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Dear Sara,

Can you believe that an entire year has gone by since we jumped on a plain and started the adventure of our lives? All the places I visited, all the people I met, all that I experienced… I can’t even begin to describe it! I remember being kind of afraid at first, but I would do it all over again. It has been the best year of my life! I have so many good memories: visiting the colosseum in Rome; running on the Wall of China; the view from the top of the Empire State Building; the warm seas in Hawaii; the greek islands; the lights of the Eiffel Tower at night; the queen’s jewelry collection in the London castle; volunteering at a summer camp in Africa; Robert falling from a camel in Marrocco… I have like a billion pictures. I’m thinking of making a scrapbook and file it on a shelve marked “Érica rocking it all over the world 2012/2013”, so that I can look at it when I’m old and weary and think “I had a damn good life!”.

Despite all the good memories, now that this journey is near its end, I can’t help feeling kind of sad; but I still have this week before going back to Lisbon and, like Robert said: “If you found out that you were going to lose your leg tomorrow, would spend today in the couch crying or would you go out, run and do some awesome air kicks?”. I decided to follow his advice. I didn’t actually do any type of air kicks but I decided to end this adventure in Sydney, Australia. Since I’ll see you in a few days, I’ll tell you all about my last stop then. However, I have to stress the beauty of the Opera House: it’s beyond this world!

As you remember, I decided to go on this adventure because when the time came to fill in the applications for collage, I freaked out as if someone had just told me that all my favorite dresses were lost in a fire. I couldn’t think straight. I tried to image myself at the age of 30 and it was all a blur. My future wasn’t clear at all. I travelled the world from one end to the other this year trying to broaden my horizons and find something to connect with, but I ended up discovering myself. Life is too short to waste it! I’m not going to do the same thing my entire life. There are so many things I love doing, why not do it all? My mind is clear now. Next fall, I will fill in an application for the Law University but I won’t give up a career in fashion. I know it’s not easy to do both things at the same time but I don’t really care if it means work. When you do what you love, it doesn’t feel like work at all. Now I truly believe I won’t regret my choices. One journey of my life may have ended, but a new one it's just begining. It's time for new adventures!

I hope that your journey has helped you the way mine helped me. Don’t worry, we may be back to our old lives, but we’ll never be boring!

See you soon!

Love,

Érica