My experiences have taught me to be more independent and how to adapt to any situation life might throw at me. It also taught me a lot about people and friendships. I now have many friends all over the world, who have shown me new ways of looking at things, and given me different perspectives on life. We email as often as possible, and it is always exciting to hear from them. There will forever be a special place in my heart for these wonderful people, since through them I have learned that real friendship has no barriers be they language, culture, or geography.
True friendship breaks all boundaries.
In fact I am even going back to Spain to visit, and after announcing this to my friends I received a flood of emails, each one expressing their joy that I have decided to come back to visit. I can not imagine my life without these very special friends. My experience abroad is the most wonderful event of my life for many reasons. I encourage everyone to expand their horizons and mind to go where they never thought they would. These experiences do not exist in books, they await in the unknown.