Dec. 13, 2010 at 5:32pm
A mere three days rest until my parting with this beautiful country as my gap year comes to a close… It is difficult to come to grips with the fact that this year, I spent so much time planning for, has almost finished, and what an incredible year it has been! I have visited 12 countries, taken 18 planes (yes, I am single handedly causing global warming), slept in over 30 different beds, been taught how to act by a voice coach to over 25 Oscar Winners, swan in the Dead Sea, served at the bar for an art evening in Germany despite not speaking a word of German, experienced a true Queen’s Day in alll its orange glory in the Netherlands, swan in the Danube, witnessed the breathtaking Bastille Day fireworks in front of the Eiffel Tower, stayed with a friend’s great blind uncle in Italy, taken the autobahn, given English tests to Jordainians, been in four different countries in under 24 hours, carshared with Bulgarians, eaten a deepfried Marsbar, got numerous marriage proposals but, above all, I have learnt that the best thing that one could ever do is to travel. You might say I’ve caught the bug… “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” –St Augustine

A mere three days rest until my parting with this beautiful country as my gap year comes to a close…

It is difficult to come to grips with the fact that this year, I spent so much time planning for, has almost finished, and what an incredible year it has been!

I have visited 12 countries, taken 18 planes (yes, I am single handedly causing global warming), slept in over 30 different beds, been taught how to act by a voice coach to over 25 Oscar Winners, swan in the Dead Sea, served at the bar for an art evening in Germany despite not speaking a word of German, experienced a true Queen’s Day in alll its orange glory in the Netherlands, swan in the Danube, witnessed the breathtaking Bastille Day fireworks in front of the Eiffel Tower, stayed with a friend’s great blind uncle in Italy, taken the autobahn, given English tests to Jordainians, been in four different countries in under 24 hours, carshared with Bulgarians, eaten a deepfried Marsbar, got numerous marriage proposals but, above all, I have learnt that the best thing that one could ever do is to travel. You might say I’ve caught the bug…

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” –St Augustine