Hello Blog.

At last, my undergrad is complete! Dad picked me up in Guelph yesterday and, with the help of some kind strong hands, we miraculously fit all my belongings into and on top of the car. The wind was too strong and we had to ditch the mattress on the side of the highway, but other than that it was a successful mission. Now it is time to say my Montreal goodbyes because, in twelve days, the much anticipated adventure finally begins!

For those who haven’t heard about the trip yet, after deciding that I had absolutely no desire to dive into grad school right away, I wrote down a list of things I did want to do. First on the list: improve my Spanish. Some research and one Skype interview later, I was signing a three month volunteer contract with Horizon Peru. I will be teaching English to children in the impoverished district of La Esperanza in the city of Trujillo (also nicknamed the city of Eternal Spring…and located in the province of La Libertad. Such pretty names!). Also on the agenda: attempting to master the waves of nearby Huanchaco. My fourth month will be all about traveling.

So I caved in and created a blog where you can follow my adventures. I do not have the best track record with blogs, but I think this might just be the one I can keep going for longer than a week. I promise to try really hard to post frequent updates and lots of pictures.

-S xo

P.S. Thank you to all the wonderful friends who came out to say their goodbyes this week! I am not very good at goodbyes and probably did not do the best job of conveying how much I am going to miss you all. You should know, I already do.