I am a big believer in serendipity, or the universe guiding your path in a way that you just can’t explain. Today is a perfect example of that.   I had the pleasure of meeting two girls, Mariska and Morraya, in Malaga over the summer. We were in the same hostel, a 10 person bunk I […]

Sunday, March 26 Sunday. A time to ensure you’re staying connected. I woke up this morning excited to start the day. I did my ritual bath and got ready for the day! Below are a couple highlights of the day! Highlight 1  I met Rita’s business partner, Angela. She is from Uganda but grew up […]

Friday, March 24 Yay for Friday’s! Am I right? I went to Akilah today and finished my draft proposal for their internship program! That’s one of a few projects I’ll be working on while I’m here. They have had volunteers come to the school before but never an official, organized program. Well, obviously this project […]

Thursday, March 23 Today was awesome! It started off a bit on the rainy side. Pouring rain. When it rains here, the city takes a pause. Moto’s stop working. People don’t go into work. This was what happened to me! I was supposed to be at Akilah at 9am but it was raining. Once the […]

Today was my first day navigating Kigali as a semi-true resident. I woke up to the most beautiful sky outside my big window in my room. I couldn’t believe it. I’m waking up in Africa! I am not sure how long it will really take to sink in, but I’m going to enjoy that “pinch […]

The dream is finally coming true. What was once just a vision will turn into a reality in a few short hours! I still truthfully can’t believe it’s happening. It feels like a mix of excitement with the tiniest sprinkle of disbelief and a dash of anxiety due to unfamiliar surroundings and not entirely sure […]

New experiences are interesting aren’t they. You can gain so much. You gain experience. Self confidence. A new perspective. A new way of thinking. Once you begin traveling, it’s hard to stop. It’s hard to settle into life in one place. It seems monotonous. It’s static.  When you travel, you are reliant on so many things. […]

Brussels, Belgium February 22-24, 2017 Travel: took a bus from Galway to Dublin Airport and then flew to Brussels.  Hostel: 2GO4 Grand Place – coed room of ten. Top bunk.   Weather: 45-50 and raining  What to do and see?  Brussels is beautiful! The architecture is just spectacular! You could walk around for days! 😍 […]

Dublin, February 18-20, 2017 Travel: Drove from Aberdeen to Edinburgh Airport. Returned the rental car.  Flew AerLingus from Edinburgh to Dublin.  … LA has been to many of the places I’m going and has a coffee cup to represent many of them.  Everytime I go to a new place, I get a photo of the […]

Aberdeen, Scotland February 16-18, 2017  Travel: Audra and I drove from St. Andrews to Aberdeen.  Audra had dominated the roads our first day from Ediburgh to St. Andrews.  We now had another couple of hours worth of road to conquer in an effort to make it to Aberdeen and probably 45 round-abouts in our […]