Collected Item: “From Italy to London to Guatemala”
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From Italy to London to Guatemala
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There are two photographs one of my last picture of London which is an empty Piccadilly circus and the other from the guidelines given to me from the NHS after retuning from Italy
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During the spring of 2020 I was a student in London for a program abroad called the NCH 2020 Global Quest Program, I was part of this program and fell in love with it. Living in London taking the tube every morning as well as participating in different classes was a world class experience for me. Coming from Guatemala having the opportunity of being in London a world class city and learning everything it has was amazing. Over time during the spring break I decided to visit my friends in Florence and Venice Italy as its one fo the places that I have close to my heart. That week in Italy was the same as they had been the moment I lived there a year ago, I would drink coffee in the small bar next to my old apartment and eat my breakfast and in the afternoon I would meet with my friends and have a stroll close to the Arno River as well as walking with my friends near the Piazza san Marco in Venice. The moment I came back from Italy immidialaty i noticed the situation changed where I received an email from the University stating that any student in Italy had to quarantine if they showed symptoms for COVID-19, the first week was perfect for me I had not felt anything the problems occurred when I actually started to feel many symptoms for the virus and was self quarantines in a isolated room for the weekend based on what the NHS had told me. As well luckily only a few days after i felt fine again and the NHS told me that I was able to leave the room with no problem so I did. Two weeks after this incident I was told that I had to leave London sadly the moment president Trump imposed boarder protection from the European Union so that day at 3am I packed and I took a flight to Miami and then to Guatemala. When I landed in Guatemala I was sent home without any problems but still I had to self quarantine at my room for 15 days before I was left out. Currently my country is still closed and I have been in almost 120 days in quarantine by the time of this post. I cant believe that I was still able to go back to Italy and travel to London but this experience has personally changed me in the way I know think of the virus and the way it has affected me in my life.
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Italy, London, Quarantine, Guatemala, Overwhelmed
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Rodrigo Antonio Rivera Pivaral
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2020