Well, its that time again! That time when I start up a new blog for my next big adventure because plans are finally starting to look real. I'll be heading to Toledo, Spain on May 9th for a study abroad program. I'll be taking a variety of courses in Spanish, including linguistics and civilization and culture classes.
Well, I must admit, Spain was never where I imagined myself doing a study abroad for Spanish. In fact I'm quite sure I crossed it off the list not even to be considered. However, after a summer doing a completely unorthodox trip and way too many moments of complete terror that none of it was going to work out or get approved and help me move towards graduating on time, I figured it was probably time to stick to the status quo and go on the Ohio University sanctioned study abroad for Spanish majors trip. So, after much angst about Spain... and not any of my dream Central American or South American countries... I think I'll just suck it up and go to Spain this summer... I know, I have it pretty rough.
I'll make it to those places one day, and hopefully get to live there also, right? And Spain is just part of that journey, and helping me broaden my horizons, and teaching me Spanish, right? Right.
Now that that is settled here is my brief personal understanding of how traveling the world manipulates your mind. Well, to start I wasn't exactly "pumped" to go to Spain. But I was "pumped" to go to Morocco over winter break. Morocco was one of my dream destinations. In Morocco we spent about 3 ish days in Tangier. From Tangier you can see Spain. Once you see a land you've never been to, but are so close you literally can see it, but you are told you can't go there, well... when you're the type of person who wants to go everywhere, well it makes you really want to go there... I mean realllllly want to go there. So that's my story of how I came around to the idea of Spain.
So May 9th... Start the countdown!!! The adventures await!
Well, I must admit, Spain was never where I imagined myself doing a study abroad for Spanish. In fact I'm quite sure I crossed it off the list not even to be considered. However, after a summer doing a completely unorthodox trip and way too many moments of complete terror that none of it was going to work out or get approved and help me move towards graduating on time, I figured it was probably time to stick to the status quo and go on the Ohio University sanctioned study abroad for Spanish majors trip. So, after much angst about Spain... and not any of my dream Central American or South American countries... I think I'll just suck it up and go to Spain this summer... I know, I have it pretty rough.
I'll make it to those places one day, and hopefully get to live there also, right? And Spain is just part of that journey, and helping me broaden my horizons, and teaching me Spanish, right? Right.
Now that that is settled here is my brief personal understanding of how traveling the world manipulates your mind. Well, to start I wasn't exactly "pumped" to go to Spain. But I was "pumped" to go to Morocco over winter break. Morocco was one of my dream destinations. In Morocco we spent about 3 ish days in Tangier. From Tangier you can see Spain. Once you see a land you've never been to, but are so close you literally can see it, but you are told you can't go there, well... when you're the type of person who wants to go everywhere, well it makes you really want to go there... I mean realllllly want to go there. So that's my story of how I came around to the idea of Spain.
So May 9th... Start the countdown!!! The adventures await!
