So I have a confession to make! I have been living vicariously through Anthony Bourdain from the show "No Reservations" on the travel channel. Can I say Anthony Bourdain is the man! I secrectly wish he was one of my uncles. How cool would that be! Uncle Tony and I sitting on his porch in Vietnam drinking some really cool foreign drink he discovered and chatting about his great adventures. I could listen to him talk about culture, people, and food all day long.
I've always thought, if this nursing thing doesn't work out, I would love to major in Anthropology or anything that has to do with learning about another culture. Understanding our culture and why we do what we do, think the way we think, etc. interests me! But learning about other cultures fascinates me! The more cultures I experience and learn about, the more I see how beautiful this world is and how awesome God's heart for His people is. I've also come to realize, we aren't so different from eachother. We have the same desire to be loved and accepted. We hurt the same. We laugh. We cry. We all want to believe that there is something greater than us at work in our lives. That we were created for a purpose.
This is why I have travel lust.
Knowing that the world is much bigger than the bubble you have been living in your whole life, changes you. There's so much to learn from other people and their homeland. I have my parents, ORU, my summers in China, and the travel channel to thank for showing me that we truly do live in a beautiful world.
So my summer after China has been spent dealing with the fianacial aid office of my university (ORU) and getting addicted to the Travel Channel. I now want to visit two destinations. One visited by Uncle Tony and the other one by Samantha the weekend chick (don't know her last name).
Anthony Bourdain's first love is Vietnam.
Samantha went to Argentina for a weekend.
Its cheap and beautiful. This part of Argentina is called La Boca.
Do you have the travel bug?
CATCH IT!!!!!
Love, Jovy
