Over the past couple of weeks, I've done my best to email friends and family, chat via Facebook, and send out as many pictures as possible. However, in trying to contact so many people and keep everyone updated on my traveling adventures, I've discovered that it would be much easier to maintain a blog rather than to send multiple individual emails daily, many of which consist of the same updates and pictures. While this may seem less personal, I hope you understand my time constraint and lack of energy, and most of all, know that I missing and thinking of each and every one of you while I travel abroad. Thanks to all of your support and love, I'm able to have this wonderful experience!