One of the best known stories of Roman Mythology depicts a hero (Odysseus) create a clever plan to invade the city of Troy. Faking retreat, his army hid behind a neighboring island while they took a ship apart and created a massive hollow horse. Inside this horse would be the "special team" so to say. The soldiers would hide in the belly and scuttle out when the night had fallen ravaging the city and opening the gates. Amazingly the tired and proud guards of Troy accepted the horse as a peace offering from Odysseus. This tremendous event signals the end of the plagued war wrought with death against Troy being defeated soundly and the start of Odysseus' complicated trip back home.
My dream journey happened this past summer. I was given the chance to travel to Ireland with 9 other Americans for 10 days. There we stayed with a host family, mine being a family of four, two daughters ages 16 and 17. We share stories of our cultures and spent many minutes listening to the other speak because of the new accent. I celebrated my host student's birthday party and met many of her friends who still refer to me as "the American". I could go on for days and days about my amazing trip!!! Now I plan for many more dream journeys introducing me to new cultures and new people all over the world.
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