Well...

I'm back.

Theirs nothing I can possibly say about this trip that could probably be twisted into something it's not, the trip was the most amazing three weeks of my life so far. Some may complain of drama or boredom but that's the thing; a trip of 39 teenagers doing a rather cross-country tour of some of the biggest places in Europe. If I had the chance, i'd totally do it again. There is no doubt in that manner.

Now, it would be practically impossible for me to tell you about every single day and everything that had happened, but it seems right enough for me to tell you about each country I went to. It makes alot more sense that way.

First off, I was number 'four' in a group of 39 other teenagers in Connecticut, save two kids who were from Vermont and California respectively. I got along with most of them, as we were all nice to each other but drama can't be ignored. I met this amazing girl from Vermont who i'm proud to call one of my closest friends, and I had alot of great experiences with all the people there.

Our first stop was Greece, and my first opinion of it was that it was a barren wasteland. But, it had this unusual charm to it, and I loved it. In my opinion, it was the most interesting place we visited on this trip. It was so...diffrent from anywhere else. Modern but...not at the same time. whatever the case, I loved the train (although it was crowded) and the greek structures.

Next up is Italy and (i'm going to get shot for this) I feel as if it's overrated. I AM NOT SAYING I HATE ITALY, I love the countryside. But we spent at least a week in Italy alone and our diets consisted of mainly pasta and bread. And Rome was meh. Seriously, it wasn't all that great.

France, despite the fact that the only time there was two days in Paris was actually very interesting and I GOT TO SEE THE MONA LISA AND THE LUVE IS AMAZING. I was very happy. And the best part was...just a boat ride on the river right near the Eiffel Tower at night with my two best friends on the trip......I'm telling you that was awesome.

But in reality, I was pretty upset going home, mostly leaving all my new friends and having to watch Lilly go take another flight to Vermont. The only good thing is I got a facebook (>.> so I can keep in touch with all my P2P friends.

I'll DEFINATLY upload some of my sketches and like, 500000 photos I took eventually. I'm still battling jet-lag to be honest.

Glad to be back!

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It's PolishStitch here, reporting from my homestay in Perugia, Italy. I'm staying here with one of my friends from the trip and with a family of a mom, dad, two brothers and a sister. It's been epic so far!

I really miss you all and I hope everyone's doing well. I only have enoughtime to say hello, i'll leave it at that.

I'll see you all later!

I AM LEAVING TOMORROW, 7/11/09!!!

I 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

I'll miss ALL of you guys!! You're all awesome
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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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Alright, I have to say that on friday, when we all found out that, not only did Farrah Fawcett die, but the one and only Michael Jackson followed in her footsteps, I was in shock. I mean, Michael Jackson was the LAST person i'd expect to die.

No, scratch that.

How about BILLY MAYS!!!!!!!!!!!

I swear to god I thought it was a prank. BILLY MAYS, that dude you see on infomercials DIE?! Well, i'm sorry to say but it's true, he died this morning. You can see it for yourself here [link]

Wow...it's really all I can say now. I know "death comes in threes" and all but it seems just alot of celebrities are dying all of a sudden. It's really freaky, most of these people you just don't expect. At all. It really gets you nervous.

Not to mention (and I hate to bring this up but it's a good point) a good amount of my dreams have been rather...apocalyptic recently. Yes, bombs, not a fun dream to wake up to, especially not around July when people are shooting off fireworks ><

Yes, if you have been wondering, since around mid-May my panic attacks have been popping up a bit more often, ironicly a week before my Babci was sent to the hospital. Coincidence? Maybe, but I have a weird feeling about this...

I really REALLY hope all of this ends soon....or i'll really be on edge over the summer....

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Yes, I know that caught your attention, but bare with me as I drone on about the not so interesting things first

Well, school's out already and it doesn't really feel like summer yet. I mean, everyday so far has pretty much been cloudy or raining so you get tired rather fast. So far, my summer consisted of going online and sleeping. And of course, visiting my Babci whose in one of those..homes or whatever they're called. I've been visiting her every day, and she's slowly getting better and better.

Also, i'm nearly done with my new PBR team, but theirs only one problem. I'm currently looking for the item Black Sludge If anyone knows where to get it, or has one they don't want, i'll love you forever. Problem is, I don't have wi-fi at my house, only at Matt's so we'd need to come up with a certain time and date for me to get it. Don't worry, if you give me one of those i'll totally give you either a good item or pokemon, whichever you prefer.

Ok, so here's the news most of you guys want to know. I just came back from a special dentist a few hours ago, whom i've been seeing for one of my teeth. Apparently, it came in sideways and part of the root might be showing. After coming back from a six month hiatus of meeting up with him, he realized in that amount of time the gum moved back an inch from what it did normally.

Now, when he told me he'd have to fix it, I was fine. I've had cavities filled and remembered having my gums numbed and in reality it isn't so bad. But then he spoke about actual anesthesia and I looked at him. He noticed, laughed, and told my mother that if I was really nervous about getting it fixed, he'd be able to give me a full does of anesthesia to knock me out. He then proceeded to say "Of course we'd need to give her an IV and monitor her heart rate, just in case." I immediately froze.

Because i'm very aware of what's going on, they're planning on giving me a full anesthetic surgery on my mouth. They're first going to take some tissue from, I presume the roof of my mouth, make a hole in the gum around the sideways tooth, and place it in there. The surgery should take about an hour and a half, and my mouth should be sore for about 6 days, and my gums to be red for about 4 weeks.

I'm not going to lie, i'm petrified. All day i've been on edge, completely nervous. Even people who accidentally touch me I jump at. I don't want to go through this surgery, and I know I have to be strong and brave and go through with it. But just knowing it looms in my future scares me. And even though it's going to be in august after my trip.....god.

I really just don't know what to do.

But anyways, stole this from =CoffeeKittens, you can try it if you want to.

1. Your Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favourite Film:
5. Favourite Song or Album:
6. Favourite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of dA?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favourite memory of us?
14. What is your favourite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarkey) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favourite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent:
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together?
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you

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