This is the first post of a blog that I will be keeping during my travels abroad from July to December. I will be posting about events that happen as well as pictures for all to read and see. For those of you that do not know yet, I will be spending July 10th to August 21st in Chisinau, Moldova volunteering with Projects Abroad, and after a few days in Düsseldorf, Germany I will be studying in Miami's Luxembourg campus in Differdange from the end of August to December.
In Moldova I will spend two weeks working on my Russian language before spending the next four weeks volunteering to assist children from 12-18 that are confined to wheelchairs become more integrated into a society that does not always feel accepting of handicapped children, especially orphans. I will also be responsible for assisting in the teaching of English to the kids and staff working with the project. It will definitely be an eye-opening and humbling experience and I am so excited to experience this very new type of lifestyle.
In Luxembourg I will be studying at the MUDEC, which is the largest US campus in Europe, from August 23rd to December 16th. I will be focusing on the history of Hitler's rise to power in the 1930s through the end of the European Theater during World War II. I will have the opportunity to visit many different historical sites and learn about one of the most powerful tyrants of the 20th century in the same countries he conquered so many years ago. I will miss the states dearly, but am excited to go and will return with many stories and pictures of my six months in Europe.
