Although I had much time to prepare, both mentally and packing-wise, I feel as though the future has caught with me. I flew from Seattle to Baltimore, constituting the first leg of my epic which is to include a semester studying, living, breathing and walking around in Rwanda followed by a month traveling around Europe with my cousin Daniel Overholt, or Dan-O as I sometimes like to call him. As of now, we are planning on stopping and staying in Budapest, Istanbul, Greece, and parts of Italy, using the European trains like nobody's business. Pretty much the stuff of my dreams. |
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Currently, I am residing in the suburbs of Baltimore, staying with my cousin Jon, his wife Jackie, their son Levi, and our cousin Erin Gaughan who lives with them. Today, Jon and I visited two museums on the National Mall, the National Gallery of Art and the Natural History Museum. I left Seattle bright and early on the morning of monday the 11th to hang out here in Maryland until the 13th (tomorrow) when I will trek again, this time to Washington DC to finally meet up with my study abroad mates. We leave on Friday, after a day and a half of orientation, for Kigali! I find it odd that it is snowing right now here on the eastern seaboard, knowing that in my near future I will be harbored in the opposite climatic extreme, Rwandan heat. |
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Though technically I have not left on my study abroad adventure, I already feel the sad reality of separation from both family and friends. However, that did not stop me from dancing like a maniac against Levi in a dance off, officiated by Jon and Jackie. Although I have trained with the best of the best of the best dance instructors like the right-honorable Michael Trapp, Levi pulled out some crazy moves and made it an intense competition. The judges said we tied. I know I was lucky to escape with a draw.
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