19 Year Old World Traveler

Real Life Journey of a 19 Year Old Who Traveled the World in 225 Days, Visiting 13 Countries, and Making Lots of New Fri

What you'll learn

World Traveling

World Traveling Tips

World Traveling Lessons

How to Travel the World

Requirements

No experience necessary - All levels welcome - Beginners, Intermediate, & Advanced

Description

What began as a wild idea turned into the adventure of a lifetime - this is the story of how I traveled around world at age 19, and who I met on the journey. Cult members and college students, chainsmokers and cameramen, this story recounts a slew of traveling adventures and misadventures. It’s about holding your cool while detained in airports, extreme and convoluted economizing, and getting lost at all hours of the night. It includes everything from hitchhiking at 5am to trying on a 1140 dollar dress on a dare. Gratitude and wonder are the hallmarks of my voyage, both for the opportunity to see and experience iconic sites (Louvre, Great Wall of China, Leaning Tower of Pisa) but also for the chance to meet so many wonderful people (and some strange ones, too). It’s being overwhelmed in the Vatican and petting kangaroos on Mount Fuji, but it’s also making friends on airplanes and being so engrossed in conversation that you don’t notice an entire night slip away. This 225-day adventure was the fruit of months of planning, years of working, and a lifetime of dreaming – and no amount of preparation could have helped me anticipate all the outlandish and lovely experiences that awaited me along the way.• A trip around the world in 225 days described in about 25,000 words.• This story spans three continents, beginning/ending in Philadelphia, PA and going through Hawaii, Japan, China, Vietnam, England, Whales, France, Italy, the Vatican, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary. It includes places that were familiar to me (Hawaii, Japan) and places that were brand new and overwhelming (e.g. the Vatican).• Everywhere I went, I managed to be both awed and a little homesick – not just for my home, but for the places and people I had already left behind.• Some places I spent more time in than others, so some places get two chapters (France) while other countries share (e.g. Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary).• The book is a balance between funny stories/encounters, descriptions of people, and descriptions of the places I visited/sites I saw. It includes stories of both good things that happened as well as some set-backs (including a lot of time spent lost, friction in some relationships, mistakes I made…)• The narration is in the first person, in the past tense, and the stories are based on a combination of my travel-journal and my recollections. As such, the perspective is of me, 22 year-old Briana, looking back on the actions of my 19 year-old self. Rather than just being a summary of events, the benefit of 2 years separation allows for quite a bit of reflection about the lessons I learned along the way.About the ExpertBriana Grenert was born and raised in Kailua, HI, where she currently resides in a house filled with Star Trek paraphernalia. She recently graduated from Bryn Mawr College where she double majored in Classical Studies and Linguistics, and minored in Neuroscience (because it turns out that being silly does not exclude people from being studious). Languages, alive and dead, are her passion and she’s studied everything from Syriac to Klingon. Currently she works as an instructor, teaching Art, French, Ancient Greek, and Christian History. When people are looking for her, they usually check her church, the library, or the beach. If she’s none of those places, she’s probably on a mountain somewhere (lost). She’s not sure what she wants to be when she grows up…maybe a pastor? Or a professor? Or a writer? But she’s not exactly sold on the entire concept of adulthood and might just put it off indefinitely.

Overview

Section 1: 19 Year Old World Traveler

Lecture 1 Welcome

Lecture 2 Part 1 - Before Embarking

Lecture 3 Part 2 - Hawaii-Nei

Lecture 4 Part 3 - Chasing Sunsets

Lecture 5 Part 4 - Hiking Adventures

Lecture 6 Part 5.1 - Reflections

Lecture 7 Part 5.2 - Japan

Lecture 8 Part 6 - Kansai

Lecture 9 Part 7 - Tokyo

Lecture 10 Part 8 - Hokkaido

Lecture 11 Part 9 - Reflections

Lecture 12 Part 10 - China

Lecture 13 Part 11 - Beijing

Lecture 14 Part 12 - Shanghai

Lecture 15 Part 13 - Reflections

Lecture 16 Part 14 - Vietnam

Lecture 17 Part 15 - Hồ Chí Minh City

Lecture 18 Part 16 - The Mekong

Lecture 19 Part 17 - Vũng Tàu

Lecture 20 Part 18 - Reflections

Lecture 21 Part 19 - The United Kingdom

Lecture 22 Part 20 - London

Lecture 23 Part 21 - Cardiff

Lecture 24 Part 22 - Reflections

Lecture 25 Part 23 - France I

Lecture 26 Part 24 - Impressions of Paris

Lecture 27 Part 25 - The People You Meet

Lecture 28 Part 26 - School and Program

Lecture 29 Part 27 - Reflections

Lecture 30 Part 28 - France II

Lecture 31 Part 29 - Île-de-France

Lecture 32 Part 30 - L’Alsace

Lecture 33 Part 31 - La Bretagne and La Normandie

Lecture 34 Part 32 - Reflections

Lecture 35 Part 33 - Italy and the Vatican

Lecture 36 Part 34 - Bergamo and Milan

Lecture 37 Part 35 - Rome and the Vatican

Lecture 38 Part 36 - Tuscany

Lecture 39 Part 37 - Reflections

Lecture 40 Part 38 - Everywhere Else

Lecture 41 Part 39 - Brussels

Lecture 42 Part 40 - Amsterdam

Lecture 43 Part 41 - Budapest

Lecture 44 Part 42 - Reflection

Lecture 45 Part 43 - Disembarking

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