Goodbye Post

The most dreadred day is about to come. Six months ago I had never imagined all that life had prepared for me. Applying for a scholarship was not in my plans. Three days before the registration term came to its end one of my friends told me that I should apply for "Friends of Fulbright Scholarship". I didn't have a clue what this program was about. Besides, I had so a little time to fulfill the application form and I wasn't sure I was going to be selected. However, God, the universe, Buda, destiny, or call it whatever you want made me be part of this, and you don't imagine how thankful I am.

Since the beginning, when I received the good news, I realized I was going to share this opportunity with a person I already knew. Lucho and me, we have shared almost 10 years of friendship and sharing this together was an amazing blessing. Besides, back in Buenos Aires for our first meeting I found myself surrounded with a group of people as excited as I was. Luckily, the best part of that group is now in Austin. Most of them have become family within two months. We had share rooms, trips, worries, happiness, cheeseburgers,donuts, parties, mates, etc. We arrived as mates, we leave as brothers and sisters.

Second, Austin is a unique city, full of diversity and empty of prejudgments. The UT is an astounding University. I love all that it has to offer to students. Libraries, documents, common places, clubs, shops, teachers, schools, coffee shops, an incredible stock of unbelievable sources, all these things make me so jealous, in a bad way of course just like kids. I would love to have access to all that UT students have and take advantage of that. I would do my best to come back and have the chance to study here one more time.

Applying and being selected was not the only challenge; indeed, the experience was a challenge itself. Thanks God, we have two beautiful persons by our side: Rachelle and Katie. They have made of this trip the best one. Moreover, they have helped us and support us like nobody did. I am so thankful to them.

Nowadays, I am about to come back home after spending one month and half in this beautiful city surrounded with amazing people. I cannot say that the fact of going back home doesn't excite me, but it feels like one piece of me is staying here. I believe that home is where you leave your baggage, and Austin has definitely become part of me, a piece of home in this long journey that life is.

THANKS AUSTIN!!