Hola From Spain!

Location:
Ourense, Galicia, Spain
Journal Entry:

Hi!  My name is Melody.  I was born in Raleigh, North Carolina and ever since I have lived in the great state of North Carolina with my parents and my younger sister. I am very close to my family and we had many wonderful adventures together as I grew up. When I was in high school, my parents decided it was important for my sister and I to see more of the world outside of the United States. We started to save money so that we could go on a trip together to Nicaragua during the summer after my junior year of high school. Even though this trip was only ten days long, it has had a lasting effect on me. For the first time I saw a glimpse of how enormous our world is. There were so many amazing people I met who lived very differently than I did, and that was such a new experience for me. I wanted to talk with them more and become friends, but we spoke different languages; I didn't speak Spanish and they didn't speak English.

Ever since this first experience in another country, I have loved traveling and learning new languages. I believe that we can learn so much from other people who are different than us and it is an incredible thing when people from all over the world connect and come together. My goal is to go to all seven continents one day. So far I have been to North America, South America, Europe, and Africa.

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