I went to Maine as soon as finals ended to visit Alyssa, my roommate from Spain. We hadn't seen each other since we split up to go our separate ways in the Barcelona airport in December, so it was FANTASTIC to reunite. I drove the whoooollleee eight hours all by my lonesome but it was well worth it.

Maine is green. It has tons of trees, and mountains, and towns with character. We looked out for moose, and though we didn't see the actual animal we did see a moose track! Alyssa goes to Bates College, which is an iota of the size of Temple, and it was very weird to me that she could literally say hi to every person we saw in the town. It made me wonder what my college experience would have been like if I had chosen a smaller school, but driving back into Philadelphia made me realize I picked a school with huge resources in a city I love.

On the way to the beach! Eerie fog, right?

During our moose trek.

Back to Philly!