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 Hello! 


My name is Maris Smith and I am a senior at Appalachian State University. I am majoring in English with a Film Studies concentration and minoring in American Sign Language! I absolutely love reading, writing, watching new movies and hanging out with my beautiful kitty, Winona. Hopefully (fingers crossed!) after I graduate I will begin working full time in the publishing industry as an editor and be able to help new stories find their way into our world!


I am super excited to head to London in the coming days. I am so fortunate to have this experience, and I plan to make the most of it. Some things that I am most excited for are seeing "Much Ado About Nothing",  trying tons of new foods, experiencing new cultures and making new friends. I look forward to exploring the city and possibly more of England as well! 


I have always loved live theater and I am very excited that I get to spend an entire month watching Shakespeare plays. I was very active in my high school theater department, so the experience of seeing multiple Shakespeare plays at the Globe and RSC is very exciting to me. I hope to learn and grow so much from it. I am hopeful for lively group discussions after each performance and super fun experiences that I would not have the opportunity to have had it not been for this trip.


I have never been to Europe before, so this is brand new to me! I have travelled in the Caribbean, Canada and Mexico, but I think that this trip will teach me so much about the world that I have yet to learn. I have always wanted to travel, and I am so lucky that I get the opportunity to do so while I am in college! 


Throughout this blog I will be posting about everything I see and experience while I am in London! I look forward to documenting my trip through this platform, and I hope that all of my friends and family also enjoy seeing my trip and reading about everything I am doing. 

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