Daniela White

This photo was taken on Sept. 11, 2001 from Exchange Place in Jersey City, just across the Hudson River from the World Trade Center Twin Towers. “You’re just trying to keep your head because the whole world is watching you. You were traumatized, but you had to put that in the back of your head, and you had to keep going. That part didn’t matter because you would deal with it later. You had a responsibility to tell the news, to get the facts on the air.” – Jodi Fleisig, CNN. The memory of Sept.

After my first week in Barcelona, I knew I would never want to leave. After my first month in the city, I loathed how fast time was moving; how quickly each day began and ended. But now that I have three days left in this beautiful city, I have never wanted to be home more now than ever. Putting that thought into writing, however, fills me with an insurmountable amount of guilt.