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The plane finally touches down and your exhausted. Stepping into the Terminal at JFK you feel like you are stepping through a magic mirror. You can't believe how strange everything seems, yet bizarrly mundane. You almost have the sensation that everything was a dream. Did you really stay up till 6 am dancing to Flamenco music in Sevilla. Had you really sat at the Mirador of San Nicolas and watched the most beautiful sunset of your life go down behind the Alhambra? It all seems so far away now. You quickly make your way down the escalators and impatiently wait through the long lines at customs. You finally make it through to baggage and miraculously your bag is one of the first ones to come out. You grab it and hastily make your way down the exit corridor. Through the transparent doors you can see the silhouette of your extremely tall and balding father with his arm slung around your mom's shoulders while she clutches to a home-made welcome sign. Despite the twinge of embarrassment you are absolutely thrilled to see them. You speed walk the rest of the way and throw your arms around both of them. "So," your mom says, "did you have the adventure of a lifetime?" You don't even know how to answer her. So much has changed inside of you. You can't wait to tell her and everyone else what you've been through. Thank goodness you took copious notes in your journal. You won't forget a thing!

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