that the people in the US arn't as bad as they think we are; we care for others, not hell-bent on war and that we appreciate other cultures as well. Which brings me to my other point.
The places i'll be going to are Greece, Italy, and France. We'll be spending the first three days in Greece, followed by roughly 16 days in Italy (if I did the math right) and the last two days in Paris, France. It's going to be great, i'll see alot of amazing things, try different foods and dances and such, and get to go places normal tourists wouldn't be able to see.For three days in Italy, i'll be in a home-stay and try out Italian daily life myself. Also, if i'm lucky, I may go meet the Pope!
This is going to be a great trip, and i'm excited to go. I think the only thing bothering me is that this is the first time i'll ever be away from my parents, not to mention to LONG flight to Greece (leaving from JFK airport to Paris, then taking another flight to Greece. But other than that, I think i'll be fine. This is defiantly an experience i'm happy I tried out for, I doubt i'll ever do anything like this for the rest of my life!
But yes, here's the main point of the journal. Since i'll be in Europe almost all of July, i'll have NO internet access or any sort. This means, if you need me....I won't be here. At all.
PLEASE SEND ME A NOTE WITH ANY IMPORTANT MESSAGE, JOURNAL, OR DEVIATION ON IT, I WILL READ IT WHEN I GET BACK. I WILL DELETE EVERY MESSAGE IN MY DA INBOX ONCE I RETURN!!! Please keep that in mind, I don't want to overlook something possibly important.
So yes, this is the last week for me to be in the US. I'll try to finish up a few deviations I have and upload them as soon as possible before my trip. if you need anything from me, ask me NOW.
But yes, I will update this journal before I leave to say goodbye to you all.
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You get a free vacation. You sure are a lucky girl. Europe has so much to offer and your trip goes through all best places too.
But don't be too serious about that spreading peace and understanding. If it could be done it would have been done already. The main problem is fear. It is not American people we fear or hate but your leaders who have spread war and chaos all around the planet. We never get to see the people just the leaders who represent them and thus one easily starts to think that all of you act as badly as your leaders do. It will take years before you can fix all those problems George W. Bush and his goverment caused.
Just keep your mind open. Like my grandma used to say. "We are all different and because we are all different we are all similiar."
Have fun and enjoy your trip.
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Yea, I know. It's sad how one man messed us up so bad, and really all I wanted to do is what you said; say that i'm an American citizen who completely disagreed with Bush and believes in peace and benevolence. Besides, i've discussed numerous times that with war, nobody ever comes out to be the winner (unless the war's WW2, that was an important war...you know, unlike what's happening in Iraq)
Hopefully, I have enough trust in Obama to help us, it seems like he's doing a good job so far and that alot of countries like him. I really hope he gets us out of this rut.
Your babca is absolutely right :3 Our diffrences make us all the same
Thanks dude ^^
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But have fun nonetheless.
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Let's just say I disagree the United States' interpretation of world peace.
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It is not wise to talk about WW2 in Europe. Those scars haven't healed yet and they never will. Hitler and his armies were defeated but the memory of all bad things he did still lives and continues to haunt all Europe.
And it is especially forbidden to act like USA would have won the war on its own. I know that you wouldn't act like that but somebody might. People all around Europe and Russia fought hard against the Third Reich and many of them paid for it with their lives. When USA joined the war in Europe the Third Reich had already weakened a lot. So if someone of your group acts like that warn him/her of it.
Since you wanted to make American people look better I thought I should warn you about those two major mistakes Americans often make.
Yes, Obama seems to know what he is doing. He has had a good start and it looks like he could actually change the world into a bit better place. Let's just hope he won't get assasinated like JFK did.
Yes, I think so too.
You are welcome, Anna. ^^
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Yet another reason why I want to go, I mean, alot of people here are way to proud for their own good. I want to go there and, in the right moment, show that we don't think we rule everybody and help others and be helped by others too.
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