Hiroshima

Our last day in Japan. Usually when something like this comes to an end it's sad, but I don't feel that way this time. It has been such an amazing and life changing two weeks that I'm just so happy it happened, as opposed to being sad that it is over. For our last day, a small group and myself went on a short excursion to Hiroshima. We had the option to either take the exam early and go to Hiroshima, or take it later in the day and not go to Hiroshima. This was an easy choice for me because I would not be able to forgive myself if I went to Japan and had the chance to see Hiroshima and did not. We spent the whole time at the peace park and museum. This was really heavy, emotional stuff that was best experienced in silence and deep thought. It made me disgusted to even be part of the human race after seeing the suffering caused. After we left the museum I felt a little better because I realized that I was in Japan with a very diverse group of friends from all walks of life. This gave me hope for my generation, I feel that as the world becomes more global and connected the chances of something like Hiroshima ever happening again disappears.
I just want to say thanks to all of the people that made this trip possible. I love Japan and all it has added to my life in these two weeks. Above all, I learned a lot and made new friends, which was my main focus for the trip. Hopefully one day I will return to Japan, for I have only scratched the surface. Who knows, maybe I'll even end up working here.