These are a few of my favorite posts

As this is my last passion post of the year, I will go through all of my posts throughout the year and pick out the countries or trips that stuck out to me the most; whether I had an amazing time there or thought it was a well written post. I know some of you have commented on these past posts so if you have something to say about either of these countries, I would love to hear it!

View of Dubai1. Dubai: Traveling to the U.A.E. (United Arab Emirates) was such a unique experience. Seeing a country develop so quickly from just desert to a major city in only several years was incredible. You can literally go to the beach, go shopping in the city, go dune-bashing in the desert, and even go skiing all in one day. If you have never been, I definitely recommend consider visiting here.

DSC_02452. Israel: I had to split this country up into two blog posts because of how much I had to say about it. This two month study abroad experience that I took my junior year of high school was one of the most incredible things I’ve ever done. Not only did it teach me to become more independent by being on my own but it showed me a whole new world outside of the United States. I had a bit of a culture shock my first week there as I had to adjust to the way of the Israelis but as time went by, I felt so comfortable there and didn’t want to leave. Even with all the news you hear today about what’s going on there, I definitely recommend giving this country a chance.

DSC_00813. England, the Netherlands, and Germany:This is another trip I had to split up into two blogs because of how amazing it was. This was the field hockey tour I took with some of my teammates where we traveled to these countries doing site seeing and playing field hockey with international players. It was a great opportunity for my team to play with these players who have held a field hockey stick ever since they were born because we got to learn so many new techniques that would benefit us in the coming season. It also gave us a chance to bond and become so much closer in foreign countries far away from home. We came back to the U.S. knowing so much about these countries and with a ton of new skills to use in our season!

IMG_45844. I-70: I label this post as an interstate because that is where the bus fire occurred. I’m not adding this to the list because it was a “good trip” but I thought that this was one of my best posts because of the story I was able to use. I thought it was ironic to be writing my passion blogs this semester on places I want to travel to and it just so happened that that day, all I wanted to travel to was back to Penn State safely. At the time, it didn’t really hit me that the whole situation was a big deal but in the end, it was! We literally could’ve died! Thankfully no one got hurt but I definitely had the opportunity to write a good blog post about it.

Well this wraps up my passion posts for the year. Hope you all enjoyed reading them!

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One Response to These are a few of my favorite posts

  1. Sean O'Neill says:

    Awesome as always. SO jealous of all your trips. And glad that no one died hahah. But that’s really cool you got to go with teammates, and learn from some great players. I like how you also touched on going out on your own and making you more independent. I feel like being so far in a different place would really benefit everyone and give great experience.

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