For the past three weeks I have been finishing up my semester at GW, saying goodbye to friends and preparing for my travels. In two days my seven months of traveling will begin and I could not be more nervous, curious, but most importantly excited. This is generally what my next seven months will look like:
January 5th-January 14th George Washington Alternative Break Trip to Nicaragua
Since last February I have been lucky enough to plan an alternative break trip to Nicaragua with two of my best friends, Sarah Carson and Michael Wasserman, and in two days our dream will be a reality. We will be working with an non-profit organization called Waves of Hope located in El Manzano Uno, about 30 minutes from Chinandega, Nicaragua. Our group made up of 17 students and two GW faculty members will be doing a variety of activities such as: working with the the community to build their first high school, helping with some ESL classes, playing soccer and other sports with the community Kid’s Club, and according to our itinerary, constantly playing volleyball. Here is the Waves of Hope Website if you would like to learn more about this incredible organization:http://www.waves-of-hope.org/.
January 14th-January 18th Back to Washington
These few days I will be back in Tacoma, Washington preparing for the next part of my adventure!
January 19th-May 19th Dakar, Sénégal
For these 5 months I will have the opportunity to study abroad in Dakar, Senegal with the CIEE Language and Culture program. I will be staying with a home-stay family in Dakar, taking classes at the CIEE program center, speaking a lot of French and Wolof (the native language of Sénégal), and immersing myself as much as possible in the culture. If you have been to Sénégal please let me know, I love hearing more about it as I prepare for my trip!
May 20th-May 29th Dubrovik, Croatia
Here I will meet up with my parents in the beautiful Dubrovnik, Croatia after they finish a bike trip through the Dalmatian Coast.
May 30th-June 10th All over Central Europe
This part of my trip is still in the planning process. The current route will be Dubrovnik to Budapest to Vienna to Salzburg to Munich and ending in Geneva. If any of these places interest you, or you will be traveling in Europe around this time let me know, I need travel buddies!!
June 10th-July 19th Geneva, Switzerland
Hopefully for these six weeks I will be studying International Affairs and Multilateral Diplomacy in Geneva, Switzerland with an SIT program. However, I will not know for certain until the middle of January. If accepted, I will also live in a home-stay in Geneva, speak a lot of French, take classes, and finish with a personal research project.
“Life is a daring adventure, or nothing.”
-Helen Keller
This is my favorite quote and I think it will help me through these next 7 months. I can’t wait to begin this next phase in my life. It has been hard to say goodbye to my friends and family, especially those I might not see for a very long time, but I am so thankful for their support and encouragement.
For the next seven months this blog will be a place for me to record my adventures, interactions, and discoveries. Feel free to follow along, and please be patient with my rambling.
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