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Bummer Summer

My last two weeks in Europe were supposed to be lived in airports and hostels, seeing everywhere left on my List and experiencing Christmas in four different countries in a matter of weeks. My plane tickets are purchased, museums lined up, bakeries heavily researched. The only thing standing in my way now is LITERALLY EVERYTHING.

I was advised not to get a visa for my semester abroad, because Europe has bigger things to worry about than an American college student overstaying her 90-day grace period. Well, those “bigger things” include things like: terrorist attacks, bombings, refugees, over crowding cities, etc. And how does Europe start getting a handle on everything going wrong? 

TIGHTENING BORDER CONTROL. 

After I hit my 90-day mark on Saturday, I’m technically illegal in the Schengen and have to stay low- meaning, not throwing my passport at TSA in airports all over Europe. 

I’m definitely bummed that I don’t get to visit Harry Potter Studios, or see the Monet exhibit at the Louvre, or eat macarons under the Eiffel Tower like Blair Waldorf. I really wanted to see Christmas everywhere and add to my mom’s European Rock Collection (ask her about it), and it kills a very real part of my adventure loving heart to let multiple plane tickets go to complete waste. 

But I’m in Vienna, people!

I get more time with my Damn Fam! 

I’m going to see my real family in ONE MONTH!

Honestly, my heart is so full that it’s hard to stay bummed about something like not getting to see the filming locale of The Aristocats.