Upcoming Travels
In just a couple of days I'll be uprooting my life again to embark on the next chapter of my life in travel. While I feel that much of the best exploration is uncharted, I do have a guideline for the next year of adventures.
First I'll be returning home to Newfoundland for the holidays to spend some much needed time with my family before jetting overseas. This last term has been hectic, so I'm glad to have a few weeks to reconnect and recharge. Finding my centre and restoring a sense of balance in my life is important to me for cultivating love and appreciation, both of which are integral to the season!
In the new year I'll be heading to the Alsace Region of France for a few months to complete the final term of my program. As a tourism student, this is an ideal opportunity; the industry continues to grow, and France routinely sees the highest number of international arrivals. I look forward to brushing up on my language skills and taking advantage of some culinary expertise as well, of course!
The next sojourn will start in Hamburg, Germany later in the spring. From there I will embark on the MV Explorer's Iron & Ice Enrichment Voyage, spending a month working aboard the ship and visiting locations in Northern Europe and Iceland! This will be my second time sailing with Enrichment Voyages; last year I was fortunate enough to spend one leg of their route with my classmates, seeing parts of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa (an amazing experience I will later write about in detail). Getting to be a part of the Explorer's shipboard community again is an exciting, greatly anticipated honour.
After we disembark in England things become a little less structured, but my intention is to backpack throughout the summer. There are lots of things I hope to see and do but I've learned the importance of keeping an open mind and heart and enjoying wherever life takes you.
First I'll be returning home to Newfoundland for the holidays to spend some much needed time with my family before jetting overseas. This last term has been hectic, so I'm glad to have a few weeks to reconnect and recharge. Finding my centre and restoring a sense of balance in my life is important to me for cultivating love and appreciation, both of which are integral to the season!
In the new year I'll be heading to the Alsace Region of France for a few months to complete the final term of my program. As a tourism student, this is an ideal opportunity; the industry continues to grow, and France routinely sees the highest number of international arrivals. I look forward to brushing up on my language skills and taking advantage of some culinary expertise as well, of course!
Jeronimos Monastery - Lisbon, Portugal, one of the stops on my voyage last year!
The next sojourn will start in Hamburg, Germany later in the spring. From there I will embark on the MV Explorer's Iron & Ice Enrichment Voyage, spending a month working aboard the ship and visiting locations in Northern Europe and Iceland! This will be my second time sailing with Enrichment Voyages; last year I was fortunate enough to spend one leg of their route with my classmates, seeing parts of the Western Mediterranean and North Africa (an amazing experience I will later write about in detail). Getting to be a part of the Explorer's shipboard community again is an exciting, greatly anticipated honour.
After we disembark in England things become a little less structured, but my intention is to backpack throughout the summer. There are lots of things I hope to see and do but I've learned the importance of keeping an open mind and heart and enjoying wherever life takes you.
Alsace is such an interesting region of France! Over 50% of the nations beer production comes from the region, though being steeped in Germanic beer traditions (from territorial disputes and whatnot) it is mostly lager. Moreover, it's mostly from the mega-breweries Fischer, Heineken, Karlsbrau, Kronenbourg, and Meteor, who all operate breweries in the region, though several, still more Franco-Germanic influenced, micros have popped up recently focusing on more classic lager styles (Oktober Bock and March bier and so on). Good groundwater for lagers, I've read. If you're exploring the culinary scene there and posting through the blog, I'd love to hear about a beer or two along the way!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up Chris! One of the courses I'll be taking is actually on beer & wine and we have outings scheduled to some local breweries. I'll definitely keep you posted!
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