My partner and I are going camping tonight. I keep anxiously checking the weather forecast and it keeps giving the same grim results: 50% chance of rain and 50 degrees Fahrenheit. It’s quite cold for Florida tonight. I’m a little stressed. But, it got me thinking about the first camping trip I ever planned. I…
Two weeks. The trip that I was supposed to go on a year ago before the world shut down, the trip that I casually bought plane tickets for in November, not sure if it would even be possible, is finally only two weeks away. How long has it been since these pre-flight jitters? The excitement…
In honor of my 1 year streak on Duolingo I wanted to share some of my favorite ways to engage with foreign languages! I am by no means an expert. I took French in high school and one year of college and I have studied it casually over the following years. I’ve been to Paris…
I am officially a kindergarten teacher! I’m so excited, but it’s been less than a week since I accepted my job offer and I already have SO MUCH going on. I officially start on the 24th since I had to give notice to my preschool, but I’m still working on my lunch breaks and going…
An Australian Working Holiday visa is available for people from the US 18-30 (other countries may have different age requirements) and is good for up to twelve months. It costs about $320 USD to apply and most applications are processed within 2 months. To contrast that, a visa application in New Zealand is only about…
For some reason, I’ve just never identified with the phrase “bucket list,” but there’s no denying that there are certain life goals I can’t wait to accomplish and try to prioritize on my travels. Last weekend, I got to cross another one off my list! I have lived in Florida my whole life and North…
Just kidding. I don’t see First Class coming up any time soon in my future. The main goal of this blog is to document my progress on getting a working holiday visa in Australia for 2021. You can only do a working summer in Australia until you are 30 years old and I will be…