Laura, our American, left Groningen this morning. Of all the new people I have met since coming here, she is probably the person who I like the most, and with whom I got on with the best. First impressions ("are you guys British?") weren't the best, but I have since travelled Europe, awkwardly worked a pole, got wasted on many occasions, swam in a lake, done fancy dress and cried from laughing with the girl.
I'm trying to find a decent picture of the two of us to send to her in a card once I get her address because I wasn't as organised as others and didn't get her a going away present (because secretly, I don't see this as "going away", but rather a period in which we won't see each other). However, the majority of pictures look like this one, which I think sums up our friendship:
Or this:
Though, this one from Berlin isn't too bad to be honest:
I'm going to miss her. Real bad.