This summer I will be traveling to Santiago, Chile (around that area) where I will meet new people, experience a new culture and learn a new language. I am excited about my up coming trip, I know there are bound to be challenges, and frustrating points but I know it all will be worth while! Everyone that I tell is so excited for me, and tells my mom "I am vicariously living through your daughter" but I am excited to tell everyone about my travels and what I see and who I meet. This opportunity is a once in a life time, no matter what happens it is going to be one of the best things I have ever done in my life. Yes, I still have about two and a half to three months before I leave but I want to break this blog in and just express how this experience will change my life. I have been abroad before, but never on my own. I have been to Germany, and France and Canada! But unfortunately I was to young (Germany & France) to remember the beautiful place. This coming up year will give me a chance to get settled into my own skin before I head off to college, to get to know myself and to grow and to thrive. I still can't believe that me of all people, is getting to go to another country to study abroad! I have always dreamed about studying abroad but never did I think this experience would come true. I always was told that "You can do anything you set your mind too." and "Hard work pays off." well it is most certainly paying off! I can't imagine how much fun and what great friendships and relationships I will develop while away, all I know is that trying to dream about this year is impossible. I try to imagine how the country would look, the smells, the language and personally nothing that my imagination comes up with can match what is to come. "Life is a canvas you paint what you will nothing is erased, just blended in to make something new." That is so true! Yes I have had hard times and I have had ups and downs and fights with my friends and my family, but everything happens for a reason. So much good will come from this trip, believe it or not I am shy, when I don't know someone I tend to be reserved, I don't say much unless spoken too and I try to be as polite as I can, once you get to know me I am crazy, loud and I love to laugh! I can be weird sometimes, but I always tell my friends "This is why we are friends, were both crazy, loud, weird and love to laugh" I do hope you all can read this blog and enjoy the journey with me. I know there are hard times to come but with a little perseverance I will make it through this year coming back having successfully learned about another culture, country and language. If you don't know already I strive to be a Criminal Investigator (FBI or CSI) and I want to minor in Language study (I want to learn at least six languages) and this trip just lines up with my plans for after High school.
It is amazing at how things work out and how you are given these amazing opportunities, and if you just take a leap of faith they can lead you to places you would have never imagined in your wildest dreams. I am so excited that I've already planned my next trip (during college) which in I want to go to Denmark, I hear they have one of the biggest Forensics programs in the world! I would love to study there for a few months, and what a great opportunity to learn Danish (Some German & French)! Chile here I come!
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