Europa, Here We Come....a

So we crossed the equator two days ago which means we are ALMOST to Europe!!! WOO HOO!!!!! I am very excited to see all the new ports, especially since I have signed up to be a tour escort, FREE TOURS!!!!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! There is even a rumor going around that there will be a chocolate tour when we go to Belgium. OH I AM SO THERE!!!!! :D
It was very hard to say goodbye to the Brazilian cast. On each of their last shows and our last shows for them, everyone was crying and hugging after the performance. We had become a family, after spending four months living together.
I will miss Brazil a lot too. I really enjoyed diving into their culture and I am looking forward to experiencing others!!!!! I think I was a little spoiled with all the time we got to spend there, and I might, MIGHT want to move out of the states to live in other countries. (MOM IGNORE THIS SECTION.) This has always been a dream of mine, to live in beautiful places like London or Greece, but it was more of a fantasy til now. But after this experience, I feel like it could be a real possibility if I desired it. But for now, this job is perfect. I don't need to think about a home of my own for awhile. :D
Speaking of home, it was so amazing that my parents were able to come cruise!!!! I really enjoyed showing them the life that I have lived for the past few months in Brazil, show them certain key places and tell them stories of my adventures. I hope they were impressed with my Portuguese. I challenged myself to order food and ask for things with my knowledge of the language and I got around pretty decently. From now on, if I am in a Portuguese or Spanish speaking place, I will do my best to speak their language! I shall be a multi-lingual, soon to be-twenty year old!!!!!!
Twenty, wow, really? ALREADY? Wasn't it just yesterday that I was 16 and driving in my new car. Or a few hours ago that I was 18 and at my graduation. Time has really flown by but I am so excited for what the future has to offer me. I can't wait to tell my kids about all the extrodinary places I have been and the various people I have befriended. I want a life that is different from most, and I suppose living in Los Angeles for a year straight out of high school is a good start. Then traveling the world and living in Brazil, not bad, not bad at all. LOL. Who knows what's next.....