Step one for getting ready to leave the country: empty out your suitcases, and start washing your clothes. Yep, that's where I'm at right now!
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (part uno)- My family and I went down to visit my abuelita (grandma) who was living there at the time. I ended up celebrating my 9th birthday there with a pinata at some nice hot springs. I even got sung a very long Mexican version of a birthday song!
Lyon, France- When I was 10 I participated in a French-Back-to-Back program, which meant I got to spend 3 weeks in France with a host family with a kid my own age, and most importantly without my own! Most years they also sent back the peer to spend 3 weeks with your own family, but for some reason my year they were unable to. The year I participated in they happened to send me to Lyon, and I personally believe I was the luckiest out of all the kids in my program. Not only was I the only one who happened to live in a house, but it was a vineyard! They made beaujolais wine, and it was absolutely amazing to live there! Not only that, but my family took me down to Cannes one weekend... for the famous film festival! I guess they owned a house down there, so it wasn't too hard to get there. It was an a life-changing program, and I am extremely thankful of my parents for allowing me to have that opportunity.
London/Bath/Oxford, England- Yes, I've already been to England! When I was 13 my mom had a conference at Christ Church at Oxford University and the whole family made a trip out of it! We started off in London and did much of the tourist-y things which you would expect, we even made a little trip to Stonehenge! Highlight: walking through Buckingham Palace! We then took a little trip to Bath (where the water is definitely over-rated) and finally went to Oxford for a day. It was a lot of fun to take the Alice in Wonderland tour and also stand in a location where they filmed a scene from the first Harry Potter movie. I deff can't wait to explore it some more!
Ontario, Canada- For our family Spring Break when I was 13, we all went to Canada to go see Niagara Falls. Unfortunately, I don't remember much of this trip, other than the falls, since I was very sick and spent most of the time in bed or in front of a toilet. The only activity I can really recall was going to a butterfly zoo.
Cancun, Mexico- For Joc's senior year Spring Break (my freshman year), she and her friend decided they wanted to go to Cancun! So the 2 families went together to a very nice resort, and was able to relax and enjoy ourselves. My entertainment was watching Dracula and for history I was able to go to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza with my dad.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico (part dos)- This time for my Sweet Sixteen we went back down to San Miguel. My grandma had a friend who was getting married, so my sister, dad, and myself went down and joined her. It was only a couple of days before my birthday, so we stayed down to celebrate. My birthday consisted of: hot springs (again), salsa dancing, a serenade with flan at a restaurante, and oh, the worse sunburn I have ever gotten in my entire life! Joc and my dad stayed for 1 week although I stayed down with my abuelita for an extra week to prepare myself for IB Spanish HL, fun times!
Quito, Ecuador- This past January the whole family went down to Quito to visit Jocelyn who had been there since July. We did a lot of touristy things including going to the Equator, visiting the Guayasamin museum, and even going to the edge of a volcano! We also got to go into the little town Joc has been staying in and just seeing where she lives everyday. The food was great, and if you ever make your way down there, don't miss out the restaurant "Crepes and Waffles"- AMAZING food there! Because it's basically crepes, ice cream, and of course, waffles!
I've been quite fortunate in my life to go and do as much as I have been so far! I've been lucky to travel so much at such a young age, which has definitely instilled my love for traveling, especially to other countries.
4 days til Europe- Keep Followin'!
1 comment:
stop blogging so much- you're making me look bad! you really leave in 4 days??? that's cray-cray.
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