And so it began
March 1st 2006 I left Tampa, FL on January 15, 2006. I said goodbye to my mother and flew to O'hare airport in Chicago. There, I met another exchange student headed to another city in Sweden through ISEP. She was going to Karlstad-a school I had considered. After boarding the plane and saying goodbye to my Minnesota friend, I found myself sitting next to the window, sharing space with a Russian woman. The plane
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