just the beginning

First post to a new blog.

I am in my final year at university, with less than three months to go... everyone is freaking out about what their next move is going to be, what career path they are going to take. I know what I want to be, but I know I don't want to be it right NOW. There is something I want more than a set in stone career at this age, and that's to see the world, experience and live in different cultures. I knew my safest bet was to look into teaching English as a second language in South Korea. I have heard of so many people doing it, and having such an amazing experience that I just couldn't resist looking into it.

Along the way I found SO many companies, but I didn't know who to trust. My friend Breanna then found a company based out of Halifax, NS called Scotia Personnel Ltd. Her friend used them a couple years ago to be a camp counselor in the UK for the summer. I e-mailed them right away about South Korea, and they said they would love to help me find a place in a school there, but to also look into their summer camps in Italy. ITALY?! I have been to Europe once in my life - five years ago - and I have been DYING to go back ever since. I never thought I'd get an opportunity like this handed to me. I looked into it, and I loved it. My friend Breanna and I applied together, crossed our fingers as we went to the interview, and safe to say from what this blog is all about, we both got a spot teaching English in Italy for two months this summer. After our two months of teaching, we plan on taking a month to explore the rest of Europe!

We just find out we got the positions this weekend, and in around two weeks, the contracts will be e-mailed to us from Italy, and we will have exact dates and locations of our summer camps. Not only am I going to be living in Asia in the fall, but I now get to say I lived in Europe the summer before?! WOW. Some people say university is the best years of your life, but I think it's just up to you to make each year even better then the one before, life is what you make it. I can't wait to share my experiences and the process behind teaching English abroad through this blog. I thought it would be the easiest way to communicate to everyone who I will miss sooo much back home in Canada. Let the planning begin!!