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Hello everyone�
Well, I�m back in the states�..I flew back on the 22nd, spent Christmas at my grandparents house in L.A. with all my relatives, and came back to Galt last night, where I�ll be until the 7th probably.

My last 2 weeks traveling were amazing and exhausting.
I went to Barcelona, Rome, Pompeii, Venice, Heidelberg for a day, then Paris, then 30 hours of traveling to get to L.A.
Some highlights were seeing the Pope!, the beautiful Mediterranean, meeting a neat girl in my hostel at Paris so I wasn�t alone the whole time!, the Sistine Chapel, the most beautiful sunset I�ve ever seen on the way to Barcelona, going to a soccer game in Barcelona, the Coliseum, walking through Venice in the very early morning and watching the town wake up before all the other tourists came, and a fantastic 3-course lunch in a fancy French restaurant with waiters in white tuxes that waited on us hand and foot, with an old friend of my grandmothers. 

Some low points were spending 2 nights in a row on a train, the 20+ hour train ride to Barcelona and the same to Rome, getting my 2nd camera stolen, getting my driver�s license stolen, not getting to shower for 3 days, wearing the same 2 outfits for 2 weeks (hey, I packed light!), but worst of all�.having to say goodbye to the house, the castle, Heidelberg.

Hard to believe it�s all over.  I�m still trying to fix my sleeping patterns, and going through more culture shock than I did going over there, but I somehow expected that.  I had to ask my mom today if the bank would be closed during lunch.  I honestly couldn�t remember if they did that over here too! 

Anyway, for my Merced friends, I�ll be coming around new years�.probably drive down on the 30th and stay till the 2nd or so�..so, e-mail me if you�ll be in town because I�d love to see you all.

For my Pepperdine friends�.I can�t wait to see everyone when school starts.  I�m living in Towers room 465 and my ext. is 3736, so come by or give me a call!

Tschuss,
Christina


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