Our amazing adventure has just about come to a close. Classes are done, and most of us are rushing around to secure last minute Christmas gifts and touristy trinkets to give to friends back home. Although we have been in London for over three months now I cannot help but think that we have yet to even scratch the surface of what lies in this great city, but we have certainly done a lot. One of the most important legacies from this trip will surely be the connections we all made with people while we were here. From the very start of my college career, in first year seminar class, the importance of building a large network of people was the subject of many lectures and essays. Through this experience we have all expanded our networks a great deal by meeting a lot of different people. I am certain that everyone on this trip is going to keep in touch with at least a few people they met over the course of the semester, and will maintain their network, just as we were taught to. They may not seem important in the world right now, but 10 years down the road who knows? Anything could happen. A popular phrase used in class was “it is not always what you know, but who you know, that matters” and I believe that by crossing the pond all of us experienced new people and cultures and ideas that will have an impact on their lives going forward. Even if our new friends here do not end up assisting any of us in our future careers, their ideas will and have led all 13 of us to becoming better rounded students and citizens in general.
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