Everything happens for a reason

"Life is too short to wake up with regrets.. So love the people who treat you right.. Forget about the ones who don't. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it."

The world is my oyster right now and I am taking full advantages of it :) Being overseas has been amazing! Everything is so close together in Europe that it has been far to easy to travel and spend money :). I just got back from a weekend in Budapest with 3 of my friends. We stayed in a hotel which was muchly needed after so many hostels. We actually got a room that was basically a little apartment. Tons of great memories and laughter.

On Saturday, we spent the day walking around Budapest; starting on the Buda side. We went to the castle and walked around the old town. We then crossed the river over to the Pest side and went to the Parliament building. In front of the Parliament building there were blown up pictures from a photo contest. There were so many amazing photos; many were taken in Romania. On the other side of the Parliament building, along the river, there is a memorial for Jews who were shot. They have about 60 shoes cemented along the rivers edge. It was beautiful yet so simple.

After traveling tons in the last couple weeks, I am finally going to take a break and just travel around Vienna and explore more of the city that I have been calling home for the last 3 and half months. The time has been flying by now! I can't believe it is already half way thru May. I finish school June 24, and will be leaving Vienna around the 28th of June; travel for a month or so. I will definitely miss this place and the amazing people who I have grown to love so much. Will be so hard to say goodbye to everyone and head home back to "reality". Oh how I want to avoid "reality" for longer, but my bank account would never let me ;).

I believe everything does happy for a reason, going back home I feel will show me that. I met the people I met here for a reason; I traveled to the places I traveled for a reason; everything that has happened to me here and from back home, all happened for a reason. I grow, I explore, I learn, I love, I lose, I live, and I laugh. And my laughter will never end, because it keeps me sane <3.