The Trip of A LifeTime

I got back from Washington, D.C. on Sunday evening exhausted - but at the same time euphoric. My NYLC (National Young Leaders Conference) had come to a close, and I was sad to see it go. The trip was from Tuesday to Sunday and I enjoyed every darn minute of it. The realism with which we simulated all our problems was just like the real deal. The sites and memorials we got to see and be enveloped in made me think of the price of freedom -- and how great men and women have served this country to achieve and hold onto that.

I also met some of the greatest people ever. I met people from America, South America, Europe, Asia, all over. All of the people there were very intelligent and wanted to be there as much as I did and wanted to learn as much new stuff as I did. I would wager a guess that about half of the people there were bilingual -- a truly astounding number when you think about how few people in the U.S. can even have a small conversation in another language.