Study Abroad Fair

Hey, well by mistake I went to the study abroad fair and found out some interesting things. First off I talked to the Baruch Office of Study abroad representative and she said that freshman cannot go abroad their first year. So, as a result I signed up for  a few countries to get information for my sophmore year. This made me pretty bummed because I went to a CUNY school because of the great study abroad initiatives they have. Did you know you can go to another CUNY College’s trip if your college doesn’t offer it? The booths are either set up by outside colleges, for example, Hunter college, or outside organizations and all have a set of countries you can visit. Some host the same trips while other offer completely different trips. My goal was to find a spanish speaking country that wasn’t Spain because I had already been to Spain, and although I do hope to return, I also desire some completely new experience. They ask you whether you would like to go to the centralized city, or a less populated area. After scavenging the many booths and reading up on some booklets I came to conclude that Peru, specifically the capital, Lima, was where I wanted to travel to next year. I went with my two other friends, one Claudia whose in my class and the other was Eldad. Claudia also wanted to go to Lima, Peru because she is Peruvian. Eldad wanted to go to Australia which I thought was an awesome idea. Another thing, for those who are interested in Biology, there was a trip that I think Brooklyn college offers to go to the Galapagos Islands on a coral reef expedition.  The trip itself sounded amazing and the photos were obviously to die for. Other places I was interested in learning about where Italy, because I speak the language as well and I am also half Neopolitan as well. The overall experience was very informative and got me pretty excited about where college could really take me, not to mention I made a new friend along the way.