Houston Airport

Alright, so I made it to Texas! Strange airport...I think there's about 650 fast food restaurants in this place, and they have vending machines that serve hamburgers....weird. The flight from Edmonton was okay, my dad and I were up and at em at 3:00 A.M and everything went smoothly on that end. I didn't sleep much on the plane, but then again I never do. Another weird thing about Texas...FOX NEWS IS EVERYWHERE. Most of the magazine stores are "Fox News" stores.... yeah no thanks.... then again I'm pretty sure this airport is named after George W. Bush.........so I should not be all that surprised. Enough complaining though! I had lunch at a seafood place, forget the name...it was good, wasn't quite as good as Nova Scotia seafood but then again what is?

Currently just sitting at my gate, bought a couple hours of WIFI so I should be entertained for the next little bit. I was able to Skype with my mom for a bit, she's holding up better than I am so far. Pretty nervous! Tried to find somewhere that would have Boliviano's (Bolivian Currency) but no such luck. En route to Bogota pretty soon, I'm excited to see what that airport is going to look like! Bought a few bottles of water and some granola bars to hold me over in case I can't communicate well enough to order a sandwich in Española once I arrive. That's it for now, will try to post once I arrive in Columbia!

Say hello to my incredible "last Canadian meal" for 98 days! My dad took me to his favourite spot called "Sofra's" in Edmonton, AB and it was INCREDIBLE. I highly highly highly (yes 3 times) recommend this place. Best Turkish food I have ever had...actually best food I've ever had period! We had the "Sultan's Table", which is a variety of different selections from the menu. It was great to have a meal with the pops and it seems he also carries a travel bug, he bought an old VW van with a frat brother and drove all the way to Tijuana, Mexico. My 25th birthday goal is pretty similar, I wanna buy a VW bus, paint it turquoise and drive cross country. We will see how that pans out. Anyways just wanted to share my lovely meal with you guys, and write one more post before I'm off to La Paz. Talk soon!

My last day in Canada

Wow, it's actually here....this time tomorrow, September 11th I will be on my way to La Paz! Seems like just yesterday that I was applying for the internship and it all seemed like just a pipe dream. Nope, it's really happening! My nerves are a bit over the edge today, I think that's normal though. I've never traveled before so this is going to be quite the experience for me. Lots of different thoughts running through my head...I wonder how the airport arrival will go, especially since I don't speak Spanish...I wrote down a bunch of sentences that I thought might be useful though. Hopefully my knowledge of French will help me learn the beautiful language that is Spanish. 98 days seems like so long....but I have a feeling it's just going to fly by. I'm so excited to see the different kinds of people I will meet, the new and exciting food I will get to try, the culture I will be able to dive into and I'm extra excited to see how this experience changes me as a person. I've been told that this experience will open my eyes to how lucky I am to be a Canadian citizen. I guess I should explain the actual project that I'll be doing there...I'm working with an organization called CENDA, where we will be doing a combination of field and office work focusing on food security in Cochabamba. I think as an International Development Studies major this will really spark further passion and a want to help those in need. I've always read about it and studied it, but seeing it on paper and seeing in face to face will be an entirely new and different perspective. I have some last minute things to do today in Edmonton, open up a bank account that is HOPEFULLY International....buy some sunscreen as it's gonna be warmer than a Halifax summer the 3 months I'm there, going out for a nice dinner with my dad and having a good ol' Skype date with my mom, Laura my best pal, and my boyfriend Nick. I'll post again soon!

I have no sweet clue what I am doing...

Am I blogging right now? Being a 23 year old somewhat tech savvy student I assumed I could figure out the world of free blogging......NOT SO MUCH. Made it to Edmonton, AB to visit with my dad for a few days before I'm off to La Paz, Bolivia on September 11th. It's going to take me some time but eventually I will catch on to this whole blog thing! wish me luck