People are Awesome!!

My internship is putting me in contact with some of the most interesting and amazing people! Thursday night was an eclectic group with an older couple from New York, a young couple moving to Portland, a girl from Australia, a girl from Germany and an older guy from Australia. The three single people were students at the school, the wife of the new York couple was a student and the others were just tourists. They were all so enthusiastic to be here, so amazed by the experience and so grateful for both mine and Louisa's help. I got to translate for all of them and cook quite a lot, they were also so interested to hear what I was doing there. Everyone reminded me how lucky I am to have this experience and all encouraged me to enjoy every moment. It was a good reminder that I really am on an incredible adventure, that this will only happen once and that I have so much to be grateful for. I had been feeling that Siena was becoming a little monotonous but these people caused me to take a deeper look and as I walked through the city the next day I had a new appreciation for its beauty and a renewed interest in the history and culture. The next day I got to help with a private class for a young couple from New York city celebrating their graduations from their respective masters programs. They were overwhelmingly thrilled with their experience and so very gracious, they too were so excited for my opportunity and did their part in reminding me how lucky I am to be here. They told me a little about their lives and I got to remember how incredible people are. How every single person has a unique and important story to tell and they can all do a lot of good, myself included. Will to change the world renewed! I think all the people I get to meet in my job, thoug not the focus of my internship on paper, is my favorite and also the most educational.