23 April 2015
Written at approximately age 16:
"Life goals: Learn to drive a manual transmission, become fluent in a foreign language, visit all 7 continents"
Who knew I'd need to start a new list so early in life? The trip to Morocco represents my seventh continent and a big life goal checked off my list.
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| Look at my new passport stamp!!! |
My amazing friends created a certificate for me: a Doctorate from the University of the World. My committee consisted of one signature per continent from someone who was on the trip with me. Nico managed to do this all without raising any suspicion :) I love my 'honorary doctorate of exploration' and I can't wait to frame it! (Although I don't even have the real PhD framed).
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| Signatures from my 'committee': Leanne Walker/Shultz (Australia, Asia), Beth Fernandez (Africa), Bram Van der Geest (North America), Caroline Wilson (Europe), Andy Hein (Antarctica), and JJ Thorne (South America), |
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| There was a fancy 'commencement' ceremony held on the rooftop terrace of the riad our first evening in town. |
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| Another celebration of 7 Continents in the desert. These are all the passport stamps - 1 from each continent! |
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| Nico: 1 year at Amazon! |
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| We each have our own milestones, but we've also been together for 10 years! Can't think of anyone else I'd rather share my last continent with :) |
Congrats! But can you drive stick?? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI guess I should specify: (a) Bought a stick shift car and had to have my dad test drive it because I couldn't yet - but I learned pretty quickly after that!
ReplyDelete(b) Lived in France for a year during college and was 'fluent' by the end (I'm defining 'fluent' as 'no longer having to think before you speak and able to communicate well').
(c) I applied for my first Antarctic trip (and was shortlisted) when I was 17. Can't believe this happened so fast since then!
So I think that covers it!
I knew you could speak French, and that you've been to Antarctica (obviously!), but didn't know the stick shift story until now... so congrats (again) on getting the full set :-)
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