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Not much to report. I can't believe it's Oct. 1st. I have been planning out my travel for my remaining weekends here - and there aren't that many!! :(. Right now I have definite plans for Granada this weekend. Emily visiting from Paris the following weekend, then a weekend in Barcelona, Lisbon, Paris (or Amsterdam), Rome, open weekend, Family visiting for Thanksgiving, and Berlin with Emily. I'm still looking to fit in Prague or Switzerland. 

Speaking of time flying...the countdown is 5 weeks until the election. It is killing me a little to be missing it. Instead I have been reading articles online and then reading the comments posted by regular people. There are so many conservatives in our country...and they all like to post online apparently! I have lived my whole life in one of the most liberal enclaves in the US and then I went to a liberal university. Based on this framework I just can't grasp conservative policies. I never thought of myself as a "raging" liberal, but when we are discussing politics here at IES I find I am among the most liberal. This led me to think, can people ever radically change their political mindset? Will I ever change my positions?  In regards to social issues, I definitely do not think I will change. As for economic issues, I am really not that educated in this area and so possibly could change one day, but hmmm not in the mean time.