It has been only been one month since I've been home, but the voyage seems so far away. Did it really happen? I have pictures to prove it. But still...
I've been asked by many, "Was it worth it?" and "Would you do it again?"
Thinking back to July and the countless numbers of 3am nights when I was feverishly trying to get everything ready. Packing up my room. The stress of finding a roommate, applying for visas, saving enough money, and the ever present yet insane fear in the back of my mind of "What if a tree falls on my roof while I'm gone?"
Regardless of all of that, the answer to both is undoubtedly a "Yes." Yes for these reasons:
St. Petersburg. Outside of Catherine's Palace
At the Alexanderplatz in Berlin
Band at the Hamburg Fischmarket
- For four months I helped students research topics and issues that were unfolding in front of them in the countries that we visited. How cool is that?
- I traveled to places that I thought that I would never see in my life (Patagonia! Ghana!).
- I met so many amazing people--some who will hopefully be lifelong friends and others who I will think about every time I look at my pictures or read my blog.
- I became part of a floating living learning community.
Now that I am back in the world of Internet, I thought I would share some movies for my last blog post. One thing that I was reminded of repeatedly this semester is that the world is full of music. Everywhere we went there were musicians. Here's a little of what I found:
Underneath the Jerusalem Church in Bruges, Belgium
Togorme Village, welcome ceremony
Cuba
Cuba
