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I am back in the good ol' USA, having returned from all my adventures abroad on Friday, July 9th.  People have such cool stories to tell about the cool people who sit next to them on planes, and it never happened to me.  This time, however, I sat next to an interesting lady from Pennsylvania who was part of a group coming back from Slovakia, where they spent about 2 weeks learning Rusyn, her family's ancestral language.  We had a nice talk- turns out Polish and Slovakian food is very similar.  I guess that's not that surprising.
Unpacking all my things is always easier than packing them, and I love giving out the presents I got for my family and friends, as well as seeing all the souvenirs I got for myself.  Over my entire journey, I have collected about 15 shotglasses (one from every city) and 7 mugs (one from every major city), as well as other things I felt like buying wherever I was.
My days are no longer as exciting, at least in the sense that I don't get to visit a new city every few days and actually have responsibilities now.  I'm spending the bulk of my time working- this is my third summer in a developmental biology lab, where I study the development of the cardiac conduction system.  Another huge thing is that I'm studying for the MCAT- my test date is September 11th.  I already postponed my test date once when I realized that I didn't have enough time to study for the exam before leaving for Greece.  Now this is it- I'm going to study hard and get a good score!  Hopefully I can find time to take a mini-vacation/roadtrip somewhere cool in the US to ease the withdrawal from traveling.  :)