How could I ever leave these people behind?

It's only been a tad over two weeks here and certain facts of life about the future are starting to hit hard.

In such a short time, I have managed to form some amazing friendships with people all over the world. It seriously is almost as if we've known each other forever. Despite heavily differing cultures, there's been so much that we've found in common as rising adults that's it's nearly impossible to not like one another. And although we will most definitely make the most of the 5 months we'll have here, I am almost scared to think what life will be like come the day we have to go back home.

World travel is quite expensive, but I see it as a necessity now; I simply have to go to Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Holland, etc. as soon as possible after I get back to the states. I already know that I'm going to miss everyone here incredibly deeply.