As I explained before, I have ended some major things in my life like college and the Army. In February I started the application process for the Peace Corps. I was nominated in May for the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Samoa, Kiribati, Micronesia, Palau, Tonga, Vanuatu) as an Environmental Educator to leave in May 2009. The commitment is 27 months and I won't get my invitation until the end of this year for the specific island and date. So that leaves me with 8 months to do whatever I want to do. Since I don't have any commitments in my life right now I have decided that traveling the world, learning new things to be more sustainable, meeting new people and cultures, and exploring who I am was what I really wanted and needed to do.
Right now I reside in Seattle with my sister Aubrey; on the 23rd I will make my way to Jacksonville, Florida to hang with my sister Tiffany and to meet her fiance Mike; on the 2nd of October I will head up north to New York to visit my uncle, grandma and hopefully some cousins I haven't seen for awhile; and lastly I will head to Europe and make my way to Italy until next spring.
Stay tuned for my next blog to hear about what I'm going to be doing in Italy....
Question of the day (please answer in the comment section): What is your favorite place you've traveled to and why? If you haven't traveled much, then tell me about the place you have always had a desire to go to.
Monell(
left) and my sister Aub (
Right) having a drink with me at the oldest saloon in Seattle.
3 comments:
Hi April! It's Keri. I am so jealous of you and your travelling adventures! You're gonna have so much fun. My favorite place in the world so far is a town called Skagen at the Northern most tip of Denmark. There you can stand on the beach and watch as two seas crash into each other; the Kattegat and the Skagerrak (say that 3 times fast...heheheh). They also have migratory sand dunes...which are dunes that migrate in a certain direction as pushed by the wind. It's such a fascinating and beautiful country. You know it's the only country in the world to outlaw trans fats? Check out myspace album "Denmark" and you can see pictures of it. Also, click on this link at wikipedia and it has some pretty useful info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkagenMy sister-in-law is Danish and her whole family lives there, so you'd probably have a place to stay if you decided to make it that far north. Good luck in all your travels and feel free to contact me if you want to chat! :) Say hi to Aub for me!
April - Boooooo! I'm going up to see my sister in Seattle on the 27th...so close! As for the travel question - alas, I haven't travelled much at all. My dream trip would be to take some serious time off (a month or so) and visit Australia and New Zealand. This has been my ideal trip for years - even before the LOTR, honest! I'm hoping to visit Edinburgh next September with my friend, Randee. She has been all over, but she hasn't been there, yet, so we'll get to discover it together.
Save journeys, and keep the Brusfires burning,
Jean
Hi April, I truly want to go to Spain but think that in general I like traveling. I love that you are doing the organic farm thing in Italy. You are very smart to do that. You'll get a good immersion and view.
And congratulations on the Peace Corps. Who wouldn't want you?
Have great fun in your travels.
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